About NEHEP

NEHEP Partnership Directory

JDRF

Description

• Mission:
  
  JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults who have this disease, JDRF is now the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF research is to improve the lives of all people affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing T1D. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners who share this goal.

  Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.6 billion to diabetes research. Past JDRF efforts have helped to significantly advance the care of people with this disease and have expanded the critical scientific understanding of T1D. JDRF will not rest until T1D is fully conquered. More than 80 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education.

• Membership/Affiliates:

  More than 110 chapters and affiliates worldwide

• Meetings

  Annual conference in June

• Publications:
  
  Countdown magazine
  
  Countdown for Kids magazine
  
  Partners newsletter
  
  Annual report
  
  Educational brochures and fact sheets are available.

Date Last Updated
February 2012