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White House
The White House convened a Summit earlier this summer that was focused on reducing the wait list for transplantation. During that meeting a number of organizations announced new initiatives that were innovative and collaborative and intended to address the organ shortage.
In follow-up from the Summit, the White House has publicly announced an opportunity for additional commitments focused on transplantation. We encourage everyone within the transplant community to support the efforts of the White House and consider submitting initiatives that can collectively demonstrate the great work the field is doing to address important issues.
AST
The AST Transplantation and Immunology Research Network (TIRN) research grants program funds innovative research in basic, clinical, and translational science. A limited number of grants will be awarded for research projects beginning July 1, 2017. The request for proposals is open now at www.TIRN.org/funding.
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• Write quality plans
• Document F-QAPI activities
• Review adverse events
• Assign tasks and to-do's
• Create meeting agendas and minutes
• Automate QA scorecards and reporting
• Analyze outcomes
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OPTN
There are 15 proposals currently out for public comment. Please take some time to review these proposals and share this information within your institutions. Feedback is critical to the policy development process. The AST's COPs are finalizing their review of proposals this week. Their responses will then go to the AST's Policy Committee for consideration to draft a unified AST response that will then go to the Board of Directors for approval before submission by the Oct. 14 deadline.
AST
The American Society of Transplantation (AST) is pleased to announce its call for nominations for 2017 Achievement Awards. Each year, the AST sponsors a variety of Achievement Awards in recognition of its members’ accomplishments and contributions to the field of transplantation. All nominations must be submitted by Friday, November 18, 2016. To view award categories and eligibility criteria, and to start your nomination, visit this link.
AST
Check out AST's archived webinars and journal clubs, and watch educational content when it's convenient for you. AST also offers a variety of resources for different transplant specialties, all available on our easy-to-search website.
AST
Oct. 26, 2016 1 p.m. Online Activity
For more information: https://www.myast.org/education/webinars/optimizing-your-living-kidney-donor-program-1
Register today!
BeST16 Basic Science in Transplantation
The basic science community within our field is a tight-knit, dynamic group that benefits greatly from dedicated meeting opportunities to share knowledge and establish collaborations. As such, we hope you will join us at BeST16: Basic Science in Transplantation, a meeting jointly sponsored by the AST and ESOT.
HOUSING IS NOW OPEN
ATC
The American Transplant Congress is designed for physicians, surgeons, scientists, nurses, organ procurement personnel and pharmacists who are interested in the clinical and research aspects of solid organ and tissue transplantation. The meeting will provide the most current information in the field of transplant science. The deadline to submit abstracts is Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. For more information regarding abstract submission, please click here.
Transplant Infectious Disease
BK polyomavirus (BKV) infection and BKV nephropathy (BKVN) are risk factors for allograft function and survival. We retrospectively analyzed BK viremia and BKVN in 348 patients who received a kidney transplantation donated after brain death (n = 232) or living donation (n = 116) between 2008 and 2013. 266 patients were treated with standard immunosuppression consisting of basiliximab induction, calcineurin inhibitor (CNI), and mycophenolate (MPA, n = 219) or everolimus (n = 47).
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American Journal of Transplantation
We sought to evaluate whether television and cinematic coverage of brain death is educational or misleading. We identified 24 accessible productions that addressed brain death using the archives of the Paley Center for Media (160 000 titles) and the Internet Movie Database (3.7 million titles). Productions were reviewed by two board-certified neurologists.
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Clinical Transplantation
Preoperative risk assessment of potential kidney transplant recipients often fails to adequately balance risk related to underlying comorbidities with the beneficial impact of kidney transplantation. We sought to develop a simple scoring system based on factors known at the time of patient assessment for placement on the waitlist to predict likelihood of severe adverse events one year post-transplant.
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American Journal of Transplantation
This article is a review of the salient points and a future prospective based on the 2014 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) liver donation and transplantation data report recently published by the American Journal of Transplantation.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Recently, the p-value statistic has come under considerable criticism. Should this often misused and misunderstood method still be used in scientific papers? Also this month, we look at an “advanced donation program” through the National Kidney Registry that allows donors to donate an organ before their intended recipient receives a kidney.
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