Pre-Congress Workshops
Global Perspective for Improving Organ Donation and Transplantation for Indigenous People

Saturday August 02, 2025 | 13:00 to 15:30
Room: 12
Track: Allied Health

Presentations

Merryn Jones, New Zealand
The Reality of Organ Donation in Aotearoa: Experience of Māori and Pasifika People

Veronica McKinney, Canada
Displacement in Care: The Northern and Indigenous Experience in Transplant Medicine

Samantha Bateman, Australia
Inequities in Kidney Transplantation: Systemic Barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Transplant Outcomes

Kelli Owen, Australia
The National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce: Changing Systems to Achieve Equitable Access to Kidney Transplantation

Jagbir Gill, Canada
Working with Indigenous People in Transplant Medicine - The BRIDGE to Transplant Initiative

Caroline Tait, Canada
Creating a Culture of Donation in Indigenous Communities in Canada

Anurag Singh, Canada
Partnerships to Advance Health Equity: Innovating with Rural and Northern Indigenous Communities

Larissa Myaskovsky, United States
Making it Work: Implementing Kidney Transplant Interventions to Improve Access for Indigenous Peoples in the US Southwest

Caroline Tait, Canada
Framing the Conversation: Advancing Indigenous Priorities in Donation and Transplantation Medicine

Email: info@wtc2025.org
514-874-1717