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The newly developed Travel for Techniques in Transplantation Research (T3R) Program supports the travel of a scientist to the laboratory of another scientist to acquire a new technique. This program fulfills a goal of the AST Research Network to facilitate bringing novel, cutting edge techniques to transplant biology research labs and clinical scientists. Recipients will receive up to $2,000 for travel. The deadline to apply is March 29, 2019.
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Visit the AST Member Spotlight page to read about Roshan Punnoose George's work in improving adherence in adolescents.
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Interested in being featured in the AST Member Spotlight? Please contact rpaulin@myast.org for more information.
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Join thousands of transplant professionals at this year's American Transplant Congress (ATC), June 1–5, 2019, in Boston, Massachusetts. From cutting-edge science that's transforming the field, to in-depth workshops and hot topic sessions, the ATC is quickly becoming the most recognized transplant Congress in the world.
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As an AST member, access to free or discounted educational resources are included in your membership. These diverse educational resources offer materials relevant to the transplant professional in every stage of their career—from basic trainee lessons to webinars on specialized topics.
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Comprehensive Trainee Curriculum (CTC) is a great way to expand your transplant knowledge. This feature is an online educational platform that features dozens of webinars on various concentrations of transplantation.
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APOL1 Genotype and Renal Function of Black Living Donors
March 26, 2019 | 1 p.m. ET | Online Activity
For more information, click here.
The Road Less Traveled: How to Grow a Pancreas Transplant Program
April 9, 2019 | 2 p.m. ET | Online Activity
For more information, click here.
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The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute is accepting nominations for the 2020 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology, awarded annually to a national or international leader in the field of organ transplantation and immunology. The prize consists of a crystal award, an honorarium of $10,000, and travel expenses to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the spring of 2020 to formally receive the award and to present the Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology lecture. The winner will also participate in related activities and meet informally with faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students.
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Concurrent Interactive Workshop: IPTA-AST Joint Workshop: On End-Stage Organ Failure Management of the Neonate
Tuesday, May 7 – 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Facilitators: Katherine Twombley, USA and Claire Irving, Australia
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AASLD via Wiley Online Library
Allocation of livers for transplantation faces regulatory pressure to move toward broader sharing. A current proposal supported by the United Network for Organ Sharing Board of Directors relies on concentric circles, but its effect on socioeconomic inequities in access to transplant services is poorly understood.
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American Journal of Transplantation via Wiley Online Library
The National Surgical Quality Program Transplant program was designed by transplant surgeons from the ground up to track post-transplant outcomes beyond basic recipient and graft survival. After an initial pilot phase, the program has expanded to 29 participating sites and enrolled more than 4300 recipient-donor pairs into the database, including 1444 completed liver transplant cases.
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AASLD via Wiley Online Library
Alcohol-associated liver disease can be coded in UNOS as either alcoholic cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis, without specific criteria to assign either diagnosis. In this multi-center ACCELERATE-AH study, we sought to assess the concordance of clinician-diagnosis of AH at LT listing versus UNOS data entry of AH as listing diagnosis.
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Cancer via Wiley Online Library
Transplant recipients have an elevated risk of cancer because of immunosuppressive medications used to prevent organ rejection, but to the authors' knowledge, no study to date has comprehensively examined associations between transplantation status and mortality after a cancer diagnosis.
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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Frailty is common in adults with end-stage lung disease and is associated with death before and after lung transplantation. We aimed to determine whether frailty changes from before to after lung transplant.
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