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Use the Power of Your Story to Advocate for Federal Funding and Awareness Join the Celiac Disease Foundation’s Congressional District Days from August 5 to September 6, 2024, and help…

The Celiac Disease Foundation on May 22 awarded its first Celiac Disease Policy Leadership Award to U.S. Representative Betty McCollum (MN-04) for her distinguished service and advocacy on behalf of the celiac disease patient community. Among other initiatives, she established the bipartisan Congressional Celiac Disease Caucus, which has significantly increased federal recognition of celiac disease.

In March, our Celiac Disease Foundation staff—most of whom are lived experience experts—headed to the halls of Congress for our annual round of bipartisan meetings with key members of Congress to advocate for the interests of our patient and research communities.

On behalf of the entire celiac disease patient community, thank you for your participation in the Celiac Disease Foundation’s 2023 Gift of Hope campaign! Our annual year-end initiative to raise awareness and funds for celiac disease research was extraordinary – all thanks to YOU.

We are pleased to share that the Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Act of 2023 has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate and in the U.S. House of Representatives. Securing insurance coverage for registered dietitian nutritionist visits for celiac disease patients is a priority, and we are encouraged to see progress toward this goal.

At CDF, we deeply value hearing stories from our patient community. Your stories are a pivotal part of our efforts to build awareness and fight for research funding. 

Research is pivotal to the mission of the Celiac Disease Foundation, and so I’m excited to provide you with an update on the groundbreaking findings of a recent study conducted for the European Union’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).

As we look toward the summer months, the team here at the Celiac Disease Foundation is actively working on a number of new projects that are vital to elevating our mission to promote diagnosis, treatments, and a cure for celiac disease.

We have an important opportunity for our advocates to reach out to their U.S. Senate offices today to encourage action to support federal funding for celiac disease research. Please join us in our effort to get the word out!

As part of our rapidly expanding efforts to secure a clear path for the development of treatments and funding for celiac disease at the federal level, we are pleased to…