The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)is the world's largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

Description:
JDRF was founded in 1970 by the parents of children with type 1 diabetes. As a result, JDRF volunteers have a personal connection to type 1 diabetes, which translates into an unrelenting commitment to finding a cure. These volunteers are the driving force behind more than 100 chapters worldwide that raise money and advocate for government spending for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF funding and leadership is associated with most major scientific breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes research to date. JDRF is driven to be a leading catalyst for development science that delivers therapeutics to improve the lives of people with diabetes in the near term, ultimately leading to a cure. JDRF is structured on a business-world model that efficiently and effectively directs resources to research aimed at finding a cure as soon as possible. More than 80 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research related education.

Contact people:

Charlotte Kidd, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Sally Nichols, Special Projects Manager, (phone), (email) Tina Cannon, Administrative Assistant, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (540) 772-6672

Address:

3959 Electric Road Suite #222 Roanoke, VA 24018 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.jdrf.org

Directions:

Travel on I-81 to I-581 exit #143. Continue on I-581 to the US-220-BR/VA-419 N Exit toward Franklin Rd/Salem. Keep right at the fork and follow signs for VA-419 N and merge onto Electric Road. Continue on Electric Road until. . . (more)