UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research Network
@ukodtrn.bsky.social
A collaboration between clinical, patient, public, and scientific representatives to support research in organ donation and transplantation for patient benefit
https://ukodtrn.org/
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📅Only a few days until our webinar about AI in transplantation.
Join us to find out how AI can be used as a force for good to expand access to life-saving transplants.
Join us to find out how AI can be used as a force for good to expand access to life-saving transplants.
How can AI be used in organ transplantation?
Join our free webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals with guest speaker Georgios Kourounis to find out more.
Register here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
Join our free webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals with guest speaker Georgios Kourounis to find out more.
Register here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📅Only a few days until our webinar about AI in transplantation.
Join us to find out how AI can be used as a force for good to expand access to life-saving transplants.
Join us to find out how AI can be used as a force for good to expand access to life-saving transplants.
How can AI be used in organ transplantation?
Join our free webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals with guest speaker Georgios Kourounis to find out more.
Register here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
Join our free webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals with guest speaker Georgios Kourounis to find out more.
Register here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
How can AI be used in organ transplantation?
Join our free webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals with guest speaker Georgios Kourounis to find out more.
Register here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
Join our free webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals with guest speaker Georgios Kourounis to find out more.
Register here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
Christian is a Public Contributor for the UKODTRN. He received a life-saving liver transplant in 2018 and now gets involved in research to give back to the medical community.
Read his story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
Read his story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
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Public Contributor Spotlight: Christian's Story
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October 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Christian is a Public Contributor for the UKODTRN. He received a life-saving liver transplant in 2018 and now gets involved in research to give back to the medical community.
Read his story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
Read his story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
Today we are celebrating the first ever International Patient Engagement Day, launched by ISPEP.
This year's theme is #CarryTheChange as we acknowledge the impact that good quality patient engagement has on research and outcomes for patients.
#InternationalPatientEngagementDay2025
This year's theme is #CarryTheChange as we acknowledge the impact that good quality patient engagement has on research and outcomes for patients.
#InternationalPatientEngagementDay2025
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Today we are celebrating the first ever International Patient Engagement Day, launched by ISPEP.
This year's theme is #CarryTheChange as we acknowledge the impact that good quality patient engagement has on research and outcomes for patients.
#InternationalPatientEngagementDay2025
This year's theme is #CarryTheChange as we acknowledge the impact that good quality patient engagement has on research and outcomes for patients.
#InternationalPatientEngagementDay2025
📰Have you read our latest newsletter for organ donation and transplantation professionals?
Catch up on ongoing research, useful resources, and upcoming events here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Catch up on ongoing research, useful resources, and upcoming events here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
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Read the latest edition of our newsletter for professionals
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October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📰Have you read our latest newsletter for organ donation and transplantation professionals?
Catch up on ongoing research, useful resources, and upcoming events here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Catch up on ongoing research, useful resources, and upcoming events here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Telling the Story: Parenting, Transplant & Talking to Children
The World Transplant Games Federation are hosting a webinar sharing how storytelling can help families talk to children about transplantation.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The World Transplant Games Federation are hosting a webinar sharing how storytelling can help families talk to children about transplantation.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Telling the Story: Parenting, Transplant & Talking to Children. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Speaker: Esther Sceide, Supersprookje.nl -
When Esther Scheide couldn’t find a picture book to help parents talk to their children about her upcoming organ transplantation, she created one herself. ...
us02web.zoom.us
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Telling the Story: Parenting, Transplant & Talking to Children
The World Transplant Games Federation are hosting a webinar sharing how storytelling can help families talk to children about transplantation.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The World Transplant Games Federation are hosting a webinar sharing how storytelling can help families talk to children about transplantation.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The INTEGRITY Project: Consultation on the draft guidelines.
Provide your feedback on draft ethical guidelines for research involving deceased donors.
Find out more: redcap.link/integrity
Provide your feedback on draft ethical guidelines for research involving deceased donors.
Find out more: redcap.link/integrity
October 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The INTEGRITY Project: Consultation on the draft guidelines.
Provide your feedback on draft ethical guidelines for research involving deceased donors.
Find out more: redcap.link/integrity
Provide your feedback on draft ethical guidelines for research involving deceased donors.
Find out more: redcap.link/integrity
Have you read the latest edition of our newsletter for patients and the public?
Catch up on the latest research and opportunities to get involved here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Catch up on the latest research and opportunities to get involved here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
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Read the latest edition of our newsletter for patients and the public
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October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Have you read the latest edition of our newsletter for patients and the public?
Catch up on the latest research and opportunities to get involved here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Catch up on the latest research and opportunities to get involved here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Researchers from Newcastle University and Bradford University are testing if a new artificial intelligence (AI) app could help surgeons to judge if donated livers are suitable for transplant.
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Researchers from Newcastle University and Bradford University are testing if a new artificial intelligence (AI) app could help surgeons to judge if donated livers are suitable for transplant.
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
New research could help make organ donation quicker and less stressful for families. Researchers at Nottingham University and City St George's University are looking into delays in organ donation and how they can be resolved.
