JDRF Kansas City Chapter

920 Main Street, Suite 280

Kansas City, MO 64105

816.472.7997

What is JDRF?
JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF is to improve the lives of every person affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing T1D. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners who share this goal. 

Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.5 billion to T1D research. More than 80 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education. Past JDRF research efforts have helped to significantly improve the care of people with this disease, and have expanded the critical scientific understanding of T1D. JDRF will not rest until T1D is fully conquered.

What is Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)?
T1D is an autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. T1D affects children and adults, and lasts a lifetime. 

Type 1 diabetes affects as many as 3 million people in the U.S. alone.
Every year, more than 30,000 new cases of type 1 diabetes are diagnosed; that's 80 people per day. 15,000 are children; 15,000 are adults.

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With your help, we are moving research from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside, translating scientific advances into longer, healthier lives for those with diabetes. With your help, we are moving closer to our goal ... a cure for diabetes and its complications. Mary Tyler Moore International Chairman