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Burness

Formerly: Burness Communications

Kind
PR and public affairs
Parent
independent
Country
US
Website
https://burness.com
Clients
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · American Heart Association · de Beaumont Foundation · Healthy Eating Research

Campaigns (5)

CampaignClientYearTopicRole
Healthy New Jersey creative storytelling campaign lead
Billboards, train stations and digital aimed at NJ policymakers.
source
Robert Wood Johnson FoundationCreative
Healthy School Meals for All lead
Policy advocacy; digital campaign generated 160M+ impressions and thousands of letters to Congress (self-reported).
source
American Heart AssociationNutritionCreative
Menthol cigarette and flavored cigar ban support lead
Campaign for AHA drove 8 million+ impressions and thousands of public comments to FDA in support of the rule (support-policy).
source
American Heart AssociationTobaccoCreative
Commission to Build a Healthier America lead
source
Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPR
Public health thought leadership during COVID-19 lead
source
de Beaumont FoundationInfectious diseasePR

Research notes

Bethesda, MD; works mainly for foundations and health nonprofits on policy and advocacy rather than mass behavior-change campaigns. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: all five Burness case pages. Federal work in USAspending is small (NIH NCATS public engagement, presidential bioethics commission outreach).

Sources

  1. https://burness.com/case-study/creating-a-seismic-shift-in-how-we-approach-health

Record agencies/burness.json, updated 2026-10-22