
DPP Research Group
@dppresearchgrp
NIH-Funded Landmark Diabetes Clinical Trial - Diabetes Prevention Program. Account maintained by the DPP Biostatistics and Coordinating Center, GWU
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http://www.dppos.org 07-06-2017 19:27:07
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NIH has canceled funding for the DPP Research Group and the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. The American Diabetes Association and the Endocrine Society have voiced concern and have called on Secretary Kennedy & the administration to restore funding. sbne.ws/r/RzA2

The tragic termination of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study - An invaluable resource is being starved to death with no scientific or ethical justification, Secretary Kennedy Jay Bhattacharya - we urge you to restore funding! sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-tragic-ter… via ScienceBasedMed


Funding for the DPPOS remains halted, an "innocent bystander" in the federal action against Columbia. If not reversed ASAP, it will undermine our nation’s best opportunity to uncover root cause of Alzheimer's and Dementia & waste taxpayer’s $! #MAHA Secretary Kennedy Jay Bhattacharya

NIDDK celebrates 75 years of groundbreaking research in diabetes! 🎉 Explore special articles in Diabetes & Diabetes Care honoring key studies, trials, and consortia that shaped prevention, treatment & tech. Free Access ➡️ diabetesjournals.org/collection/274… American Diabetes Association



New DPP Results in Cancer Prevention Research: Randomized Study of Metformin and Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Cancer Incidence over 21 years of follow-up in the Diabetes Prevention Program aacrjournals.org/cancerpreventi…


DPPOS highlighted in recent ADA Professional Publications NIDDK 75th Anniversary Collection: The Diabetes Prevention Program and Its Outcomes Study: NIDDK’s Journey Into the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and Its Public Health Impact diabetesjournals.org/care/article/d…



“When research funding is cut, #patients pay the price and a generation of discoveries is lost. We must protect the independence and integrity of science and remain focused on the #patients. This is not someone else’s problem, but ours” by AACR President Patricia M. LoRusso AACR #AACR25 Yale Cancer Center


NEW DPPOS Results: Long-term effects and effect heterogeneity of lifestyle and metformin interventions on type 2 diabetes incidence over 21 years in the US Diabetes Prevention Program randomised clinical trial - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology thelancet.com/journals/landi…

New DPP Results: “Now, we have scientific proof that even if you wait until midlife to change your diet and activity levels, you can add many years of life free from diabetes and all the disabling conditions that come along with it.” Milken Institute SPH publichealth.gwu.edu/long-term-bene…

“Every day that goes by threatens the survival of this valuable scientific resource. Without funding, staff at our 30 centers will need to find new employment…long-term connections with loyal participants will inevitably disintegrate.” Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/0…

“We were innocent bystanders who got sideswiped in a car wreck. We’ve been frantically trying to get money restored, but there’s been no answer.” -David Nathan, #DPPOS Study Chair ft.com/content/5059e2… via Financial Times

Today Sen. Jeanne Shaheen asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr about funding termination for Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, long-term prevention of diabetes & Alzheimer’s. Responded he & Jay Bhattacharya are committed to restore funding NIH HHS.gov The National Institute on Aging (NIA) youtube.com/watch?v=NzuXaa…

NEW: Findings published in ADA Professional Publications: Predictors of long-term retention of #DPPOS participants, led by Ashley Hogan Tjaden