NIH has canceled funding for the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.
The American Diabetes Association and the Endocrine Society have voiced concern and have called on the administration to restore funding.
Diabetes Prevention Program Cancellation a ‘Colossal Waste’
Presss release www.medscape.com
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Trump’s Funding Cuts Landmark Diabetes Study
— Three decades-long study had government funding pulled last week
The Endocrine Societyopens in a new tab or window and American Diabetes Associationopens in a new tab or window criticized the cancellation of funding for the ongoing, landmark Diabetes Prevention Programopens in a new tab or window (DPP), which has been tracking people with diabetes and prediabetes for 30 years.
Researchers working on the study, which kicked off in 1996, found out last week that the study’s NIH funding was yanked by the Trump administration. DPP investigators were told to immediately stop study activities.
”The research provides an important source of long-term information on diabetes prevention,” the Endocrine Society said in a statement. ”The Society is concerned about how the loss of this ongoing research, which is being conducted at 30 institutions in 21 states, will impact tens of millions of people who have diabetes and prediabetes nationwide.”
According to the CDCopens in a new tab or window, 38.4 million people — representing 11.6% of the U.S. — had diabetes, and another 97.6 million had prediabetes as of 2021. Direct and indirect costs of treating diagnosed cases of diabetes nationwide totaled around $413 billionopens in a new tab or window in 2022.
”Preventing and delaying the onset of diabetes can help reduce other chronic conditions, such as heart and kidney disease, and control healthcare costs,” the Endocrine Society pointed out. ”Eliminating the Diabetes Prevention Program contradicts the country’s commitment to addressing chronic disease and making America healthy.”
Likewise, the American Diabetes Association said it was ”extremely concerned about the impact” of the canceled funding and is ”engaging with congressional leaders on diabetes and the Trump administration to express our concerns, especially as this funding decision seems to be at odds with the Department of Health and Human Services’ commitment to combatting chronic disease in the United States.”
DPP is credited with changing the approach to diabetes prevention, finding that type 2 diabetes could be prevented or delayed in high-risk patients using two, cost-effective interventions.
Compared with placebo, the study found lifestyle intervention with a goal of 7% weight loss reduced the incidence of type 2 diabetesopens in a new tab or windowby 58% and metformin reduced it by 31%. To prevent one case of diabetes within 3 years, 6.9 individuals would have to participate in the lifestyle intervention program and 13.9 would have to receive metformin.
Since 2002, most of its original 3,100 participants are still being followed as part of the ongoing DPP Outcomes Study (DPPOS), as researchers continue to assess a host of diabetes-related health outcomes including cancer, cardiovascular disease, nerve damage, kidney disease, eye disease, and age-related health problems like physical functioning and memory.
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Se också press release from Columbia Universitet City of New York. De är de som förvaltar ekonomiska medel för ovan diabetesstudier
https://president.columbia.edu/news/responding-federal-action
Dear members of the Columbia community, City of New York
270 years back
Columbia’s mission is to teach, create, and advance knowledge.
For over 270 years, that mission has been grounded in an enduring and essential commitment to freedom of expression, open inquiry, and generous, respectful debate.
Today, we were notified of federal action from Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) cancelling $400 million in federal funding to the University.
The federal agencies cite “the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”
There is no question that the cancellation of these funds will immediately impact research and other critical functions of the University, impacting students, faculty, staff, research, and patient care.
But let me be very clear: Columbia is taking the government’s action very seriously. I want to assure the entire Columbia community that we are committed to working with the federal government to address their legitimate concerns. To that end, Columbia can, and will, continue to take serious action toward combatting antisemitism on our campus.
This is our number one priority.
Today’s announcement will undoubtedly create anxiety and concern for our entire community. These impacts will touch nearly every corner of the University. But it is during periods like this that our collective dedication to this institution and our mission takes on critical importance.
Our north star has not changed. We are committed to education and research that will benefit our nation and our world. We believe in the power of knowledge to drive progress and improve lives. Our mission as a great research university does not waver.
Sustaining this mission requires us to actively nurture a community that values viewpoint diversity and rigorous, fact-based debate built upon mutual respect and personal accountability. Our ability to successfully fulfill our purpose depends on us defending these values. Antisemitism, violence, discrimination, harassment, and other behaviors that violate our values or disrupt teaching, learning, or research are antithetical to our mission. We must continue to work to address any instances of these unacceptable behaviors on our campus. We must work every day to do better.
When I accepted the role of Interim President in August 2024, I knew Columbia needed a reset from the previous year and the chaos of encampments and protests on our campus. The University also needed to acknowledge and repair the damage to our Jewish students, who were targeted, harassed, and made to feel unsafe or unwelcome on our campus last spring.
My first action as Interim President was to clarify our Rules of University Conduct and strengthen our disciplinary process. We did that by appointing a new Rules Administrator, establishing an Office of Institutional Equity to combat antisemitism and all forms of harassment and discrimination on campus, and increasing resources and training for our Public Safety team.
We have transformed the University’s approach to managing demonstrations, built and put into action disciplinary processes that previously existed only on paper, created collaboratives across our campuses to provide relevant education and training, implemented new anti-discrimination policies and trained our entire community on those policies, changed our protocols for campus access, and redesigned our leadership structures to more swiftly respond to incidents of antisemitism and discrimination on campus. As a result, our campus has retained its focus on our academic mission throughout this academic year.
Each morning, I remind myself that I am standing up for our students. Because every student deserves to have the best possible experience and because our nation deserves to have the best leaders that the best universities can create. The only way we can achieve that goal is to look honestly and deeply at not just our achievements, but at our failures and shortcomings, and ask ourselves how we can do better. That’s something doctors do for their patients every day, and something I’m committed to doing for as long as I have the privilege of serving as the leader of this distinguished and storied institution.
At this time of great risk to our University, I challenge every member of our community, including our students, faculty, and staff, to reaffirm your commitment and participation in building a Columbia that truly reflects the ingenuity, curiosity, excitement, and sense of purpose we share as part of this unique institution.
No one can forecast with certainty what the future will hold. However, I do know this: a unified Columbia, one that remains focused on our mission and our values, will succeed in making the uncommonly valuable contributions to society that have distinguished this great university from its peers over the last 270 years. Being part of this esteemed institution of learning and research is a privilege that we should never take for granted.
We must hold firm and summon the courage to meet this moment with determination, integrity and humility. I look forward to working with all of you to achieve exactly this.
Sincerely,
Katrina Armstrong
Interim President, Columbia University in the City of New York
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Enligt Washington Post igår så fick rektor vid universitet besked, enligt den nya nationella administrationens rutiner, att antingen avskedas eller själv begära avsked.
I en press release igår, även med citat i svenska tidningar idag, har Katrina Armstrong själv begärt avsked från att vara rektor.
Rektorn går tillbaka till sin tidigare tjänst som chef för medicinska fakulteten vid universitet.
Hotet om att dra tillbaka federalt och nationellt stöd har dragits tillbaka.
Ledningen vid universitet tror att verksamheten ska framlöver kunna fortsätta ungefär som tidigare.
Detaljer är osäkra.
På universitets hemsida idag kl 13.43 svensk tid ligger det tidigare uppropet kvar från rektorn.
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