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek
September 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New research could help make organ donation quicker and less stressful for families. Researchers at Nottingham University and City St George's University are looking into delays in organ donation and how they can be resolved.
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR20...
#OrganDonationWeek
Current research by the University of Bristol could help to improve access to kidney transplants from living donors. They are testing a new support service, which combines approaches used in other countries.
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR16...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR16...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Current research by the University of Bristol could help to improve access to kidney transplants from living donors. They are testing a new support service, which combines approaches used in other countries.
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR16...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
Read more: fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR16...
#OrganDonationWeek @nihr.bsky.social
This week is Organ Donation Week 2025, and it is time to shine a light on the incredible gift of organ donation.
Throughout the week, we will be sharing some of the important research that is happening right now in the field of organ donation.
#OrganDonationWeek #OrganDonation
Throughout the week, we will be sharing some of the important research that is happening right now in the field of organ donation.
#OrganDonationWeek #OrganDonation
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This week is Organ Donation Week 2025, and it is time to shine a light on the incredible gift of organ donation.
Throughout the week, we will be sharing some of the important research that is happening right now in the field of organ donation.
#OrganDonationWeek #OrganDonation
Throughout the week, we will be sharing some of the important research that is happening right now in the field of organ donation.
#OrganDonationWeek #OrganDonation
❗Closing soon
If you are currently working at a UK liver transplant centre, please take 10 minutes to complete and share this anonymous survey about psychological support for liver transplant patients.
#livertransplant
Complete the survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/1PMNDvmHmN
If you are currently working at a UK liver transplant centre, please take 10 minutes to complete and share this anonymous survey about psychological support for liver transplant patients.
#livertransplant
Complete the survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/1PMNDvmHmN
Microsoft Forms
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September 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
❗Closing soon
If you are currently working at a UK liver transplant centre, please take 10 minutes to complete and share this anonymous survey about psychological support for liver transplant patients.
#livertransplant
Complete the survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/1PMNDvmHmN
If you are currently working at a UK liver transplant centre, please take 10 minutes to complete and share this anonymous survey about psychological support for liver transplant patients.
#livertransplant
Complete the survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/1PMNDvmHmN
If you are a consultant kidney clinician with an interest in transplantation, don't miss this opportunity to join the @nhsbt.bsky.social Kidney Advisory Group!
Find out more:
www.odt.nhs.uk/transplantat...
Find out more:
www.odt.nhs.uk/transplantat...
Expressions of interest
Non-surgical transplant renal units: expressions of interest invited for consultant members for NHSBT Kidney Advisory Group
www.odt.nhs.uk
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you are a consultant kidney clinician with an interest in transplantation, don't miss this opportunity to join the @nhsbt.bsky.social Kidney Advisory Group!
Find out more:
www.odt.nhs.uk/transplantat...
Find out more:
www.odt.nhs.uk/transplantat...
Join our new Facebook group 'Public Voices in Transplantation Research' to learn about the latest opportunities to use your lived experience to shape the future through research.
Join here: www.facebook.com/groups/57147...
#transplant #patientvoice
Join here: www.facebook.com/groups/57147...
#transplant #patientvoice
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August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Join our new Facebook group 'Public Voices in Transplantation Research' to learn about the latest opportunities to use your lived experience to shape the future through research.
Join here: www.facebook.com/groups/57147...
#transplant #patientvoice
Join here: www.facebook.com/groups/57147...
#transplant #patientvoice
🫀New Heart, New Horizons: Exercise in the journey after heart transplant
Learn about the heart transplant recipients’ journey through rehabilitation and optimizing exercise capacity at an event run by @thebhf.bsky.social and Coventry University.
Find out more: www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/fron...
Learn about the heart transplant recipients’ journey through rehabilitation and optimizing exercise capacity at an event run by @thebhf.bsky.social and Coventry University.
Find out more: www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/fron...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🫀New Heart, New Horizons: Exercise in the journey after heart transplant
Learn about the heart transplant recipients’ journey through rehabilitation and optimizing exercise capacity at an event run by @thebhf.bsky.social and Coventry University.
Find out more: www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/fron...
Learn about the heart transplant recipients’ journey through rehabilitation and optimizing exercise capacity at an event run by @thebhf.bsky.social and Coventry University.
Find out more: www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/fron...
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🫀 Register now for our BTS Autumn Symposia!
Join leading experts, innovators, and clinicians for a powerful one-day programme exploring the next era in cardiothoracic transplant care.
📅 14 November 2025
📍Wellcome Collection, London
bit.ly/3JxrZX7
#BTS2025 #CardiothoracicTransplant
Join leading experts, innovators, and clinicians for a powerful one-day programme exploring the next era in cardiothoracic transplant care.
📅 14 November 2025
📍Wellcome Collection, London
bit.ly/3JxrZX7
#BTS2025 #CardiothoracicTransplant
BTS Autumn Symposia - British Transplantation Society
The Fundamentals of Transplantation: A Joint Educational Event by The Herrick Society of Trainees in Transplant Surgery & The British Transplant Physician Trainees
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August 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🫀 Register now for our BTS Autumn Symposia!
