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A civil engineering graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Joseph Nicolla serves as partner at Columbia Development Companies, a commercial real estate developer in Albany, New York. In addition to leading a successful enterprise for more than 20 years, Joseph Nicolla has raised $1.5 million for a variety of charities, including JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) through its One Hope Ball.
The leading global advocate for patients with Type 1 diabetes (T1D), JDRF recently brought more than 160 children with the disease to Washington, DC, to speak to US legislators about the need to pass a five-year funding renewal for the Special Diabetes Program (SDP). Currently, federal diabetes research funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is set to expire on September 30, 2019.
The JDRF delegates spoke at a hearing before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Accompanied by three young people with T1D, JDRF President Aaron J. Kowalski testified that past bipartisan support for SDP has facilitated numerous research breakthroughs that are improving treatments and advancing a cure for the disease. The group urged lawmakers to advance the SDP funding renewal bills that have been introduced in both chambers of Congress, including Senate Bill 1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act, which recently passed out of committee.
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