nPOD’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Workshop

We hosted our 2nd annual OPO workshop in mid-October in Gainesville. This in-depth workshop provides an overview of the nPOD program for coordinators and research managers from our OPO partners around the country. This year 20 OPO
representatives attended and earned either CTBS or CEPTC continuing education credits as the nPOD staff and investigators discussed our program and the cutting edge research that we support. We also reviewed nPOD’s inclusion criteria and held interactive discussions on how to improve process. We want to thank all OPOs that attended, and encourage research coordinators, hospital development staff and front line staff interested in learning more about the nPOD program to join us for our next workshop. Please contact Jayne Moraski at:jmoraski@ufl.edu for further information.

2011 meeting/conference successes

nPOD exhibited at many different conferences this past year exposing our project to hundreds of attendees and we were even sponsors of meeting sessions. While attending the American Diabetes Association (ADA) conference nPOD staff were able to meet with nPOD investigators face-to-face and recruit new invesgitators to the project. nPOD staff also attended conferences held by the Association for Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) and the Organization for Transplant Professionals (NATCO). Our participation in these conferences directly resulted in new relationships and collaborations with more OPO’s. We hope that by exhibiting at these and other meetings next year we will continue to have such positive interactions and outcomes.