On Friday April 12th at 18:00-19:15 local time, all registered for this event and attending ISHLT are invited to a special networking event, introduced by Dr. Lori West (ISHLT Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 winner and WIT Past Chair 2019-2022, University of Edmonton, AB, Canada); and Dr. Shelley Hall (Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA).
The session ‘Pathways to Professional Success: Navigating Career Options in Medicine - Career Choices, Transitions in Career Options and Leadership Growth’ will be moderated by Dr. Samantha Anthony (The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada); and Dr. Hannah Copeland (Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA).
Speakers include Dr. Yael Peled-Potashnik (Sheba Medical Centre, Israel); Dr. Phyllis Billia (University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada); Dr. Sangeeta Bhorade (Natero CMO Organ Health, University of Chicago, IL, USA); and Dr. Marta Farraro (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain).
A panel Q&A will follow
There is no separate registration fee for this event for all who are registered for the ISHLT meeting, and all are welcome.
If you are registered for ISHLT and are interested in attending this special event, please click the link below to register by Thursday March 28th, 2024.
We look forward to welcoming you!
It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the new Advancing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Transplantation: A Global Perspective Conference, taking place September 13 - 14, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario.
This is a first international conference of its kind that will provide a unique opportunity to understand the key challenges faced by transplant providers and patients by gathering International Transplant Leaders, across organ groups, as well as clinicians, surgeons, nurses, researchers, policy makers, and representatives from academic and community-based organizations. Most importantly, it places patients and caregivers at the center of our focus.
We are delighted to announce that we will continue to offer a grant to faculty working in low or middle income countries. This grant will allow transplant professionals working in low and middle income countries to work with an experienced mentor from among the WIT membership to address an important question within their own unique context. We hope that this award will spur exciting international collaborations and build more research capacity in lower resource settings.
Requests for Applications for all grants are now open and are being considered.
The 2024 WIT Research Fellowship in Gender and Sex will fund research focusing on sex and gender issues in solid organ transplantation and immunology. The spectrum of studies includes basic, clinical and translational.
The 2024 WIT Research Grant for Projects on Gender and Sex in Transplantation (LMIC) will provide funding of up to $30,000 USD per grant to a transplant professional from an LMIC country (as defined by the OECD) to support research focusing on sex and gender issues relevant to solid organ transplantation.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The spectrum of studies includes basic, clinical and translational. The applicant must identify a research mentor from within the WIT membership who has a track record of expertise in transplantation and/ or immunology research (assistance can be given to identify a suitable mentor).
Important Dates and Review Process:
For further information on eligibility criteria and specific application requirements, please follow the links below.
If you have any further questions and for information on how to apply, please contact Katie Tait (WIT Manager) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request more information.
We welcome all applications and look forward to an exciting competition!
WIT is proud to feature individuals who contribute to WIT’s mission of: (1) Advancing and inspiring women transplant professionals (Pillar 1), (2) Championing issues of sex and gender in transplantation (Pillar 2), and (3) Advocacy to address sex and gender-related disparities in transplantation (Pillar 3). Learn more about clinicians, researchers, and patients who shed light on disparities and try to overcome them to improve patient outcomes.
Dr Brenda Maria Rosales is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at The University of Sydney. PhD graduate in 2021, she was awarded the Sanofi Women in Transplantation Research Fellowship Grant for Research in Gender and Sex in Transplantation in 2022. She has received TTS Young Investigator and TSANZ Early Career Researcher awards.
Cancer mortality in kidney transplant recipients differs by age and sex. This indicates possible systemic biases in the delivery of cancer care. There is a need to evaluate current clinical practice to identify points of sex and gender inequity in and healthcare delivery for cancer management in kidney transplant recipients.
Cancer disproportionally impacts kidney transplant recipients, but it affects men and women differently. Male kidney transplant recipients have higher absolute cancer incidence and mortality compared to females; however, female kidney transplant recipients experience greater excess cancer death(1,2). Sex and gender differences have also been described in access to healthcare and consequently there has been an increase of gender-based health plans, particularly in cardiovascular disease(3,4).
Investigation of how sex impact access to cancer care may identify systemic biases in cancer care delivery to kidney transplant recipients.
Using existing health data and survey of kidney transplant recipients, our work asks, how do sex and gender impact access and equity in cancer care for kidney transplant recipients?
What does the data say?
We will use evidence integration and population data to investigate the impact of sex on access to cancer screening, efficacy of cancer treatment and, relative survival in kidney transplant recipients with cancer.
What do our patients say?
We will explore gender-based experiences of cancer care in kidney transplant recipients using focus-group interviews and online preferences surveys to identify barriers in access and elicit patient preferences for treatment.
What does it mean for our patients?
Our work will provide a better understanding of the varied needs of males, females and people of nonbinary gender and, how current cancer prevention and treatment strategies differ by sex & gender. Our findings will inform strategies to deliver more equitable cancer care for kidney transplant recipients to balance its benefits and harms.
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Who can take part?
• Women over 18 years of age
What will be involved in participating?
• Global interviews are taking place
• Held at a time that suits you
• Face-to-face via telephone or video conference
What will be asked?
How accessible your treatment has been and some of the hurdles you may have faced living with your transplanted kidney.
If you are interested in participating, please contact:
Nicole Scholes-Robertson
Research Fellow and Transplant recipient
Email:
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Phone: 514-874-1717
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