Her work focuses on self-care strategies for patients and providers to prevent, manage and treat diabetes and its complications. She recently completed a study that looks at the effectiveness of year-long diabetes coaching for adults living with type 2 diabetes. Sherifali is also involved in 3 large pan-Canada trials that test diabetes coaching with other strategies (behaviour modification and medicine) to induce diabetes remission. Sherifali is the Co-Methods lead for Diabetes Canada’s upcoming 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Methods lead for the Canadian Obesity Network’s 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines. She works with the McMaster Evidence Review and Synthesis team to create opportunities for research related to diabetes, obesity and evidence reviews. Bio page: Dr. Sherifali