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...
As a young couple, Niilo Edwards and Rachael Durie have endured more adversity than most people their age. After nearly a decade of marriage, they were faced with a shocking diagnosis that forced them to pause and re-examine the future. It was July 2018 when Niilo began experiencing persistent fatigue and a cough. As a...
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...
Reema Garcha is the newest member of the TRF team, having recently joined the board of directors. As a living kidney donor to her sister Binn, Reema knows firsthand that the best gift to give is the gift of life through organ donation. For National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week (NOTDAW), Reema is sharing...
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,...
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...
Recently, we had the opportunity to interview kidney transplant recipient and patient advocate, Bet Tuason. Bet’s powerful voice brings awareness to the issues affecting individuals living with complex chronic health needs. Using his diverse experience as a transplant recipient and kidney patient, Bet works tirelessly to empower his community through advocacy, partnership, and volunteer activities....
Living with kidney disease hasn’t been easy, but Sandy and her boys have risen to the challenge. Like most mothers, Sandy Fairey, would go to the ends of the earth for her children’s health and happiness. Upon learning two of her three sons had Alport syndrome, a condition characterized by kidney disease, hearing loss and...