Shelby Gielen: A Journey of Resiliency and Determination
How A First-of-its-Kind Policy Seeks to Eliminate Major Disincentives to Living Kidney Donation
Impact Report 2023/2024
"I hope research makes transplant a cure. Ideally a gifted organ should last a lifetime. Our future lies in research." --- Shelby Gielen, 2x liver recipient
Breaking Barriers
February is Heart Month—a time to raise awareness about cardiovascular health, including the unique needs of pediatric heart transplant recipients.
Fresh Start for a New Year
We are starting 2025 with a new name, a refreshed website, and a new Advisory Board. 2024 was a year of big changes and we’re excited to catch you up to speed!
ODTRF 2024 Christmas
This holiday season, celebrate the gift of innovation with us.
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
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...
Breathing New Life
How Lung Transplant Turned a Dream of Fatherhood into Reality For Nick Kanaan a double lung transplant was not only lifesaving but also life-changing. Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at birth, Nick was fortunate his CF remained relatively stable in his childhood and adolescence. His streak of good fortune ended in his mid-twenties when serious...
A Mother’s Love
Growing up with a life-limiting illness did not stop 30-year-old Ali from dreaming big. Becoming a mother was one aspiration that Ali held close to her heart. However, her journey to motherhood did not come easily. Born with cystic fibrosis meant a childhood and adolescence filled with hospital stays, IV therapy and lung infections. At...