2023 Boutique Agency of the Year, CURA is an integrated health communications & public affairs agency
08/14/2025
Exciting news! CURA Strategies has been ranked in the Top 10 on the Washington Business Journal's 2025 list of largest PR Firms in Greater Washington, D.C.!
We're beyond thrilled to be among the top PR firms in the region—shaping the stories, strategies and conversations that matter most.
A huge shoutout to our team whose creativity, dedication and strategic thinking make these milestones possible—and to our amazing clients whose partnership inspires us to deliver our best every day.
This week is Occupational Safety and Health Administration's , a time to recognize workplace health and safety programs that protect workers and strengthen organizations.
At CURA Strategies, we’re applauding the leadership and advocacy of our clients in creating safer and healthier workplaces, including American Nurses Enterprise and their efforts in preventing workplace violence for nurses and URAC through their Mental Health at Work accreditation program.
We’re proud to share that has been honored with three 2025 Power of Associations Award! We have had the pleasure of promoting the Jobs of Tomorrow campaign (Summit award winner) when it launched last year, and continued promotion into 2025.
This award celebrates what’s possible when strategic communications, research and advocacy come together to drive change. Huge congratulations to the AAMFT team!
07/28/2025
Summer is here, and while we take some time to recharge and connect with loved ones, one thing remains constant: the urgency of our work.
From helping American Nurses Enterprise, Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition, National Military Family Association and URAC make their voices heard on Capitol Hill, to raising awareness of the FUEL-2 clinical trial in Germany with Mezzion and elevating conversations on financial assistance for rare and chronic disease patients with Accessia Health, we’re proud to support our client partners in improving health care and the lives of the people they serve.
Check out our latest newsletter to learn more about our recent achievements! https://brnw.ch/21wUu3e
07/17/2025
We're excited to celebrate one year since the launch of Advocacy Academy! In just 12 months, more than 1,100 dedicated advocates have enrolled in the Academy to help sharpen their advocacy knowledge and skills.
To celebrate our anniversary, we're offering nonprofit organizations a free six-month subscription! Message us to learn more, and check out our latest blog post for highlights of Advocacy Academy's first year: https://brnw.ch/21wUdDV
07/10/2025
July is National Chronic Disease Awareness Month—a time to recognize the millions of Americans living with chronic conditions and the organizations working tirelessly every day to support them.
At CURA, we're proud to partner with dedicated leaders like the Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition, PKD Foundation, Accessia Health, Adult Congenital Heart Association, Mezzion, Travere Therapeutics, Honor The Gift, and many others who are driving meaningful change in chronic disease care.
🔗 See how CURA helps advance advocacy and innovation in the chronic disease space: https://brnw.ch/21wU35G
07/08/2025
Meet the amazing Elliott—an ambassador for this year's Race for Every Child Heart 5k Run/Walk and son of CURA's very own Sarah Whitworth! Elliott is a courageous CHD patient proudly representing the strength of many other kids living with congenital heart disease.
CURA is honored to support Children’s National Hospital's Heart Center in their mission to deliver lifesaving care for kids like Elliott.
If you’d like to support Elliott’s efforts to raise funds for families and nurses in the Cardiac ICU at Children’s National, you can join or donate on his Team Page: https://brnw.ch/21wTZiC
06/30/2025
At CURA, we believe real impact isn’t always loud. Sometimes, it looks like making buttons—those behind-the-scenes, detail-heavy tasks that power patient stories, policy wins and lasting change.
In our latest blog, we reflect on what it means to serve with intention and take pride in the day-to-day work that truly drives results.
Read more about our perspective on the importance of “button making" in PR and GR:
The process for making campaign buttons with a hand press machine is simple. At the same time it is tedious, labor intensive and painfully unexciting. For most workplaces, this task would be delegated…
06/11/2025
As we celebrate Community Health Improvement Week, we're reminded of the critical role that health, wellness and compassionate support plays in building stronger and more resilient communities.
Our client, Accessia Health, exemplifies this mission by providing vital assistance to individuals living with chronic illnesses and rare conditions to help ensure that the burden of medical expenses doesn't fall hardest on those who are already fighting to heal.
Thank you American Hospital Association for leading this awareness week and to all who work tirelessly to improve the health and well-being of our communities. Your impact is deeply appreciated.
06/03/2025
We're excited to welcome Sarah Whitworth as Senior Vice President and Hannah Melnick as Assistant Account Executive to the CURA team!
Sarah brings over fifteen years of experience helping health care clients navigate communications and advocacy challenges.
Hannah, a recent public relations graduate, brings fresh insights and a strong passion for making a meaningful impact in health care and public affairs.
We're thrilled to have them onboard and can't wait to do CURAgeous work together! ⭐
05/29/2025
CURA recently celebrated alongside fellow Best Places to Work honorees at Washington Business Journal's awards event.
From Mario Kart battles to belly laughs, we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate being named one of the in Greater Washington.
So proud of our crew and all we've accomplished together! 🥳
05/16/2025
Last week was a big moment for military family advocacy—and CURA was proud to be part of it! 💪🏻
On May 5, we joined the National Military Family Association (NMFA) and The American Legion on Capitol Hill for a successful fly-in Hill Day, meeting with lawmakers to push for the Military Spouse Housing Act and quality-of-life improvements in the FY25 NDAA.
Then, on May 9—Military Spouse Appreciation Day—NMFA hosted powerful events, including The State of the Military Family and Operation Advocacy, where CURA led a session on writing impactful letters to Congress representatives.
We're proud to stand with NMFA and military families in the fight for policy change. 🇺🇸
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Founded in 2016, CURA Strategies is a bipartisan integrated strategic communications and public affairs agency exclusively focused on health and wellness with one central goal: to transform health care.
What we do is help patients - how we do it is through integrative communications.
So while our day-to-day involves creative, strategic communications, what we’re really doing is helping patients every day by partnering with our clients to promote and accelerate their innovations and research into medical practice so that it benefits patients across medical fields, from cardiac and organ health to mental health and addiction.
Our team prides itself on being #CURAgeous in all we do - engaging in bold action for the purpose of serving others.
Awards include:
Health Care Campaign of the Year, Winner (2017, PR Daily)
Best Twitter Engagement, Winner (2018, PRSA Anvil)
Public Affairs Campaign of the Year, Finalist (2019, Sabre NA)
Public Affairs Campaign of the Year, Bronze (2019, Bulldog)
Best Use of Integrated Social Media, Finalist (2018, Sabre NA)
Best Use of Digital Engagement for PA, Finalist (2018, Sabre NA)
Social Campaign of the Year, Honorable Mention (2017, PR Daily)
