Partners
Amy D. Waterman, PhD, Health Education Innovator
Dr. Amy D. Waterman is a national transplant innovator and the Deborah C. and Clifton B. Phillips Centennial Chair for Clinical Research in Transplant Medicine, a Full Professor, and the Director of Patient Engagement, Diversity, and Education, representing both J.C. Walter Transplant Center at Houston Methodist Hospital and the Houston Methodist Research Institute.
Patient Engagement Research Lab
The Patient Engagement Research Lab is an interdisciplinary research and education center led by Dr. Amy Waterman and based at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. The lab conducts advanced clinical research to understand and improve key factors that influence transplant outcomes. It develops and tests interventions to expand access to transplantation, increase transplant referrals, and boost living donation rates.
Through close collaboration with healthcare providers, national transplant leaders, and policymakers, the lab works to translate evidence-based strategies into everyday clinical practice — helping patients live longer and maintain the highest possible quality of life.
Health Literacy Media (HLM)
Health Literacy Media’s Explore Transplant (ET) and Explore Living Donation (ELD) programs help kidney patients in the USA and Canada make informed treatment choices about transplant and living donation. Through trainings, partnerships, research, and educational materials, ET and ELD have educated more than 4,000 providers, leading to better transplant education for over 28,000 kidney patients. ET and ELD are programs of Health Literacy Media, or HLM, a communications nonprofit that partners with health organizations to make health information easier for people to understand and use.