Articles tagged "African-American"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Effect of HLA Class II Polymorphism on Predicted Cellular Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2 at the Individual Level and Within Twenty Five Race/ethnic Groups
H. C. Copley¹, L. Gragert², A. R. Leach³, V. Kosmoliaptsis¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Development of adaptive immunity after COVID-19 and after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is predicated on recognition of viral peptides, presented on HLA class II molecules,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial/ethnic and Sex Disparities in Renal Transplant Waitlisting Accounting for Pre-Waitlist Mortality
R. Hamoda¹, R. Patzer², M. Saunders¹
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess racial/ethnic and sex differences in access to the renal transplant deceased donor waiting list among incident…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Low Socio-economic Status is Associated with Lower Kidney Graft Survival and Increased Risk of Graft Failure Due to Acute Rejection
W. Xie¹, G. Vrakas¹, S. H. Gray¹, A. Haririan², J. R. Scalea¹, J. S. Bromberg¹, D. G. Maluf¹, R. P. Meier¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Low socio-economic status (SES) has been shown to be associated with poor kidney graft outcomes. We aimed to characterize differences in high and low…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Transplant Recipients Reside in the Most Socially Vulnerable Communities
A. C. Killian¹, M. C. McLeod¹, B. Shelton¹, R. D. Reed¹, P. MacLennan¹, H. Qu¹, B. J. Orandi¹, D. Sawinski², J. E. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Racial and socioeconomic disparities in post-transplant outcomes have been described for all solid organ recipients. While the importance of the social determinants of health…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Age and Racial Disparities in Access to Re-kidney Transplantation
S. S. Patole¹, J. Ahn¹, S. Sandal², D. Segev¹, M. McAdams Demarco³
¹Department of Transplantation Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Graft failure is likely increasing among kidney transplant (KT) recipients due to improvements in patient survival. While the benefits of re-KT have been well…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Healthcare Disparities Amongst Dialysis Patients in North Carolina: Decreased Access to Transplant in Lowest Health Rank Counties
D. Leto¹, W. Irish², C. Haisch², B. Tuttle², D. Leeser²
¹Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC, ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: This study measured healthcare disparities amongst the counties in North Carolina with the best compared with counties with the worst healthcare outcomes, specifically the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Confluence of Race, Socioeconomic Deprivation, and Waitlist Mortality for Children Awaiting Liver Transplant
S. Wadhwani¹, J. Ge¹, L. Gottlieb¹, C. Lyles¹, A. F. Beck², J. Bucuvalas³, U. Kotagal², J. C. Lai¹
¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: Social determinants like racism, ethnocentrism, and neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation are associated with poor outcomes for children after liver transplant. We studied the relationship between…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Culturally Sensitive Report Card for African American Kidney Transplant Candidates: Preliminary Results from Pilot Interviews and Focus Groups
W. T. McKinney¹, M. Bruin², B. Kasiske³, A. Matas⁴, A. K. Israni³
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Racial disparities in kidney transplantation continue to negatively impact African American (AA) patients despite changes to deceased donor allocation practices. AA patients are overrepresented…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Patients with Cirrhosis Have Longer Length of Stay and Higher Mortality When Hospitalized
A. Thomas¹, D. Simpson², D. P. Ladner², R. Berkowitz²
¹ACS Clinical Scholar, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Black patients with cirrhosis have been shown to have higher liver-related mortality compared to White patients. However, little knowledge exists about racial differences related…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Providing Equitable Access: Language and Literacy Levels of Kidney Transplant Center Websites
R. Olmeda Barrientos¹, C. E. Jacobson², V. S. Valbuena³, M. S. Anderson³, M. J. Englesbe³, S. A. Waits³, J. R. Santos-Parker²
¹University Of California – Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, ²University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Health disparities exist for access to kidney transplantation. Accessibility of patient-facing transplant center resources can contribute to these disparities. Patients interact with transplant centers…

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