Join leading experts, innovators, and clinicians for a powerful one-day programme exploring the next era in cardiothoracic transplant care.
📅 14 November 2025
📍Wellcome Collection, London
bit.ly/3JxrZX7
#BTS2025 #CardiothoracicTransplant
Join leading experts, innovators, and clinicians for a powerful one-day programme exploring the next era in cardiothoracic transplant care.
📅 14 November 2025
📍Wellcome Collection, London
bit.ly/3JxrZX7
#BTS2025 #CardiothoracicTransplant
Today is World Organ Donation Day 💙
We are honouring the organ donors and their families that have helped to save and transform the lives of thousands of people living with organ failure.
Read Sue's story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
#WorldOrganDonationDay
We are honouring the organ donors and their families that have helped to save and transform the lives of thousands of people living with organ failure.
Read Sue's story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
#WorldOrganDonationDay
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Sue's Story
www.ukodtrn.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Today is World Organ Donation Day 💙
We are honouring the organ donors and their families that have helped to save and transform the lives of thousands of people living with organ failure.
Read Sue's story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
#WorldOrganDonationDay
We are honouring the organ donors and their families that have helped to save and transform the lives of thousands of people living with organ failure.
Read Sue's story: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/publ...
#WorldOrganDonationDay
Shape the future of AI in organ transplantation by sharing your insights in a 5-minute survey by @esottransplant.bsky.social
ESOT is calling on transplant professionals, researchers & clinicians to contribute their perspectives on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transplantation!
Your feedback will directly inform ESOT’s forthcoming position paper 😄
@colinwilson2206.bsky.social
Your feedback will directly inform ESOT’s forthcoming position paper 😄
@colinwilson2206.bsky.social
Use of AI in Transplantation
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August 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Shape the future of AI in organ transplantation by sharing your insights in a 5-minute survey by @esottransplant.bsky.social
📅One week remaining to share the questions you think research should answer about organ donation and transplantation.
Your questions will help us to identify what future research should focus on for the benefit of patients.
Extended closing date: Monday 11th August.
Your questions will help us to identify what future research should focus on for the benefit of patients.
Extended closing date: Monday 11th August.
What questions do you think research should answer about organ donation and transplantation?
We are running a survey for anyone affected by organ donation and transplantation that will help shape research priorities and funding.
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/shap...
We are running a survey for anyone affected by organ donation and transplantation that will help shape research priorities and funding.
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/shap...
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Shape the future of research: What questions do you think research should answer about organ donation and transplantation?
www.ukodtrn.org
August 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
📅One week remaining to share the questions you think research should answer about organ donation and transplantation.
Your questions will help us to identify what future research should focus on for the benefit of patients.
Extended closing date: Monday 11th August.
Your questions will help us to identify what future research should focus on for the benefit of patients.
Extended closing date: Monday 11th August.
📰Read the latest edition of our newsletter for patients and the public📰
Catch up with the latest opportunities to get involved in research and read about the work we've been doing to transform transplantation research together.
www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Catch up with the latest opportunities to get involved in research and read about the work we've been doing to transform transplantation research together.
www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
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Read the latest edition of our newsletter for patients and the public
www.ukodtrn.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📰Read the latest edition of our newsletter for patients and the public📰
Catch up with the latest opportunities to get involved in research and read about the work we've been doing to transform transplantation research together.
www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
Catch up with the latest opportunities to get involved in research and read about the work we've been doing to transform transplantation research together.
www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/read...
UKODTRN Executive Committee member and Consultant Nephrologist Dr Sunil Daga shares his research story and discusses the importance of reducing health inequalities in live kidney donation.
Read the full article here:
www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk/dr-sunil-dag...
Read the full article here:
www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk/dr-sunil-dag...
Dr Sunil Daga - Our Research Story
Sunil led a ground-breaking collaborative research study to reduce health inequalities around live organ donation, part funded by Leeds Hospitals Charity.
www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
UKODTRN Executive Committee member and Consultant Nephrologist Dr Sunil Daga shares his research story and discusses the importance of reducing health inequalities in live kidney donation.
Read the full article here:
www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk/dr-sunil-dag...
Read the full article here:
www.leedshospitalscharity.org.uk/dr-sunil-dag...
On Tuesday 15th July, we hosted a webinar with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social about the ongoing study ‘Epidemiology of Cancer after solid Organ Transplantation (EpCOT)’.
You can read more about this here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/usin...
You can read more about this here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/usin...
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Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study
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July 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On Tuesday 15th July, we hosted a webinar with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social about the ongoing study ‘Epidemiology of Cancer after solid Organ Transplantation (EpCOT)’.
You can read more about this here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/usin...
You can read more about this here: www.ukodtrn.org/au-news/usin...
Reposted by UK Organ Donation and Transplantation Research Network
📣Join our next public webinar
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
July 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📣Join our next public webinar
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
📣Join our next public webinar
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
July 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📣Join our next public webinar
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...
'Using patient data to look at cancer after transplantation: The EpCOT Study' with guest speaker @adnan-sharif.bsky.social
Find out more here: www.ukodtrn.org/gi-events-fo...