Press Room

January 2022
NKF Honors Pediatric Dialysis Nurse with Mattix Award
Upstate New York nurse to receive honor at NKF’s Spring Clinical Meetings 2022
Jan. 11, 2022, New York, NY — Each year The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work...

January 2022
Nephrologist from Johns Hopkins University to Receive NKF’s Garabed Eknoyan Award
Jan. 5, 2022, New York, NY — Each year The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds of specialists in the field of Nephrology and selects among them...

December 2021
NKF Presents Shaul G. Massry Award to UNC Researcher
Dec. 15, 2021, New York, NY —Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds of specialists, advocates, and volunteers in the field of...

November 2021
NKF Appoints Three Top Executives to Board of Directors
Hubert L. Allen of Illinois, Renée Richardson Gosline of Massachusetts and Alison Steiber of Ohio join the fight against kidney disease
November 10, 2021, New York, NY — The...

November 2021
Labcorp and NKF Promote Patient Registry to Enhance Clinical Trial Accessibility, Diversity
BURLINGTON, N.C., and NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2021 — Labcorp (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company, and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the largest patient...

November 2021
NKF Presents Innovative NKF Patient Network to Nephrology Community
Nov. 4, 2021, New York, NY — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will present today the new NKF Patient Network to nephrologists and other...

November 2021
NKF to Doctors: Listen to Complaints of Itchy Skin
November 4, 2021, New York, NY 2021 —Today, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will ask nephrologists from around the world gathered for a virtual conference to pay attention...

November 2021
NKF Statement on Rule Requiring Vaccinations for Dialysis Facility Staff
November 4, 2021
Today, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the leading kidney patient organization in the U.S., applauds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for...

November 2021
Best Selling Authors Gather to Raise Awareness for Kidney Disease
November 2, 2021, San Francisco, CA— For more than three decades, hundreds of avid readers in the San Francisco Bay Area have had the opportunity to lunch with their favorite authors during...

October 2021
NKF Board of Directors Selects New Board Chair-Elect
October 26, 2021 — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Board of Directors selected former National Security Council official, New York energy and investment...