2013-2024… A Retrospective on 11 Years of Support for Research!
A foundation recognized as being of public interest, the FFRD aims to improve knowledge of diabetes, its significance and to reduce the burden of its…
"Promoting and supporting research into diabetes
and metabolic diseases".
For the advancement of diabetes research
HEALTH SURVEY: 4 Million Diabetics…
What about you?… How affected are you?…
“It is a disease that is silent, insidious, and, if left untreated, causes damage quietly.
So, I would say it is dangerous” explain Prof. Lyse BORDIER, Military Physician at the BEGIN Military Hospital, former treasurer of FFRD.
“The type 2 diabetes is often asymptomatic, and that is a concern. It means I could have diabetes without even knowing it” adds Prof. Emmanuel COSSON, Diabetologist at Jean Verdier Hospital in Bondy,
recipient of an FFRD clinical grant.
How can such numbers be explained?… Can we change tho reverse the trend?…
Watch this investigation ON REPLAY, which aired on France 5, on Tuesday, Novembre 19.
This documentary was followed by a debate hosted by Marina Carrère d’Encausse featuring Claude CHAUMEIL, VP of the French Diabetes Federation and Vice President of the FFRD, as a guest.
A foundation recognized as being of public interest, the FFRD aims to improve knowledge of diabetes, its significance and to reduce the burden of its…
Finalization of the agenda for the Board of Directors
Overview of 2024 and projections for 2025
Validation of the 2025 agenda
Changes inside FFRD’s office and Board of Dir.
Presentation of the FFRD’s 2024 accounts
Follow-up of ongoing research grants
Presentation of the 2024 recipients
Communication plan for 2025
Diabetes mellitus affects 5% of the French population and is a major burden for the persons living with this chronic disease, with potentially serious complications and high costs induced. Major and continuous improvements have been made for a botter understanding of the mechanisms of the disease and its complications, and for its monitoring and treatment as well.
The FFRD supports clinical, basic, and translational research.
The supported basic research projects address major themes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
covering subjects such as pancreatic beta cells, insulin resistance, and intestinal microbiota.
The clinical research projects, on the other hand, address the themes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as gestational diabetes
and often involve large multicenter cohort studies.
Since 2013, the Foundation has been: