Erin Vines received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from University of Texas at Arlington and is a strong advocate for donation for organ, tissue and research. Her professional interests focus on increasing awareness of, and involvement in numerous research endeavors to maximize the donor gift and contribute to local and national research projects. Her current projects include human Dorsal Root Ganglion research for pain management options to exclude opioids, pancreas research to better understand both Diabetes Type I and II and pancreatic cancer, as well as multiple other whole organ projects to increase transplant viability. Currently, she serves as the Clinical Research Associate for Southwest Transplant Alliance.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at 2:00pm
The Alliance Conversation Series brings you cost-free, fast-paced collaborative opportunities that highlight successful donation and transplantation practices across the country. Through shared insight, multidisciplinary experts identify solutions to critical challenges affecting the community of practice and actively share them for open discussion and broader knowledge of effective practices.
The Alliance is not an advocacy organization and always intends to maintain an objective and unbiased perspective.
Sessions are designed to be approximately 30-45 minutes in length and encourage real-time feedback and participation from viewers.
Overview: Historically, there has been wide variation among hospital policies for donation after circulatory death (DCD) processes. With more DCD donors as well as more organs from DCD donors being utilized, it is time to revisit the variability in DCD hospital policies. Our speaker will explain what methods were utilized in this study, results, and conclusions on how the study can help to impact DCD donation outcomes.