JDRF

The Merwin Family found their purpose in JDRF after their child Saige was diagnosed with T1D. Every Walk, Ride, and Team JDRF event they participate in is to get to the ultimate finish line: cure...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/04/19/team-jdrf-ultimate-finish-line/

Matt Varey, the newly elected Vice Chair of the JDRF International Board of Directors (IBOD), brings a truly global voice as the first Canadian and the first person outside of the U.S. to serve i...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/04/11/meet-ibod-vice-chair-matt-varey/

The true story of how Tzield (teplizumab), the first disease-modifying therapy approved for use in delaying type 1 diabetes (T1D) onset, made it to market. The post Beating the Odds: The Improb...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/04/03/beating-the-odds-the-improbable-story-of-how-perseverance-belief-and-luck-led-to-the-approval-of-the-first-life-changing-immune-therapy-for-type-1-diabetes/

The new Charity Walk Simulator in JDRF One World on Roblox puts players in charge of their very own virtual JDRF One Walk! The post JDRF One Walk Goes Virtual in Roblox appeared first on JDRF ...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/03/29/jdrf-one-walk-goes-virtual-in-roblox/

JDRF One Walk is more than a fundraiser, it’s a community. Meet two Walk team members who found support and inspiration in one another.  The post Walk Across Generations appeared first on J...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/03/26/jdrf-one-walk-generations/

Lisa Fishbone Wallack, newly elected Chair of the JDRF International Board of Directors, is carrying on her family's legacy of volunteerism. The post Meet Our New International Board of Directo...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/03/19/meet-ibod-chair-lisa-wallack/

The post Two Highly Engaged Volunteer Leaders Elected to Head JDRF’s International Board of Directors  appeared first on JDRF .

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/03/13/two-volunteers-to-lead-jdrf-international-board-of-directors/

Leading researchers gathered for the ATTD meeting, which featured more than 50 studies presented by JDRF-funded researchers. The post ATTD Brings Together Top Minds in Diabetes Research appear...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/03/13/attd-brings-together-top-minds-in-diabetes-research/

JDRF advocate Natalie Stanback knows type 1 diabetes and knows how to get things done on Capitol Hill. She encourages more women to get involved in advocacy. The post Natalie Stanback: Represen...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/03/12/natalie-stanback-representing-women-in-advocacy/

Gerty Cori, Ph.D., Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, FRS, and Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D., won the Nobel Prize for diabetes discoveries. The post Nobel Laureates, Women, and Diabetes Discoveries appeared fir...

https://www.jdrf.org/blog/2024/03/01/nobel-laureates-women-diabetes-discoveries-womens-history-month/