Dr. Lori West is a Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery, Medical Microbiology/Immunology and Laboratory Medicine/Pathology at the University of Alberta and Director of the Alberta Transplant Institute. A clinician-scientist, she has longstanding interest and expertise in pediatric heart transplantation and transplant immunology, particularly related to ABO glycoimmunology. Her pioneering work on crossing ABO-barriers led to global impact on infant heart transplantation. Dr. West is also the Director of the Canadian Donation Transplant Research Program, a national research coalition funded since 2013 by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She previously held the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Heart Transplantation, is past-president of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation and the Canadian Society of Transplantation, and immediate past-chair of the Women in Transplantation international initiative of The Transplantation Society. A Fellow of both the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Dr. West was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2020.
When | Session | Talk Title | Room |
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Wed-03 08:00 - 09:20 |
Session — Influence of Sex and Gender in Transplantation | B cell tolerance for ABO incompatible transplants | Grand Georgian |
Wed-03 09:20 - 10:10 |
Abstracts Session — Abstracts Session 6 | Enzymatic conversion of blood group A- to H-antigen in a mouse model to facilitate ABO-incompatible transplantation (ABOi Tx) | Grand Georgian |
When | Session | Role | Room |
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Tue-02 11:00 - 12:30 |
Session — Patient Perspectives | Moderator | Grand Georgian |