Policy and Advocacy Committee
Chair
- Roslyn B. Mannon, MD, FASN (2024)
Members
- Graham E. Abra, MD (2025)
- Samaya Javed Anumudu, MD, FASN (2024)
- Beatrice P. Concepcion, MD, MS, FASN (2025)
- Nwamaka D. Eneanya, MD, MPH, FASN (2025)
- Aditi Gupta, PhD (2025)
- Meera Nair Harhay, MD, MS, FASN (2024)
- Krista L. Lentine, MD, PhD, FASN (2024)
- Laura Mayeda, MD, MPH (2025)
- Rachel E. Patzer, PhD, MPH (2024)
- Jennifer S. Scherer, MD, MS, FASN (2024)
- Ankur Shah, MD, FASN (2025)
- Michelle C. Starr, MD, MPH, FASN (2024)
- Lauren D. Stern, MD (2025)
- Sarah Struthers, MD (2024)
- Jade M. Teakell, MD, PhD, FASN (2025)
Interns
- Matthew F. Blum, MD, MHS (2025)
- Jessica L. Harding, PhD (2025)
- Lauren Elizabeth Lee (2024)
- Rhiannon D. Reed, DrPH (2025)
Charge
Advocating for policies that empower patients and their care partners, the kidney care team and scientists, health systems, payers, and other stakeholders with a role in kidney health by:
- Advancing policies through federal legislative and regulatory advocacy that promote kidney health, transform transplant and increase access to donor kidneys, and champion health equity and eliminate disparities.
- Building relationships that include key stakeholders inside and outside of the kidney community.