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🌟 apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight July 2025
🤲🏽 Meet Heather Johnson — #LivingDonor & voice on the #APOLLO Community Advisory Council (#CAC).

🫶 Heather champions donor & family voices in research aiming to improve transplant outcomes & safety, esp. for those with #APOL1 variants. 🧬 💚💙
July 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🌟 apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight July 2025 🌟

🤲🏽 Meet Alexis Conell, inspiring #APOLLO CAC member:

🎤 “This study makes me hopeful. Knowledge of the APOL1 gene in people of African descent can lead to better outcomes, safer donations & fewer unused organs.”

#PrecisionMedicine 🧬 💙 💚
July 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🌟 @ApolloNetwork13 #MemberSpotlight July 2025

🤲🏽 Honoring Dr. William Rayfield, a valued #APOLLO CAC member advocating for kidney health & APOL1 awareness.

🫶 Dr. Rayfield hopes #APOLLO raises awareness ➕ leads to breakthroughs in transplantation & kidney care.
#OrganDonation #PrecisionMedicine 🧬💚💙
July 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🌟 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight July 2025
🤲🏽 Honoring #AnaIltisPhD, Co-Chair of #APOLLO Community Advisory Council & leading transplant ethicist, championing ethical #transplant systems
🫶 Empowering #LivingDonors & expanding #KidneyTransplant availability through #APOL1 research 🧬💙💚
July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌟 The apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight💡, June 2025: 🤲🏽 Honoring #DanBrennanMD for exceptional leadership on #APOLLO Steering Cmte➕Publications & Presentations Cmte. 📖
🔵 Dan's vision➕commitment inspire breakthroughs in #Transplantation, #OrganDonation & #PrecisionMedicine 🧬💙💚
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
🌟The apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025:
🤲🏽 Proud to honor Juan Felipe Velasquez, MD for outstanding service as Study Coordinator at @miaminephrology.bsky.social Transplant 💙💚
🔵 Dr. Velasquez hopes the #APOLLOStudy will advance personalized medicine in #KidneyTransplantation
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May 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🌟@apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025:
🤲🏽 Proud to honor Dr. #BersanOzcanMD | @vanderbilt.edu Study Coordinator
'I hope the #APOLLOStudy will generate meaningful insights to help transplant teams make more informed decisions about both donor selection and recipient management’ 🧬🏥🫶
May 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🌟@apollonetwork13.bsky.social spotlights #GiftayKingston's inspiring work as a #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil member: ‘My hope that The #APOLLOStudy will contribute knowledge to help find ways to disable damage from the gene if found early in a young person’s life.' 🧬🏥🫶 #PrecisionMedicine #KidneyAdvocate
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🌟 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social k13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025:
🤲🏽 Proud to recognize #DrPatrickGee for his incredible service on #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil➕ Publications & Presentation Cmte.
🔵 His work➕advocacy helps #APOLLO's mission, w/ lasting impacts on #KidneyTransplantion 🧬🏥
May 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
🌟The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025:
🤲🏽 Proud to honor Dr. #SylviaRosas for outstanding leadership on the #APOLLO Steering Committee➕ Dissemination Working Group.💙💚 Her leadership is vital in advancing #KidneyHealth, #OrganDonation, and #PrecisionMedicine 🧬🏥🫶
May 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
⚾🫶 #DonateLifeMonth 2025: @apollonetwork13.bsky.social's #BarryFreedmanMD (Coordinating Cntr PI) threw 1st pitch at #WakeForest Baseball’s #LivingDonorAwarenessDay.🤲🏽
🏟The event honors stories like a coach who donated a kidney to player—#TransplantationSavesLives 🦋💙 💚@donatelifeamerica.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
📣The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social celebrates #DonateLifeMonth 2025💚💙with #APOLLONetworkSpotlights🌟!
🔵 Honoring APOLLO #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil (CAC) Co-Chair @glendaroberts.bsky.social
🤝🏽Discover what fuels Glendas's passion for this vital work #DonateLife | #KidneyTransplant | #Genetics 🧬🤲🏽
April 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social kicks off #DonateLifeMonth 2025 💚💙 w/ #APOLLONetworkSpotlights 🌟!
🔵 First up: #LaurieRussell, Lead Project Manager at the #APOLLO Coordinating Center
🤝🏽 Discover what fuels @lrussell6868's passion for this vital work @donatelifeamerica.bsky.social | #KidneyTransplant🤲🏽
April 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
📣New apollonetwork13.bsky.social Dissemination Workgroup asnpublications.bsky.social‬#JASNSN 📖April 2025
🧬 Article urges care in sharing race-base#geneticresearchch :
✔️ Don’t equate race with ancestry
✔️ Include community voices
✔️ Highlight social factors, not just genes
🌟Read �� https://t.ly/uC4C4Hm
April 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
🌟The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth !🖤💚❤️
🆕 #JAmSocNephrol (#JASN) 📖 by #APOLLO Dissemination Working Group 🔗https://t.ly/uC4Hm
➡️ Read why it’s so important to distinguish between race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genetic research🧬esp. in #KidneyDisease & #Transplantation
March 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🌟The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth 2025!🖤💚❤️
· Sharing a message from the #APOLLO Study 🧬Team👇🏽 “Together, we celebrate not only history but the progress we continue to strive for every day”
· Honoring the Past | Inspiring the Future 🙌🏾
🔗 www.apollocommunity.net
February 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🙌🏾Congratulations @ApolloNetwork13 CC11 CoPI Mariella Ortigosa-Goggins for outstanding @TheMiamiTimes OpEd article📰👏🏽
🙏🏾for informing the community & shedding light on the crucial topic of distinguishing race from biology in #KidneyTransplant outcomes💡
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November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Catching moments w/@ApolloNetwork13 Investigators presenting➕networking across #KidneyWk 2023 | #Philadelphia🔔
🙌🏾Wonderful discussions in sessions related to #kidney #genetics🧬, #APOL1➕#transplantation🤝🏽
❤️#PhillyLove | #ASNKidneyWeek💛@mannonmom |@GbadegesinLab |@emp802➕👇🏽
November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
New📖by #MariellaGoggins | @mannonmom ➕@KristaLentine explores ‘Impact of Ethnicity on #ResearchAuthorization at the Time of #OrganDonation
· A critical topic for improving outcomes in #KidneyTransplantation 💙💚
· 🗞️Read full @turkjnephrol article 👇🏾:

