Funding for diabetes-related research

Address in a letter to a United States congressperson (from the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives encouraging your congressperson to increase funding for diabetes-related research and prevention of complications of diabetes (type 1 or type 2).

Instructions:

• Use your knowledge of pathophysiology to explain the importance of your funding request.
• Use current statistics to show the impact of diabetes in the United States (and your chosen subpopulation/state (Address your congress person by names at the start of your letter)
• Address how increased funding will impact the congressperson’s constituency Address how increased funding will impact the U.S. population in general
• Be persuasive and clearly link the role of prevention to better outcomes.
• Be detailed and provide credible references at the end and within the letter
• This is a letter so it should maintain the form of letter writing.