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March 2022
NKF Honors Standouts in Kidney Health at Annual Conference
March 31, 2022, New York, NY — Every year, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) takes time out of the annual NKF Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM), one of the largest...
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March 2022
NKF Taps VA, Yale Nephrologist with Hume Award
March 7, 2022, New York, NY — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) takes time out of the annual NKF Spring Clinical Meetings, one of the largest gatherings of kidney care...
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July 2021
NKF Publishes Recommendations to Move Thousands of Patients from Dialysis to Transplant
New York, NY—July 27, 2021—The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) releases today a position paper developed by 16 experts in nephrology and transplantation from 13 institutions that plots...
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February 2022
NKF Announces New Partnership with Horizon Therapeutics PLC
Horizon Becomes National Corporate Partner of NKF Konica Minolta Golf Classic
February 17, 2022, New York, NY — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announces a new...
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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...
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September 2021
NKF and OptumLabs Call for Changes to Improve Kidney Health
Organizations share viewpoint to change outcomes for patients with kidney disease, increase awareness
September 7, 2021, New York, NY — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and...
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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...
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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...
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October 2021
NKF Grieves the Loss of National Board Member and Kidney Advocate Alan C. Mendelson
October 16, 2021—New York, NY — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) grieves the loss of national board member and kidney champion, Alan C. Mendelson, who passed away unexpectedly...
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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...