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Breaking New Ground

Breaking New Ground

What if, based on the comment of a grieving father, you left work that day, also grieving, and realized that you had potentially stumbled into a groundbreaking idea that could transform what we know about the brain and death?

From Coordinating Research to Living Donation

From Coordinating Research to Living Donation

An Interview with Aggie Black Director of Health Services & Clinical Research and Knowledge Translation, Aggie Black is no stranger to the world of research. As a leader in practice-based research programming at Providence Health Care, Aggie knows the value of investing in organ donation and transplant science to improve patient care. Recently, Aggie embarked...

COVID-19 Treatments and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

COVID-19 Treatments and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Erin Waters Since the emergence of COVID-19, researchers have been racing to learn more about the virus. Science has come a long way since the world first heard of the novel virus back in late 2019. We now have better  tools, including vaccines and treatment options....

Offering Support and Connection to Patients Seeking Kidney Transplantation

Offering Support and Connection to Patients Seeking Kidney Transplantation with Christina Schellenberg and Jody Max Christina Schellenberg and Jody Max are two health care practitioners at St. Paul’s Hospital who are passionate about improving the overall health journey for patients living with end-stage renal disease and facing transplant. For many patients with kidney failure, transplantation...

Meet Our Researcher – Dr. Sara Belga

Tailoring Post-Transplant Care for Recipients: Why Research Matters with Dr. Sara Belga For the past three years, TRF has partnered with Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) to fund highly rated transplant-focused research projects through the Team Grant program. These $30,000 awards seek to answer research questions that matter to patients, while addressing key areas...

Improving Viral Management for Pediatric Transplant Recipients

Improving Viral Management for Pediatric Transplant Recipients: Renewing Hope Through Research with Dr. Karina Top Pediatric transplant recipients do not currently receive certain vaccines post-transplant as experts have deemed the live vaccines (including chicken pox, measles, mumps and rubella) to be a potential risk of infection. This leaves those children completely vulnerable in case of...

Meet our Researcher – Cindy Luo

Cindy Luo is passionate about seeking answers that help improve the transplant experience for patients in the transplant program at Vancouver General Hospital. As a past Research Challenge winner for her project on anti-fungal prophylactic use in lung recipients and her most recent Team Grant project that explores a more personalized approach to medication, Cindy...

Meet our Researcher – Clare Bannon

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...