{"id":33693,"date":"2026-02-02T17:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=33693"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:39:43","slug":"black-history-month-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/black-history-month-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Each February, Black History Month offers an opportunity to celebrate and honour the histories, contributions, and lived experiences of Black communities. CDTRP is proud to recognize this month by highlighting the voices and perspectives of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities within donation and transplantation research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2024, CDTRP Executive Director Dr. Patricia Gongal, Dr. Istvan Mucsi, Dr. Jacqueline Getfield, Dr. Carl James and Charles Cook were recipients of a CIHR Planning Grant, \u201cBuilding Partnerships with the African, Caribbean, and Black Communities to Address Health Inequities related to COVID-19 in Transplantation.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With funding from this grant, CDTRP co-hosted a webinar series entitled \u201cConversations about Health in Black Communities\u201d with <\/span>The Caribbean African Regenerative Medicine (CARM) Project. <\/span><\/b>This 4-part webinar series, facilitated by Dr. Jacqueline Getfield (Project Manager, CARM), invited 6 patient, family and donor (PFD) partners and 4 medical doctors to share perspectives of the experience navigating organ-based disease, failure, and the pre-and post-transplant process.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With over 370 participants in attendance, the series created space for meaningful dialogue around the intersections of race, family history, socioeconomic status, culture, immigration and systemic bias within healthcare\u2014issues that continue to shape transplant experiences of Black communities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the full webinar series on YouTube<\/span><\/b><\/a> to learn directly from community members, clinicians, and researchers, and deepen your understanding of health equity in transplantation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Join the conversation beyond the webinar<\/span><\/b> by following CDTRP<\/strong><\/a> and CARM<\/a><\/strong> on social media, sharing the series with your networks, and amplifying ACB voices in donation and transplantation research and policy. Together, we can continue to build awareness, foster partnerships, and advance more equitable transplant care.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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