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 · MICHAEL LISOWSKI · PATRICK MEADE · ms SYDNEY SHEPHERD
Covered position (SCOTT C LEEZER): Aide to Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Covered position (MICHAEL LISOWSKI): Aide to Rep. Joe Heck
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
LobbyistsSCOTT C LEEZER · MICHAEL LISOWSKI · PATRICK MEADE · ms SYDNEY SHEPHERD
Covered position (SCOTT C LEEZER): Aide to Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Covered position (MICHAEL LISOWSKI): Aide to Rep. Joe Heck
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Defense
Inclusion of PKD as a covered issue area under the Peer Review Medical Research Program (PRMRP)