CINCINNATI—University of Cincinnati (UC) research professor of medicine Rita Alloway, PharmD, has spent years working to update a 20-year ban on HIV positive organ donation—and her efforts, along with those of dozens of others—are being rewarded today with the signing of the HOPE Act into law by President Barack Obama.
The HOPE (HIV Organ Policy Equity) Act ends the federal ban on research into organ donations from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients, and paves the way for eventual transplantation of those organs to help HIV-positive recipients in need of a new liver, kidney, or potentially other organs.
Alloway, who calls today’s signing "very rewarding,” advocated for the act in her role as board and public policy committee member of the American Society of Transplantation, an international organization of transplant professionals. Alloway also directs UC’s transplant clinical research program.
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