Our Mission

The Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation (Diabetes Action), a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1990, is committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes and to the funding of innovative, promising research aimed at finding a cure for diabetes and diabetes related complications.

Diabetes Action is one of the few diabetes organizations to receive an "A" rating. AIP conducts an in-depth, financial analysis of audited financial statements - documents that are indispensable to any charity evaluation since they contain information verified and reported by a third-party outside of the charity itself.

Diabetes Action meets all of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance's Standards for Charity Accountability.

The Independent Charities Seal of Excellence is awarded to the members of Independent Charities of America and Local Independent Charities of America that have, upon rigorous independent review, been able to certify, document, and demonstrate on an annual basis that they meet the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness, and cost effectiveness. 

Our Focus

• Alternative and complementary research
• Grants for nutritional research
• Promising research to find a cure for diabetes
• Innovative research to prevent and treat diabetes
• International medical assistance
• Children's camp scholarship program
• Education and prevention programs

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Accountability

Diabetes Action believes that all non-profit organizations should fully disclose financial information to the public. Diabetes Action consistently keeps overhead expenses to a minimum. In 2009, Diabetes Action's latest fiscal year, only 3.8% of revenue was used for fundraising and administrative purposes.

 990 tax return

 2009 Annual Report

Medical Advisory Board

Donald W. Bowden, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine Associate Director, Center for Human Genomics
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Director, Center for Diabetes Research

Staley A. Brod, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
University of Texas, Houston

Gregory Brower, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Centenary Associate Professor
Cell and Development Biology and Anatomy
School of Medicine
University of South Carolina

Arthur Dale Ericsson, M.D.
Director
Institute of Biologic Research
Houston, TX

Ben Gerber, M.D., M.P.H.
Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Ira D. Goldfine
Professor of Medicine
Endocrinology/Metabolism
University of California, San Francisco

Bethany Hall-Long, Ph.D., RNC
Professor, Department of Nursing
University of Delaware

E. Carolyn Johnson, Ph.D., FACSM
Associate Professor
Exercise Physiology and Metabolism
Undergraduate and Exercise Science Graduate Programs
Washington State University, Spokane

William Jubiz, M.D.
Director
Centro de Endocrinology Metabolismo y Diabetes
Cali, Colombia 

Robert L. Judd, Ph.D.
Chair, Boshell Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Research Program
Auburn University

Steven Koevary, Ph.D.
Professor/Chairman
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Disease
New England College of Optometry

Suzanne Laychock, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Biomedical Education
The University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Marcia McInerney, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair Medical and Biological Chemistry
College of Pharmacy, University of Toledo

Joshua Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UC Davis Medical Center, Department of Medical Pathology

Raghu G. Mirmira, M.D., Ph.D.
Eli Lilly Chair in Pediatric Diabetes 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Physiology 
Indiana University School of Medicine

Charles Mobbs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Geriatrics
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Svetlana Mojsov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Rockefeller University

James O'Rourke, MD
Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Pathology and Surgery

Gary Pittenger, Ph.D.
Director, Protein Chemistry Lab
The Strelitz Diabetes Institutes

Merrily Poth, M.D.
Professor
Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences

William Riley, M.D.
Director
Pediatric Endocrinology
Akron Children's Hospital

Steven Sansom, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics

Thomas Schermerhorn, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM
Assistant Professor of Small Animal Medicine
Kansas State University

Janet Silverstein, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Florida College of Medicine

Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Vanderbilt University

Board

Patricia A. Faulkner - Board Chair
Anne Lafferty - Secretary/Treasurer
Pat DeVoe, RN, BSN - Director (non-voting)
Rachel Goldfarb
Joan Kaiser
Louise Koch
Donald T. Krizek, Ph.D.
Edel Spencer
Jan Taylor

About the diabetesaction.org website

This website is provided and maintained by the Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation with no funding from commercial interests or advertising. The purposes of this site are to inform the public of the programs and research funded by Diabetes Action as well as provide health and diabetes management information to our readers.