Panelists:
Jonah Odim, MD, PhD (Section Chief Transplantation Basic Sciences Section, Transplantation Branch, NIAID)
Gary Marklin, MD (Chief Medical Officer at Mid-America Transplant)
Rich Rothweiler (Director, Organ Procurement at Mid-America Transplant)
Wendi Rose (Manager of Family Support at Mid-America Transplant)
Jennifer Davis (Donor Family Member)
Rolanda Schmidt, PhD (Donor Family Member)
Abstract: This webinar will provide an overview of the APOLLO Study, which studies kidney donors and kidney transplant recipients for variants of the apolipoprotein L1 gene to determine whether they impact outcomes. Panelists will address categories of deceased donor research and the importance of next-of-kin research authorization, as well as best practices for next-of-kin research authorization, grounded in perspectives of donor family members.
Sponsored by the APOLLO Dissemination Working Group and the American Society of Transplantation