Dr. Lenore T. Coleman is currently an associate professor at Xavier College of Pharmacy, a research fellow at the Center of Excellence at Howard University and an adjunct assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Coleman has been a practicing pharmacist for 24 years. She has worked as a clinical pharmacist in the acute care, ambulatory care, long-term care and community pharmacy setting. Within each of these practice settings, Dr. Coleman has focused on diabetes care and management.

She received her Pharm.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed an ASHP-approved residency in ambulatory care at USC School of Pharmacy. A certified diabetic educator of nine years, Dr. Coleman provides education and drug therapy management to ethnic populations at Total Diabetes Care Center and Medical Supplies in the Greater Los Angeles area. She also provides online information on diabetes at www. blackandbrownsugar.com.

Dr. Coleman is currently the president and CEO of Total Lifestyle Change, Inc. (TLC), a nonprofit service organization dedicated to eliminating health care disparities in ethnic populations. As part of TLC, Dr. Coleman developed Project FAITH and Operation DETECT: A Cardiovascular Risk-Reduction Program for Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations.

Dr. Coleman is president of Healing Our Village (HOV), LLC. HOV provides formalized diabetes education classes via Internet and cable broadcasts to physicians' offices nationwide. Most recently, she produced a television show called "Healing the Village." Dr. Coleman also is the author of Healing Our Village: A Self-Care Guide to Diabetes Control.

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