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The Patient Engagement Lab is proud to celebrate Dr. Atiya Dhala from Houston Methodist for her newly funded grant titled 'Enabling Access to Prehab for Kidney Transplant Candidates who are Frail,' through the Digital Health Workshop at Rice Uni#houstonmethodistn#digitalhealthworkshopt#kidneytransplantt#grantsn#awardnts #award
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The work of the Patient Engagement Lab fully aligns with the Santander Summit’s Global Recommendations to:
• Implement preventive strategies to reduce the burden of diseases that give rise to the need for transplantation
• Integrate donation and transplantation of organs, tissues, and cells into all healthcare systems, taking into account the resources available to address the population’s health needs;
• Develop living donation programs, preferably as supplements to deceased donation, that ensures informed consent, optimal care of, and long-term follow-up for donors
• Support low-resource countries in developing and strengthening their transplant systems
#Santandersummit2023 #spain #liverdonation #Global #improvehealth #Transplantation #LivingDonation #savinglives #OrganTransplantation
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What it’s like looking out of the room of 100 prestigious and compassionate colleagues representing countries at the Santander Summit. Drs. Krista Lentine and Amy Waterman celebrate delivering their talk together afterward.
#spain #Global #Santandersummit2023 #LivingDonation #Kidneydisease #collaboration #transplantation #scientistlife
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Two brilliant scientists!
Transplant leaders worldwide come together to commemorate their time at the Santander Summit in Spain, fostering true global collaboration!
#livingdonation #KIDNEYDISEASE #teamwork #transplantation #spain #santandersummit2023 #Global #collaboration
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Team Living Donation, Drs. Krista Lentine, Amy Waterman, Matt Cooper, spoke at the Santander Summit in Spain this November about the need for consistent living donation education, protections from exploitation, and expansion of access to living and paired donation globally. Did you know that almost 50,000 living kidney and liver donations are happening globally in one year?
#spain🇪🇸 #santandersummit2023 #livingdonation #savinglives #donate #Kidneytransplantation #KIDNEYDISEASE #kidneydonation #liverdonation
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The Patient Engagement Research Lab team was feeling incredibly moved after hearing Veda, a lung transplant recipient, share her powerful journey at the George P. Noon DEI Symposium on Monday. Her story is a testament to the profound impact of organ donation, highlighting the miracles and second chances it brings. Let's spread awareness about the life-changing difference we can make by choosing to don#OrganDonationa#secondchanceatlifet#inspiringstorieso#houstontxt#noonsymposiumo#transplantawarenesse#Dei #pulmonaryandlungtransplantationa#organtransplantationa#houstonmethodistodist
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🌟 Recap of the Third Annual George P. Noon Symposium in DEI at Houston Methodist! 🌍 This past Monday marked an inspiring event focused on "The Future of Transplant: Increasing Awareness in Diversity." 🤝 Notable speakers covered incredible topics, sparking thought-provoking discussions. ✨ To everyone's delight, the legendary George P. Noon made a surprise appearance, adding a special touch to the symposium. 🎙️👥 #NoonSymposium #DEI #TransplantAwareness #HoustonMethodist #DiversityInMedicine #innovation #leadingmedicine #HoustonTx #Texas #heartfailureawareness #risingstars #doingtherightthing #pulmonaryandlungtransplantation #exploretransplant #livingdonorstorytelling
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The Patient Engagement Research Lab attended ⭐️ George P. Noon - Research and Transplant Sympodium⭐️ last week at Houston Methodist.
PLENARY SESSION II: Recent Advances in Biomarkers for Clinical Transplantation
Surrounded by great speakers with outstanding topics, a few to mention:
A.Osama Gaber, MD, FACS, FAST(session I)
“Cellular therapeutics in transplantation”
Leonardo Riella MD PhD
“ Novel Biomarkers in Kidney, Transplantation, and Their Cinical Application: from donor-derived cell free DNA to blood/urine RNA”
Stephanie Yi, MD
“Single cell RNA sequencing in Kidney transplantation”
Ashton C. Connor, MD, PH
“ Tumor, sequencing in liver transplantation for HCC”
#houstonmethodist #leadingmedicine #reseachlife #science #ResearchTeam #innovationinhealthcare #LiverResearch #OrganTransplantation #kidneydisease #LiverTransplantation #livingkidneydonor #KidneyTransplant #houstontexas #DeptOfSurgery #Nephrology #Hepatology #reserachlab #HoustonMethodistResearchInstitute #PatientEngagementResearchLab
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Thrilled to have LaShara Davis, PhD from the Patient Engagement Research Lab at Houston Methodist share her experience at the 🌟George P. Noon - The Future of Transplant Conference: Increasing Awareness in Diversity, this Monday.🌟 She shared powerful insights on ‘Finding Equity in Healthcare through Diversity. Let’s work together to increase awareness and foster inclusivity in the future of Transplant Care.
#HealthEquity #TransplantConference #DiversityInHealthcare #PatientEngagementResearchLab #diversityequityinclusion #HoustonMethodist #innovationinhealthcare
#dei
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Drs. Amy D. Waterman and Krista Lentine at ASN Kidney Week 2023 celebrating the collaboration between The Patient Engagement Research Lab, the J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center at Houston Methodist and Saint Louis University, the Cooperman Barnabas Transplant Center, and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients’ Living Donor Collective coming together to improve living donor care and education.
#kidneyweek2023 #livingdonation #livingkidneydonor #americansocietyofnephrology #hope #Transplantation #scientists #improvehealth #researchlife #OrganDonation #collaboration #teamwork #leaders #patientengagement
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Pretty Amy. 😍
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INSIGHTS FROM KIDNEY RECIPIENTS, LIVING DONORS AND TRANSPLANT PROFESSIONALS
Five Year Transplant Anniversary
By Martha Gershun, Guest Blogger Early last month, I sat on a sunny patio at one of my favorite restaurants in Kansas City enjoying brunch with two of my favorite people – Deb Porter Gill and her boyfriend George, who was in town from Florida visiting family. No one watching us – talking animatedly about friends, family, politics, religion, movies, …Read more
Beyond direct donation: what if your friends and family don’t match?
By Martha Gershun, Guest Blogger As a living kidney donor, I often hear from people who have recently been diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) or have a relative who is a kidney patient. These patients have usually been given little information about the advantages of living kidney donation and almost no guidance on how to maximize their chances …Read more
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: How Can it Help Improve Transplant Care?
Are you interested in learning about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: How Can it Help Improve Transplant Care? Click the link below. At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: • Identify how to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop risk indices to predict transplant success. • Distinguish characteristics of kidney patients more likely to …Read more