We are please to report that, thanks to the generosity of our many supporters, we have been able to provide the following Hospital Foundations and organizations with nearly $700,000 in medical research.

This research includes many ongoing opportunities to improve the cause of Organ Donation and Transplantation, which will improve the quality of life of patients and lead to saving lives.

The research we have been privileged to support through the excellent research organizations includes current and innovative research in the following areas:

1) St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation in Vancouver – Transplant rejection research study: utilizing advanced genomic, proteomic, and bio-informatical tools to produce inexpensive, non-invasive and accurate diagnostic and prognostic test of how the transplanted organ will do in organ rejection and immunosuppressive therapy response.

2) Alberta Diabetes Institute – Edmonton – Islet transplantation alleviates the need for daily insulin in Type-1 Diabetes. This research is important to make islet transplantation even safer.

3) University of Ottawa Eye Institute, Ottawa, working on advanced vision research in ophthalmic laboratories including refractive surgery, tissue engineering, regeneration and ocular genetics.

4) St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation, Hamilton – Kidney research in understanding and pursuing improved quality of patient life, delay or eliminate the onset of post-transplantation malignancy, and increased transplant longevity.

We intend to continue ongoing funding of these and other innovative and transplant related research to address the critical needs in this area.

Our goal is to help those Canadians on waiting lists who are looking to our researchers and medical professionals for hope to help bring the gift of life to them and for those who have received this precious gift, through the generosity of and organ donor, to ensure that transplants continue to succeed.