DECA Executive Director Terry posing for a photo with family members on a dock: wife, daughter, son-in-law, grandchild, and dog
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Diabetes camps provide summer fun and independence

DECA Executive Director Terry Ackley, and his wife, Carol, volunteered at Camp Seale Harris for several years before he was hired as the Camp’s executive director in 1995. He served in that role until joining DECA in 2012. Pictured here: Terry and Carol (right) with daughter, Emily (left), son-in-law, Patrick, and granddaughter, Vivienne.

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TrialNet Research Leads to FDA Approval of First Drug to Delay Type 1 Diabetes
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TrialNet Research Leads to FDA Approval of First Drug to Delay Type 1 Diabetes

Landmark findings from TrialNet research were instrumental in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) November 17, 2022 approval of the first drug to delay type 1 diabetes (T1D) in people at risk.

TrialNet conducted the clinical study that discovered the immunotherapy drug teplizumab could delay T1D for 2+ years.

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