Press Room
August 2018
Job Security for Living Organ Donation Guaranteed under Family and Medical Leave Act
U.S. Department of Labor issues new opinion letter
August 28, 2018
All quotes for attribution to National Kidney Foundation
“Today the U.S. Department of...
August 2018
New Webinar Training for Primary Care Providers to Detect and Delay Progress of Chronic Kidney Disease
Program offered by National Kidney Foundation and TMF Health Quality Institute
New York, NY—Tuesday, August 7, 2018—A new webinar training program for primary care providers...
August 2018
Nephrologist Receives Second NKF South Texas Research Grant
Study Continues on Whether Nephrology Care before ESRD Develops Can Help Patients Keep Their Jobs
New York— Monday, August 6, 2018 – For the second straight year,...
August 2018
New York Researcher Receives NKF Young Investigator Grant
Study Focuses Preventing the Discarding of Kidneys from Deceased Donors
New York— Monday, August 6, 2108 – Syed Ali Husain, MD, MPH, of New York has been awarded a 2018...
August 2018
Maryland Nephrologist Receives NKF Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Grant
“Taking Charge of Your Kidney Disease: Longitudinal Patient Education Program” is Project Study
New York— Monday, August 6, 2018 – Daphne H. Knicely, MD, has been awarded...
August 2018
New York Researcher Receives NKF Satellite Dialysis Clinical Investigator Grant
Trial Examines Integrated Palliative and Nephrology Care vs. Standard Nephrology
New York—Monday, August 6, 2018 – Jennifer Scherer, MD, of New York has been awarded the...
August 2018
Pennsylvania Nephrologist Receives NKF Edith H. Blattner Young Investigator Grant
Project Examines Super-Resolution Ultrasound for Assessment of Kidney Vasculature
New York— Monday, August 6, 2018 – Roderick Tan, MD, PhD, has been awarded the 2018 Edith...
August 2018
NKF Announces 2018 Young Investigator Research Grant Program Award Recipients
New York— Monday, August 6, 2108 – National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has selected five researchers from throughout the country to be award recipients in the 2018 NKF Young Investigator...
August 2018
Journal Article Reveals Most Non-Dialysis Kidney Patients Never See a Dietitian
National Kidney Foundation President-Elect Leads Study
New York – Thursday, August 2, 2018 – An eye-opening Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics article has reported that...
August 2018
Kidney Patients with Alport Syndrome are Center of FDA Patient-Focused Meeting
Patients share with FDA experience of living with this rare form of kidney disease
Editor’s update Nov. 15, 2019: The “Voice of the Patient” report from...