what we do
research program
Diabetes Action has provided grants to hundreds of researchers at universities and medical institutions across the United States. In addition to funding research to cure diabetes with gene therapies, immunotherapy, and beta cell transplantation, Diabetes Action funds research on nutrition and research to treat and prevent complications. Diabetes Action has funded innovative studies that include:
Cure of type 1 diabetes using a generic drug
Massachusetts General HospitalCinnamon and chromium antioxidant studies
USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterAcupuncture for treating neuropathy
Harvard Medical SchoolPrecision biologics for the treatment of type 1 diabetes
Albert Einstein College of Medicine3D bioprinting for fabrication of pancreatic devices
Penn State UniversityNovel Immunotherapy to treat diabetes-induced kidney failure
University of Maryland School of MedicineManuka honey to improve diabetic wound healing
Saint Louis University
send a kid to diabetes camp
Diabetes Action provided funding to 52 separate camp programs across the United States in 2022. These camps combine the fun of swimming, horseback riding, tennis, and other enriching activities with nutritional and lifestyle education in a nurturing environment that helps children to learn how to be healthy and thrive while having diabetes.
These special camps empower kids with diabetes to live active lives and teaches them that they can believe in themselves and never stop reaching for their dreams despite their disease. As one camper expressed, “Camp is my happy place that I call home - I can’t thank you enough for helping”.
Another camper stated, “Camp has become my second home. Diabetes is definitely a struggle but camp has taught me so much and I’ve learned to accept myself and this life changing disease; without you that would not be possible”.
Without financial assistance many children would not be able to take advantage of this life-changing opportunity, and we are grateful that we can help make it possible to fulfill the dreams of so many children.
American indian diabetes prevention program
Ongoing support from Diabetes Action helped the Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) continue its health and wellness programs based on Lakota values and traditions for youth living on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. In 2022, 60 teens participated in various internships aimed at encouraging healthy skills and opportunities including a commitment to good nutrition to improve their own and family’s health. In the food sovereignty program, interns grew and harvested 9,532 pounds of fruits and vegetables from the organic Winyan Toka Win Garden. Other internships taught indigenous cooking and physical fitness. Julie Garreau, Executive Director of CRYP, contributed to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s 2022 report on its annual State of Childhood Obesity Report.