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Women in Transplantation @ CST 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting

Women in Transplantation (WIT), a Special Initiative of The Transplantation Society, is delighted to announce a Networking Event at the Canadian Transplantation Society (CST) Annual Scientific Meeting. This meeting will take place in Montreal, Canada, at the Westin Hotel, from October 14-18, 2024
On Wednesday October 16th at 17:30 local time, all registered for this event and attending CST are invited to a Networking event entitled “Professional Society Leadership: Why should you get involved?”. The speaker will be Dr. Roslyn B. Mannon (University of Nebraska Medical School, NE, USA), and Dr. Aviva Goldberg (University of Manitoba, Canada). There is no separate registration fee for this event for all who are registered for the CST meeting, and all are welcome.

Women in Transplantation @ ISOT 2024 Congress

Women in Transplantation (WIT), a Special Initiative of The Transplantation Society, is delighted to announce a Networking Event at the Indian Society of Transplantation (ISOT) Annual Scientific Meeting. This meeting will take place in Ahmedabad at The Forum, Celebrations and Conventions, Ahmedabad, India, from October 17-20, 2024.

On Friday October 18th at 08:40am local time, all registered for this event and attending ISOT are invited to a Networking event. The speakers will be Yolanda Becker (University of Chicago, Pillar 1 Chair, Women in Transplantation), Nikky Isbel (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia), Vasanthi Ramesh (VMMC, Director of NOTTO, India, WIT Pillar 1) and Gomathy Narasimhan (Rela Hospital, India, WIT Pillar 3). There is no separate registration fee for this event for all who are registered for the ISOT meeting, and all are welcome.

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Women in Transplantation @ ISOT 2024 Congress

Women in Transplantation (WIT), a Special Initiative of The Transplantation Society, is delighted to announce a Networking Event at the 50th American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) Annual Scientific Meeting. This meeting will take place in Anaheim, CA, USA, at the Marriott Anaheim Hotel, from October 21-25, 2024.
Speaker
Dr. Carrie Butler
UCLA, USA
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Speaker
Dr. Loren Gragert
Tulane School of Medicine, USA
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Speaker
Dr. Rebecca Sosa
UCLA, USA
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Moderator
Olga Timofeeva, PhD
UCLA, USA
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Moderator
Elaine Reed, PhD
UCLA, USA
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On Thursday October 24th at 06:45am local time, all registered for this event and attending ASHI are invited to a Networking Breakfast event entitled “Beyond the X and Y: A Collaborative Integration of Sex Differences in Transplant Research”.

If you are registered for ASHI and are interested in attending this special event, please go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/3VGCKJW to register by October 11th.

We look forward to welcoming you!


Women in Transplantation @ German Transplant Society - DTG 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting

Women in Transplantation (WIT), a Special Initiative of The Transplantation Society, is delighted to announce a Thematic Session on Gender Disparities at the 33rd German Society of Transplantation (DTG) Annual Scientific Meeting. This meeting will take place in Freiburg, Germany at the Konzerthaus Freiburg, from November 7-9, 2024.
On Friday November 8th at 16:45 local time, all attending DTG are invited to a Thematic Session on Gender Disparities across different aspects in transplantation. The speakers will be Marina C. Berenguer Haym (Hôpital Paul-Brousse, Valencia, Spain) and Martina de Zwaan (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany). The session ends with a panel discussion on the topic “Working time models in transplant medicine: what works, what doesn’t?”. There is no separate registration fee for this event for all who are registered for the DTG meeting, and all are welcome.

Announcement of 2024-2026 WIT Fellowship and LMIC Research Grant Winners

Sanofi Fellowship Award Winner

  • Dr. Sumoyee Basu
    King’s College London, UK
    Project Title:
    Exploring how T and B cell populations regulate the development of HLA Antibodies, comparing pregnancy and transplantation to inform novel strategies to help sensitised renal patients awaiting (re)transplantation

Paladin Fellowship Award Winner

  • Dr. Slaghaniya Neupane
    University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
    Project Title:
    Investigating Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 Alpha as a Central Regulator of Kidney Graft Repair in a Sex-Specific Fashion

LMIC Research Grant Winner

  • Dr. Sukanya Govindan
    Mehta Hospital, Chennai, India
    Project Title:
    Gender disparities in clinical and social outcomes in young people receiving renal replacement therapy in South Asia

Announcement of 2024 WIT Award Winners

Women in Transplantation (WIT), a Special Initiative of The Transplantation Society, is delighted to announce our WIT Award winners for 2024!
After much consideration from a pool of outstanding nominations, WIT is honoured to recognize Dr. Curie Ahn as our Woman Leader in Transplantation, 2024.
Curie Ahn, Korea
MD, PhD, Nephrology
National Medical Center
This year we are thrilled to be able to award two separate awards to two outstanding women – Dr. Wenshi Jiang and Dr. Katayoun Najafizadeh – who are our Unsung Hero(ine)s for 2024.
Wenshi Jiang, People's Republic of China
Senior Consultant
Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University
Katayoun Najafizadeh, Iran
Iranian Society of Organ Donation
Join us at TTS’s 30th Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, where the WIT Awardees will be announced and presented during the President’s Plenary on Wednesday, September 25th at 10:40am local time.

Women in Transplantation - Showcase of WIT Members

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.

Our first member to be featured is Dr. Brenda Rosales, University of Sydney, Australia. Dr. Rosales is one of the Women in Transplantation Fellowship Award winners.
Dr. Brenda Maria Rosales
University of Sydney, Australia
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Read showcased article by Dr. Rosales
The Impact of Sex & Gender on Equity and Access to Cancer Care for Kidney Transplant Recipients

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.

Literature

  1. Rosales et al. 2020, IntJCancer (doi:10.1002/ijc.32585)
  2. Rosales et al. 2022, AJKD (doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.03.010)
  3. De La Mata et al. 2021, BMJ (doi:10.1136/BMJ-2021-068247)
  4. Wyld et al. 2020, Transplantation (DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003224)

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Women's Barrier to Transplant

In partnership with the Women in Transplantation Advocacy Pillar, we invite you to share your perspectives and experiences as a female kidney recipient. We hope this project will help improve the lives and experiences of women with kidney transplants. Your insights will help us create health literacy tailored to female recipients, as well as expand future studies to all organ recipients.
Details

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
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