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...
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...
When a parent is told, “Your child needs an organ transplant,” it is the last chance for survival. But modern medicine has made transplantation a viable treatment option with dramatic improvements in patient survival rates over the last several decades. This also means more children with complex medical diagnoses who used to face poor outcomes and often death are now able to live longer...
Dr. Tom Blydt-Hansen is the Director of the Pediatric Multi-Organ Transplant Program at BC Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor in the UBC Department of Pediatrics, the Director of Pediatric Transplantation with BC Transplant and a clinician scientist at Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI). What brought you into the field of pediatric transplantation? Transplantation has always been my first...