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Client
- Name
- PKD FOUNDATION
- Description
- non-profit organization that funds and advocates for polycystic kidney disease research
- Location
- Missouri · United States of America
Registrant
- Firm
- CURA STRATEGIES
- Description
- Public relations/advocacy firm
- Location
- Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
Lobbying activities
3 issuesBudget/Appropriations
Report language commending NIH/NIDDK for funding PKD research, urging the CDC to dedicate Chronic Kidney Disease funding to inherited diseases, such as PKD
LobbyistsSCOTT C LEEZER · PATRICK MEADE · ms SYDNEY SHEPHERD
Covered position (SCOTT C LEEZER): Aide to Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Health Issues
Passage of the Living Donor Protection Act, introduction of legislation which would elevate and address racial disparities in kidney and transplant carer, and passage of the Living Organ Donor Tax Credit Act
LobbyistsSCOTT C LEEZER · PATRICK MEADE · ms SYDNEY SHEPHERD
Covered position (SCOTT C LEEZER): Aide to Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Defense
Inclusion of PKD as a covered issue area under the Peer Review Medical Research Program (PRMRP)
LobbyistsSCOTT C LEEZER · PATRICK MEADE · ms SYDNEY SHEPHERD