We aim to raise awareness of gender-related issues in the science of transplantation. Posts are not endorsed and may not reflect the views of the AST.
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AST_WHCOP retweeted
This week is #ATC2026Boston.
By Saturday, the transplant community will be arriving in Boston for five days of science, sessions, and conversation.
Your seat is still waiting.
Register now to save: bit.ly/3QxbH4B
@AST_info, @ASTSChimera
AST_WHCOP retweeted
👀 Important work by Dionne et al. (AAMC salary survey) highlights a persistent gender pay gap in academic ophthalmology:
💸 85–91¢ on the dollar
📉 ~$1M career loss (& likely more)
Equity in pay = equity in opportunity
Check it out below👇
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
AST_WHCOP retweeted
We can't wait to see all of you!
This week is #ATC2026Boston.
By Saturday, the transplant community will be arriving in Boston for five days of science, sessions, and conversation.
Your seat is still waiting.
Register now to save: bit.ly/3QxbH4B
@AST_info, @ASTSChimera
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Join us for the upcoming WHCOP/TCC COP Journal Club!
We’ll discuss “Pregnancy after lung transplantation: TRIGGER study on antihuman leukocyte antigen alloimmunization and antibody-mediated rejection risk.”
📅 Friday, June 5, 2026
⏰ 10–11 AM ET
Speaker: Dr. Adrien Tissot
Moderator: Dr. Ersilia DeFilippis
Discussant: Dr. Katherine Young
#TransplantTwitter #WomensHealth #LungTransplant #Pregnancy #JournalClub
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Hear from Lisa Callahan, MD at the Women’s Networking Event during #ATC2026Boston about career pivots, authenticity, and support across generations. bit.ly/4nXHgAM
@AST_info, @ASTSChimera
AST_WHCOP retweeted
⏰WIT 2026 Research Grant Apps are due tomorrow, April 1!
Opportunities include:
🔹 Faculty working in low- and middle-income countries
🔹 Research on sex and gender in solid organ transplantation among Indigenous populations
Apply 👉 tts-wit.org/research-grants/…
AST_WHCOP retweeted
✨ NEW PUB + Passion Project✨
After liver transplant, we track labs 🧪, imaging 📊, biopsies...But we rarely ask one basic question:
“When was your last period?”
🩸No menses within 1 year of LT → significantly higher graft liver disease.
🧩 A zero-cost, patient-centered signal hiding in plain sight
♀️ Reproductive health = Transplant health
Check it out below 👇
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
#LiverTransplant #WomensHealth #TransplantHepatology
AST_WHCOP retweeted
🌟Don't miss our upcoming webinar 👉Perspectives & Experiences of Women with a Kidney Transplant on Access to Healthcare
🗓️ Weds, March 4 @ 6 am (ET)
🎤Germaine Wong, Bianca Davidson, Zibya Barday, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Maleeka Ladhani,
Join here🔗tinyurl.com/mr3rnsj8
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Trainees: your transplant career starts here 🚀
Join AST for just $60 (save $30!) when you apply by March 31 and unlock:
✨ On-demand access to the Fellows Symposium & World Transplant Congress
✨ Discounts for CEoT and ATC
✨ Education, career tools, and Communities of Practice
Learn more: bit.ly/4qhIebA
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Sex Diff's in LV remodeling w/ Aortic Regurgitation bit.ly/4rezT8D Echo Volumes are key, but could we screen with linear dimensions? bit.ly/LVChamberTTEvsCMR1
bit.ly/LVChamberTTEvsCMR2
@JAMA_current @JAMACardio @NAjmoneMarsan @ACCinTouch @escardio
AST_WHCOP retweeted
✍️Survey participants: 58% Male, 65% White, 7% Hispanic, 21% SGM/LGBTQ+
🗣️Comfortable communicating with 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️patients? 96% LGB patients, 85% Trans Patients
📚Confident in GI/Hep knowledge for treating🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️patients? 67% LGB, 50% Trans
📖57% agreed that more education is needed to provide better care for 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️patients
#GITwitter #LiverTwitter
AST_WHCOP retweeted
🌟 FOMO No More! 🌟
Couldn’t make it to WTC 2025? Get the inside scoop!
🗓️ Tomorrow, Dec 1 | 12–1 PM ET
🎤 Speakers: @Dr_KMCoop ; Cecilia Katzenstein, MD/MPH (c), @AmiKPPatel ; Gabriella Salerno, PharmD
🧭 Moderators: @LaurenFeldMD, Payaswini Vasant, MD
🔗 Register Today!🔗
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
AST_WHCOP retweeted
🌟Join us for tomorrow's webinar 👉 Sustaining Success: Mentorship for Senior Women in Transplantation
📅 Tues., Nov. 11, 2025 at 2: pm (ET)
💬 Yolanda Becker, @AnetteMelk , Bethany Foster, @LjwestWest, @germjacq
🔗 tinyurl.com/7c5a936j
#medtwitter #transplanttwitter
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Proud to see incredible women's health related work at #TLM2025 💜
📊 Posters on pregnancy & liver disease, hepatitis B & social determinants, and transplant outcomes
🙌 Plus sessions on women’s leadership, retention, and mentorship in hepatology!
Check out these sessions to support your fellow @whcop member's work and tag/message us if you have other work to share!
#WomenInMedicine #Hepatology
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Hepatitis B and Pregnancy 🦠
🔹Patients in MA PHBPP had 0 cases of neonatal hep B 👶
🔹 The northeast had the highest cases of hep B during pregnancy 🤰
🔹Hep B during pregnancy was associated with ethnic/racial minorities & economic/housing instability💰
#TLM2025 #womeninGI @AASLDtweets @whcop
AST_WHCOP retweeted
➡️What happens when you increase salary transparency?
➡️What is on a chief’s 🧠when negotiating a new hire?
➡️How to ⚖️ accommodations & consistency?
Find out in our 🔥🔥 #TLM2025 panel
@AASLDtweets #livertwitter
@whcop @AST_LICOP
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Congratulations to @naziasel and @CynthiaTsien for another successful 🔥 @DEIinTransplant meeting in beautiful @Toronto 🇨🇦
Honored to be invited to speak last year and moderate a session this year! Can't wait to come back next year!
#DEI #transplant #LiverTwitter
AST_WHCOP retweeted
Our review on reproductive health in solid organ transplants published in @TransplantJrnl led by @AnaRossiMD
@GoniKatz @lisacoscia1 @whcop @MonikaSarkarMD @AST_info
journals.lww.com/transplantj…
AST_WHCOP retweeted
💊 Contraception is a crucial of part post-transplant medical care
🤔 Picking the right option can feel overwhelming for patients
📄 Check out this new patient-friendly resource to educate & empower, courtesy of @whcop🦾
👉 myast.org/resources/contrace…
#PatientCare #ContraceptionEducation
Created by: @Dr_KMCoop & @MonikaSarkarMD
