Free Ways to Keep Your Kids Engaged and Active During “Coronatine”
Games, activities, crafts, and virtual voyages to keep the family entertained and active during this time of social distancing.
Saving Vision, Changing Lives
Several decades ago, type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients brought their seeing-eye dogs into the offices where Jennifer Sun, M.D., MPH., now works. The complications of T1D had severely compromised or cost the patients their eyesight. Today, work led by Dr. Sun is changing all that. We share Dr. Sun’s work as part of our Meet […]
Collaboration and a Connection to T1D Researchers: Breakthrough T1D-nPOD Annual Meeting
I’ve just gotten back from the 12th Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD) Annual Meeting, which was held February 23-26, 2020, and featured some of the most world-renowned diabetes investigators. nPOD is now the world’s largest tissue bank dedicated to the study of the human pancreas in type 1 diabetes (T1D), and the […]
Two Long-Time Volunteers Elected to Lead Breakthrough T1D International Board of Directors
The Breakthrough T1D International Board of Directors (IBOD) named two long-time volunteers to serve as Chair and Vice Chair when current board leaders end their two-year terms on July 1. Joseph P. Lacher, Jr., who is President and Chief Executive Officer of Kemper Corporation, will serve as Breakthrough T1D Chair, succeeding current Chair Ellen Leake. […]
ATTD Conference Brings Together Top Minds in Diabetes Research
Each year diabetes researchers from all over the world gather for the annual meeting of the Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD), which this year took place on February 19-22 in Madrid, Spain. Many of the latest advances will be discussed, including research that Breakthrough T1D has funded to advance new breakthroughs and therapies […]
Breakthrough T1D Mission Summit Salutes Type 1 Diabetes Research
Ellen Leake, Chair of the International Board of Directors
Where Are They Now? Derek and Emily Rapp Seek to Grow Support for Breakthrough T1D
When Derek Rapp stepped down as President and CEO of Breakthrough T1D last year, he vowed he’d never be far away. Holding true to his promise, immediately after relocating back to St. Louis, he and his wife Emily checked in with the local chapter. What could they do? How could they help build the strongest […]
Breakthrough T1D Champion Cliff Harris Selected for Pro Football Hall of Fame
Legendary Dallas Cowboy defensive safety and Breakthrough T1D champion Cliff Harris has been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class of 2020. Harris will be inducted along with 15 other NFL greats–called some of the “greatest performers and contributors in the history of the sport”–on February 1, the night before the Super […]
POSTPONED: Young Adult Conference 2020: Presented by the Breakthrough T1D – Beyond Type 1 Alliance
Conference Details: Where: Los Angeles Airport Marriott, Los Angeles, CA When: In an abundance of caution for the well-being of our Breakthrough T1D community, we are postponing our Young Adult Conference until a new date, when concerns over the coronavirus should have subsided. Who is eligible: Young adults with T1D ranging from 18-30(ish) and their […]
