My Transplant Experience

My Transplant Experience

Join us to discuss this three-year study that focused on the lived experience of people on a transplant journey. Over 1,000 patients, living donors and caregivers generously shared their experiences with us, and in this interactive webinar we’ll share what we learned. Patient partners will share their journeys and contributions to the project, and we’ll dive into why and how to participate in research studies.

Presenters

Carrie Thibodeau

Carrie Thibodeau is Manager of Health Policy and Government Relations at The Kidney Foundation of Canada and had the privilege of serving as project manager for the Improving Engagement and Empowering Patients on their Transplant Journey study.  Her educational background is in applied health sciences and communications, and the focus of her professional career has been on kidney health.  Carrie also has a close family connection to the kidney and transplant communities and this project has been an opportunity to be part of a team responsible for ensuring that patients' lived experiences are central to the decisions being made about how best to manage organ donation and transplantation in Canada.

Kristi Coldwell

Kristi Coldwell is the Senior Advisor for Transplant Research Advocacy at the Transplant Research Foundation of BC. Having undergone a heart transplant as a teenager due to congenital heart disease, Kristi is acutely aware of the role research plays in improving outcomes and enhancing quality of life. She believes Patient and Family Partners have an important role in shaping and informing research to ensure it is meaningful and accountable to all stakeholders.  She also serves as the co-chair for the Patient Advocate Advisory Committee of the Organ Donation and Transplant (ODT) Collaborative, a Health Canada initiative that brings together key stakeholders in Canada’s ODT system.    

Mary Beaucage

Mary Beaucage is Anishnaabe, from Nipissing First Nation, near North Bay Ontario. She spent her career working in Retail Management, honing her skills in hiring, coaching, and succession planning, as well as opening new stores, analyzing markets and business needs. She is a vulnerable and engaging storyteller who trusts you with her story.  

Mary has type 2 diabetes and was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease in 2013, for which she received dialysis. In March 2015, Mary received a kidney from her cousin Janice, who lives in Manitoba. She is patient lead with CDTRP’s Theme 1 research. Mary co-chairs the Can-SOLVE CKD Network’s Patient Governance Circle and Indigenous Peoples Engagement Research Council. She holds leadership and board positions with several health-based organizations. Mary has been a keynote speaker, panel member, presenter and moderator at national and international conferences. Mary is interested in educating and advocating in matters of Indigenous health, patient partnership, chronic kidney disease research, as well as organ donation and transplantation.    

Dr. Sandra Davidson

Dr. Sandra Davidson is Dean in the Faculty of Nursing and Deputy Provost at the University of Calgary. Over her 28-year career in nursing and healthcare, she has served in a wide range of academic and practice environments that span private, for-profit; public, not-for profit; and both large and small public universities. She is well known in each position she has been for her entrepreneurial thought and creative innovation. She is co-editor/author of the award-winning book “Leadership for Evidence-based Innovation in Nursing and Health Professions” now in it’s second edition published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. Her research focuses on health systems transformation, living well with chronic disease and aging. She is a fellow in both the Canadian and American Academies of Nursing. 

Dr. Davidson obtained her PhD in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University in 2011. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing at the same institution in 2001 and received her Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Lethbridge in 1996.  

The Kidney Foundation, would like to thank our sponsors for making the 2022 Kidney Foundation Webinar Series possible.