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New Patient Partner Profile: Kim O’Reilly

New Patient Partner Profile: Kim O'Reilly We are happy to welcome to the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) new members of diverse areas to join our community of researchers, clinicians, patient/family/donor partners and trainees who are dedicated to improving the lives of organ donors and recipients. As a new member, people are [...]

2025-04-01T08:35:42-04:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: General, Newsletter|

A new transplant study is recruiting recipients and caregivers: the impact of COVID and other pandemics

Most COVID-19 studies do not include the transplant community. Without studies, government policies and recommendations will not include the transplant community. A new study led by The CDTRP examines how COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses continue to affect child and adult transplant recipients and their family members and caregivers living in Canada. [...]

2025-04-01T07:41:24-04:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: General|

Registrations are open! BC Resuscitation Sciences Series – Organ Donation and Transplantation Symposium

Registration is now open for the BC Resuscitation Sciences Series – Organ Donation and Transplantation Symposium. This is a hybrid event taking place from May 12-13, 2025 along with a networking event on the evening of May 12. Last Day for In-person registration is April 25, 2025. Due to high demand, in-person registration will be first-come, [...]

2025-04-01T07:28:24-04:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: General|

Kidney Health Month 2025

2025 Kidney Health Month March is Kidney Health Month, and CDTRP is proud to count numerous kidney health specialists and patient partners living with kidney disease, having received or given a kidney, throughout our network. Kidney health is vital to overall well-being, yet kidney disease often goes unnoticed until it reaches advanced stages. In [...]

2025-03-25T10:05:57-04:00March 25th, 2025|Categories: General, Newsletter|

SAVE THE DATE! CDTRP 6th Patient, Family & Donor Research Forum: June 12-13, 2025

SAVE THE DATE! CDTRP 6th Patient, Family & Donor Research Forum: June 12-13, 2025  The Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program is excited to announce the 2025 Patient, Family and Donor (PFD) Research Forum.  This Forum aims to enhance capacity in patient engagement within the transplant ecosystem, bringing together PFD partners, researchers, clinicians, [...]

2025-03-25T07:15:45-04:00March 25th, 2025|Categories: General, Newsletter|

CDTRP Research Connect – Irene Chen

CDTRP 2025 Research Connect Series The CDTRP Research Connect series is taking place every other Thursday at 1 pm ET. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for this engaging series! This series streamlines the subset of Theme, Hub, and Working Group meetings that aimed to share and discuss the latest research findings across [...]

2025-03-19T11:26:13-04:00March 19th, 2025|Categories: General, Newsletter|

Sacred Gift: Based on the True Story of Craig and Kevin Settee Has Won the ISN Community Film Event

We are pleased to announce that Sacred Gift is the 2025 International Society of Nephrology Film Community Best Film winner!   Produced, conceptualized, and funded by Dr. Caroline Tait, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health Equity and Inclusion and Professor in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, and animated by [...]

2025-03-25T08:22:44-04:00March 25th, 2025|Categories: General|

People with Lived Experience in Peer Review Module

Peer review is a key step in the evaluation of research projects to ensure that they represent feasible, ethical, and applicable projects that are well-positioned to result in success. The Patient Partners in Peer Review module is aimed at those who have never participated in the peer review process and was [...]

2025-03-17T10:24:42-04:00March 17th, 2025|Categories: General|

Study Recruitment – GETONTRAK (Getting on with Your Life After a Transplanted Kidney). 

We are inviting kidney transplant recipients from across Canada to participate in a study evaluating the usability and effectiveness of a web-based self-management guide called GETONTRAK (Getting on with Your Life After a Transplanted Kidney). Participants will be asked to use the GETONTRAK website for a period of two weeks and provide feedback on its ease of use and how useful [...]

2025-03-18T08:38:51-04:00March 17th, 2025|Categories: General|
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