Alex Ratzki-Leewing, PhD, MsC

Dr. Ratzki-Leewing is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing and the Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and the Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center (CTRIC) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University (Canada).

Her work focuses on leveraging and spotlighting person-reported data and measures to capture the real-world burden of iatrogenic hypoglycemia (low blood sugar caused by certain diabetes treatments) in diverse adult populations with diabetes. To this end, Dr. Ratzki-Leewing has led multiple interdisciplinary projects spanning more than 10 countries. Her scientific contributions have been published in top-tier medical journals and incorporated into several diabetes clinical practice guidelines, including the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Care.

She has delivered >100 research presentations across North America, Europe, and Asia—including more than 15 invited conference symposia—and co-developed over 10 continuing medical education programs. Dr. Ratzki-Leewing is a lead author of the forthcoming ADA textbook on diabetes-related hypoglycemia, an invited member of the ADA Conference Planning Hypoglycemia Sub-committee, a fellow of the ADA Women’s Interprofessional Network Group, and the Deputy Chair of the International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG).

In 2023, she was named a ‘Rising Star’ by the International Diabetes Center (Minnesota, USA).