The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced more than $4 million in grants to help identify effective strategies for increasing organ donation and transplantation.
“By supporting these projects, we hope to make a real difference in helping to develop innovative ideas to increase public awareness of the need for organ donation, while advancing medical knowledge in support of transplantation," said HRSA Administrator Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N.
The funds are awarded under three programs administered by HRSA’s Division of Transplantation:
“At no time has the need for organ donation been greater. With more than 112,000 people awaiting an organ, advancing these programs represent cherished opportunities to change a life forever,” noted HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H.”
HRSA provides oversight to the nation's organ donation and transplantation programs. For more information, please visit http://www.organdonor.gov.
A list of grant awards follows:
Organization | City | State | Award |
---|---|---|---|
Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ Donation | |||
Donor Network of Arizona | Phoenix | Ariz. | $347,878 |
Northwestern University | Chicago | Ill. | $330,286 |
New York Alliance for Donation, Inc. | East Greenbush | N.Y. | $261,469 |
Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | Ohio | $409,508 |
University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pa. | $312,835 |
Subtotal: |
|
| $1,661,976 |
Public Education Efforts to Increase Solid Organ Donation | |||
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | Mass. | $384,224 |
Washington University | St. Louis | Mo. | $298,293 |
New York Alliance for Donation, Inc. | East Greenbush | N.Y. | $246,753 |
University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pa. | $382,285 |
Subtotal: |
|
| $1,311,555 |
Clinical Interventions to Increase Organ Procurement | |||
University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco | Calif. | $680,604 |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | Newark | N.J. | $414,577 |
Subtotal: |
|
| $1,095,181 |
TOTAL: |
|
| $4,068,712 |