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To create a world without kidney diseases, the ASN Alliance for Kidney Health elevates care by educating and informing, driving breakthroughs and innovation, and advocating for policies that create transformative changes in kidney medicine throughout the world.

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First-Ever Kidney Disease Research Congressional Briefing

On Tuesday, June 19, 2012, ASN co-sponsored a congressional briefing on the importance and value of kidney disease research with the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN), the American Kidney Fund (AKF), and honorary co-sponsor, the Congressional Kidney Caucus. Congressional Kidney Caucus co-chair US Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) joined congressional staff to hear how federally funded research has transformed the lives of millions of Americans affected by kidney disease from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Director Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MACP, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Director Susan B. Shurin, MD, AKF President and CEO LaVarne Burton, ASPN Immediate Past President H. William Schnaper, MD.


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