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November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
🌟Dr.Ana Iltis, @WakeForest Professor➕@ApolloNetwork13 #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil Co-chair, delivers outstanding @slusom #GrandRounds | Sept 8, 2023: '#HealthDisparities & #HealthEquity in #ClinicalResearch & Practice.'🔬Working together for a healthier, more equitable future!💪🏽
November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
📣In partnership w/@AST_info, @ApolloNetwork13 shares upcoming webinar: 'Next of Kin #Research Authorization After Consent for #OrganDonation'
· 📺to be presented in webinar format⏰Monday, July 17 3pm (ET) | Includes lives chat➕panel discussion🎤🙏🏾Join!🆓

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November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Extending wishes for a safe & restorative #July4th from @ApolloNetwork13 to your communities & families🤲🏽
· Today we honor the men and women who serve, served, & sacrificed for our country 🇺🇸 #IndependenceDay2023
November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
🤲🏽Read more from the @ApolloNetwork13 honoring: #Juneteenth2023🤲🏽 @PGee51 | @itsglendar | @nicholejeff | @NIDDKgov | @NIH
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November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
👐🏾The @ApolloNetwork13 honors #Juneteenth2023– commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans
• Today we reflect on our past➕how we can work together for a better, more equitable, just & inclusive future🙌🏾#CelebrateFreedom | #Equity | #Diversity | #JuneteenthDay🤲🏾
November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
🙌🏾@ApolloNetwork13 celebrates KaShawna Guy’s #ClinicalTrials Nat'l Conference poster presentation🎤
‘Strategies for Efficiently Building #PublicFacingWebsites to Promote #ParticipantRecruitment and Engagement' 🤝🏽
· Excellent work KaShawna!🤝🏽Grateful for your talents🙏🏾
November 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM