-Title: Policy Innovations to Advance Equity in Solid Organ Transplantation
This is part three in a three-part webinar series based on recent Clinical Series publications in The Lancet on Solid Organ Transplantation:
🔗 https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/organ-transplantation
This webinar series is a collaboration between The Lancet, The Transplantation Society (TTS), the American Society of Transplantation (AST), and the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT).
This webinar series is a collaboration between The Lancet, The Transplantation Society (TTS), the American Society of Transplantation (AST), and the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT).
Featuring:
Jennifer Li (Chair), Australia – TTS Education Co-Chair
Peter Reese (Organizer / Speaker), United States
Elmi Muller (Panelist) South Africa
Lisa McElroy (Panelist) United States
Objectives:
– Understand how barriers to transplantation emerge at different steps across the patient journal from referral to evaluation through transplantation and follow-up care
– Describe global variation in access to transplantation, including differences in access to living donor versus deceased donor transplantation
– Describe global variation in access to high quality care after transplantation
– Describe how national policies can improve transplant equity, but must be tailored to the local context
– Identify knowledge gaps in how transplant equity might be achieved in the future
For more information visit the 🔗 Webinar Homepage: https://tts.org/lancet1
About the Series:
Solid organ transplantation offers tremendous benefits for patients with end-stage organ disease. However, key challenges persist: organ shortages, immunosuppression-related toxicities, and inequities in access.
This Lancet Clinical Series explores opportunities to address these issues:
Upcoming Webinars:
Part 1 – July 7, 2025
Scientific Advances in the Assessment, Modification, and Generation of Transplantable Organs for Patients with End-stage Organ Diseases
View recording: https://tts.org/lancet1
Part 2 – July 17, 2025
Advancing Patient Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Treatment Strategies for Transplant Precision Medicine
View recording: https://tts.org/lancet2
