The CU Transplant Policies and Outcomes Collaborative focuses on fostering a collaborative environment where we improve the quality, safety, efficacy, equity, and implementation of transplant medicine using clinical and research-driven data.
We are supported by the Colorado Center for Transplantation Care, Research, and Education (CCTCARE), a unique multidisciplinary center that aims to be at the forefront of transplant innovation.
Our vision and mission for the Transplant Outcomes and Policy lab are:
"The mission of our team is to investigate scientific aims addressing clinical outcomes and healthcare policy in the field of transplantation. We invite collaborations from clinical investigators, translational scientists, healthcare policy researchers, and epidemiologists. Our goal is to utilize research methods and data to address important questions in the field of transplantation to improve quality of life for patients with end-organ disease and recipients of liver, kidney, heart, and lung transplants."
Jesse Schold, Ph.D.
Here's a list of some of our latest published research:
1: Maclay LM, Yu M, Amaral S, Adler JT, Sandoval PR, Ratner LE, Schold JD, Mohan S, Husain SA. Disparities in Access to Timely Waitlisting Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Candidates. Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 1:e2024065934. doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-065934. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39086359.2: Budhiraja P, Schold JD, Heilman RL, Malamon J, Kaplan B. Integrating Epidemiological Data and Conditional Probabilistic Approaches in Clinical Decision-making: A Focus on Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation. 2024 Jul 24. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005160. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39044330.
3: Man S, Bruckman D, Uchino K, Schold JD, Dalton J. Racial, Ethnic, and Regional Disparities of Post-Acute Service Utilization After Stroke in the United States. Neurol Clin Pract. 2024 Oct;14(5):e200329. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200329. Epub 2024 Jul 17. PMID: 39036785; PMCID: PMC11259533.
4: Malamon JS, Ho B, Jackson WE, Saben JL, Schold JD, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Kaplan B. An evaluation of the organ procurement and transplantation network's expanded post-transplant performance metrics. Front Transplant. 2023 Aug 16;2:1237112. doi: 10.3389/frtra.2023.1237112. PMID: 38993926; PMCID: PMC11235232.
5: Parente A, Wehrle CJ, Schold JD, Panconesi R, Miller C, Hashimoto K, Dondossola D, Schlegel A. Reply to: "Trends in current use of machine perfusion for donation after cardiac death donors in the US". J Hepatol. 2024 Jun 24:S0168-8278(24)02327-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.06.021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38925271.
6: Forman LM, Jackson WE, Arrigain S, Lopez R, Schold JD. Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with worse patient and graft survival following adult liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2024 May 20. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000400. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38767448.
7: Buchalter RB, Mohan S, Schold JD. Geospatial Modeling Methods in Epidemiological Kidney Research: An Overview and Practical Example. Kidney Int Rep. 2024 Jan 23;9(4):807-816. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.01.017. PMID: 38765574; PMCID: PMC11101776.
8: Ng PK, Yoeli D, Huang JL, Luo Y, Wang Y, Li B, Wang Z, Schold J, Jain S, Su AA, Mathes DW, Washington KM, Farkash E, Jani AH, Huang CA. Successful Extension of Vascularized Composite Allograft Perfusion Cold Storage to 24 h in a Rat Hindlimb Transplant Model. Transplant Direct. 2024 May 15;10(6):e1623. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001623. PMID: 38757052; PMCID: PMC11098188.
9: Brahmania M, Rogal S, Serper M, Patel A, Goldberg D, Mathur A, Wilder J, Vittorio J, Yeoman A, Rich NE, Lazo M, Kardashian A, Asrani S, Spann A, Ufere N, Verma M, Verna E, Simpson D, Schold JD, Rosenblatt R, McElroy L, Wadwhani SI, Lee TH, Strauss AT, Chung RT, Aiza I, Carr R, Yang JM, Brady C, Fortune BE. Pragmatic strategies to address health disparities along the continuum of care in chronic liver disease. Hepatol Commun. 2024 May 2;8(5):e0413. doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000413. PMID: 38696374; PMCID: PMC11068141.
10: Zubkov MR, Moore HB, Lopez R, Brosi D, Choudhury RA, Arrigain S, Saben J, Conzen KD, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Prognostic value of body mass index is highly modified by sex among recipients of liver transplant. Liver Transpl. 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000389. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38687166.
11: Yu M, King KL, Maclay LM, Husain SA, Schold JD, Mohan S. Incomplete reporting of clinically significant acute rejection episodes in the national kidney transplant registry. Am J Transplant. 2024 Apr 16:S1600-6135(24)00277-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.04.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38636806.
12: Amdani S, Dewey EN, Schold JD. Public Reporting of Heart Transplant Center Performance: Promoting Clarity or Causing Confusion? JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Jul;12(7):1274-1283. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.01.021. Epub 2024 Apr 10. PMID: 38613559.
13: Maguire C, Crivello P, Fleischhauer K, Isaacson D, Casillas A, Kramer CSM, Copley HC, Heidt S, Kosmoliaptsis V, Meneghini M, Gmeiner M, Schold J, Louzoun Y, Tambur AR. Qualitative, rather than quantitative, differences between HLA-DQ alleles affect HLA-DQ immunogenicity in organ transplantation. HLA. 2024 Apr;103(4):e15455. doi: 10.1111/tan.15455. PMID: 38575370; PMCID: PMC11003724.
14: Yu M, King KL, Husain SA, Schold JD, Mohan S. Use of Offer Bypass Filters under the Circular Kidney Allocation System. Kidney360. 2024 May 1;5(5):756-758. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000423. Epub 2024 Apr 3. PMID: 38568866; PMCID: PMC11146644.
15: Husain SA, Khanna S, Yu M, Adler JT, Cron DC, King KL, Schold JD, Mohan S. Cold Ischemia Time and Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation: A Paired Kidney Analysis. Transplantation. 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38557641.
16: Bakhtiyar SS, Maksimuk TE, Gutowski J, Park SY, Cain MT, Rove JY, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Pomposelli JJ, Bababekov YJ, Nydam TL, Schold JD, Pomfret EA, Hoffman JRH. Association of procurement technique with organ yield and cost following donation after circulatory death. Am J Transplant. 2024 Mar 21:S1600-6135(24)00237-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.03.027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38521350.
17: Schold JD, Lopez R, Mohan S. Are the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services metrics evaluating organ procurement organization performance too fragile? Am J Transplant. 2024 Mar 20:S1600-6135(24)00222-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.03.025. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38519005.
18: Schold JD, Tambur AR, Mohan S, Kaplan B. Calibration of Priority Points for Sensitization Status of Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Jun 1;19(6):767-777. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000449. Epub 2024 Mar 21. PMID: 38509037; PMCID: PMC11168827.
19: Adams AB, Blumberg EA, Gill JS, Katz E, Kawai T, Schold JD, Sykes M, Tector A, Sachs DH. Enhancing Kidney Transplantation and the Role of Xenografts: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Jul;84(1):94-101. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.12.025. Epub 2024 Mar 5. PMID: 38452918.
20: Bassil E, Matta M, El Gharably H, Harb S, Calle J, Arrigain S, Schold J, Taliercio J, Mehdi A, Nakhoul G. Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Versus Peritoneal Dialysis. Kidney Med. 2023 Dec 9;6(3):100774. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100774. PMID: 38435071; PMCID: PMC10907222.