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Lost in transit: Central Station seeks a moral compass for bodies in motion
The film Central Station touches on the dark side of organ transplantation and emerges on the side of redemption. Though I occasionally suffer from transplantation issue fatigue, Walter Salles’...
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News Roundup #15: Conference buzz, cyborg organs, immunological breakthroughs
Conference Fabulous! Here at TransplantInformers we’re all about sharing ways to re-think donor outreach and education. One of the best ways to do this is attending a conference. Not only is this a...
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Enter the Young: British teens become world’s youngest donors
This is huge news. While the age to join the bone marrow registry is normally 18 in most countries, the Anthony Nolan registry in the UK made a historical shift at the beginning of October lowering the...
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The lower “cost” of bone marrow donation: freshly minted research out on...
Paying bone marrow or organ donors is still a hot button issue. Ethical qualms aside, the core question surrounding this issue is whether such monetary incentives, or less drastic incentives like tax...
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In Turn: Ellyse’s OutLook
Editor’s Note: My passion for transplant donor outreach and education was stoked as the first college intern at the Asian American Donor Program (AADP). I am so proud that since 2004 AADP has continued...
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In turn: Ellyse’s OutLook, part 2
In a series of posts, Ellyse Look shares her journey as an Asian American Donor Program (AADP) intern with us in a series of thoughtful and detailed reflections. It’s a revealing window into the...
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Giving the Gift of Life Youth Organ Donation Awareness: The GGOL Ambassador...
Giving the Gift of Life (GGOL) is a unique programme cultivating organ, blood and bone marrow donor youth ambassadors through job skills training. It was created by the UK’s African Caribbean Leukamia...
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In Turn: Ellyse’s OutLook, Part 3
In a series of posts, Ellyse Look shares her journey as an Asian American Donor Program (AADP) intern with us in a series of thoughtful and detailed reflections. It’s a revealing window into the...
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13, 12, 11, 10…Laugh for Lives is here!
This year’s official Laugh for Lives postcard Tomorrow is the 6th Annual Laugh for Lives (LFL), one of the biggest fundraisers for the Asian American Donor Program (AADP). The lineup is as exciting as...
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Crafting a donor recruitment piece: the South African example
Editor’s Note: Tarryn Corlett-Boden, the Operations Manager (PR, Marketing and Communications) for The Sunflower Fund shares their process of sculpting of a donor education piece for their work in...
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