In the spirit of Organ Donation and Tissue Awareness Week (NOTDAW), we celebrate the journey of two-time liver transplant recipient, Shelby Gielen. With over two decades of life thanks to her two donors, Shelby shares how she’s witnessed transplant medicine evolve and why she values research. What does transplant mean to you? Transplant means I...
Optimism and drive are two things Paul Albrighton has in abundance. A successful real estate agent for Remax Crest Realty in Vancouver, Paul has worked hard to become one of the top realtors in Vancouver, achieving MLS Medallion status for the last twelve years. He is also the father of a beautiful five-year-old daughter. However,...
In the spirit of heart month we celebrate the journey of heart transplant recipient, Rob Williamson. With twenty-eight years of life thanks to his transplanted heart, Rob shares how he’s witness transplant medicine evolve over the last two decades. What has your transplant meant to you? Quite simply, it has given me my life back....
In the months since COVID-19 became part of our daily vocabulary, transplant recipients, along with their families and caregivers, have been forced to navigate many unknowns that come along with the emergence of a new and virulent virus. With so little known about the virus, particularly in the early days, the adjustment for recipients and...
Two-time kidney transplant recipient, Mark Fairey with wife Erika, opens up about what it means to receive two lifesaving organ transplants. In late November 2018, my wife Erika and I made our way up to the sixth floor post-transplant clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital. After locating a pair of seats together, I noticed the assemblage...
Clare Bannon is the Clinical Nurse Leader of the kidney transplant program at Province Health Care. She is the recipient of the TRF funded 2019 Research Challenge award and has been a co-investigator on various other TRF funded micro grants. What is your connection to transplant? My whole nursing career has been in the transplant...
BC Transplant and the Transplant Research Foundation of BC will host our second COVID-19 webinar for transplant recipients on Sept 8, 2020. With back-to-school just around the corner, the focus of this webinar is children, transplant and COVID-19. This webinar will cover questions about: What we know today about COVID-19 and children Considerations for children...
Join us on September 16 to learn more about recently funded projects that have the potential to transform the organ donation and transplant landscape in Canada. Open to all transplant recipients, families and donors. URL:
COVID-19 and Transplantation: Finding Answers Through Research with Dr. James Lan As more becomes known about COVID-19, the need for knowledge specific to transplant recipients becomes increasingly important, especially given their unique immunosuppressed state. In British Columbia alone, more than 5,200 solid organ transplant recipients are living through the pandemic and navigating life in the...