Join us Monday, July 24, 2017 for a Burger & Beer to support the Addison Pediatric Transplant Research Fund! For more information and tickets: URL:
Recycle Ride Burger & Beer Pub Night
Recycle Ride 2017
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Forget flowers and chocolates…this is why Mother’s Day is so special to me. #giftoflife #becauseofanorgandonor
There is no job more difficult than being a mother. There is also no job as rewarding. And though I am not one to celebrate Hallmark occasions, Mother’s Day has many layers of importance to me. On my first Mother’s Day – May 8, 2011 – my newborn baby girl received a new heart. Just...
Community Profile: Dr. Amee Manges
Dr. Amee Manges is one of the recipients of the 2015-2016 TRF Venture Grants. What do you do? I am an Associate Professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health and Director of the UBC Master of Public Health Program. I am a molecular epidemiologist and supervise a research laboratory housed at British...
UBC/SFU Transplant Program Student Research Day
Have you ever held a pig’s heart in your hand? Here’s your chance! On April 23, 2017 students from UBC and SFU will be at the Telus World of Science demonstrating some of the newest advances in organ transplant research. Students will be on hand to show you how they are developing ways to generate...
March Blog: Child Health Transplant Team Grant (Addison Project)
We exist solely to fund transplant research so it’s always exciting when we can announce new projects receiving our support. Our latest grant is an even bigger deal because it marks the inauguration of our partnership with the Canadian National Transplant Research Program (CNTRP), and hopefully just the first collaboration of many. The origins of...
A perfect match – an #organdonation #lovestory
Valentine’s Day may be a made-for-Hallmark event touted as a celebration of love, but Gurjit Cheema and her husband Shak Pawar have an even better day to mark their love for each other: November 19. That’s the anniversary of Gurjit’s kidney transplant and Shak’s kidney donation. The 30 year old says she’ll never forget how...
The 20th Annual Transplantation Research Day
SPEAKERS Ethical Progress? (R)evolution since the 1966 CIBA Symposium on Transplantation Ethics Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago New approaches to control infections in transplant recipients Alissa Jade Wright, MD, MSc Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept of Medicine, UBC Physiotherapy and Exercise after Transplant Julie Fairbairn, BScKin,...
Novel studies examine organ donation disparity in BC’s ethnic communities and “personalized medicine” approach to transplant patient care
VANCOUVER, September 20, 2016 – Dr. Jagbir Gill is often the bearer of bad news for his patients who desperately need a kidney transplant because the wait times can be upwards of eight years, especially for certain ethnic communities. “While South Asian and Chinese Canadians make up nearly 20% of all British Columbians, they account...
Transplant Research Newsletter – Summer 2016
Venture Grants Research Program Your donations at work making a difference to transplant patients A second chance at life through organ transplantation is an incredible gift – one that has become an effective treatment for end-stage organ failure. But, transplant is not a cure. At least not yet. This is where the Transplant Research Foundation...