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Our collaborator on the National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) project, Amit Mathur, MD, transplant surgeon at the Mayo Clinic of Arizona, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2020 Vanguard Award from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), in recognition of his recent publication in Clinical Transplantation, “Return on investment for financial assistance for living kidney donors in the United States.” This work finds that financial support for organ donors’ out-of-pocket expenses produces dramatic federal savings through incremental living donor kidney transplants, by transitioning patients off dialysis.
Figure 2. from the paper.
Advancing the scientific understanding of kidney disease to inform healthcare practice and policy is at the core of Arbor Research’s history. Founded in 1996 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by three leaders in chronic kidney disease care and research, we were originally named the University Renal Research and Education Association (URREA). Arbor Research’s first project was […]
The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Program at Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is pleased to share their recent publication recognized as one of the most- downloaded articles at Kidney International Reports in the past few weeks titled “Alkaline Phosphatase and Parathyroid Hormone Levels: International Variation and Associations With Clinical Outcomes in the […]
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (Arbor Research) recently welcomed Dr. Ping Yu, as Chief Growth Officer. In his new role at Arbor Research, Dr. Yu will lead the Strategic Growth Team (SGT) to further expand Arbor Research’s growth initiatives. Dr. Yu brings a wealth of experience in health data, analytics, research, and evaluation, with a […]
Christopher Spera, PhD, President & CEO of Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, has published “Facing Evidence Fears: From Compliance to Learning”, in the Brookings Publication titled “Next Generation Evidence”, which proposes a paradigm shift towards a learning framework to elevate the impact of health and social programs across the United States. Dr. Spera delves into […]