Welcome to the home of the International Travel for Organ Transplantation (ITOT) Research Collaborative. The Collaborative is led by Professor Dominique Martin from Deakin University and Dr Georgina Irish from the University of Adelaide.
Every year, more than 150,000 organ transplants are performed worldwide. Hundreds, perhaps several thousands of these transplants involve ITOT, in which the transplant candidate and/or a prospective living organ donor travel to another country for the purpose of donating an organ or receiving an organ transplant. ITOT enables many people to access life-changing and life-saving treatment. ITOT may also exacerbate inequities in access to transplantation, and may undermine efforts to develop sustainable donation and transplantation programs. In some cases, ITOT involves organ trafficking.
The ITOT Research Collaborative aims to shed light on who, where, how, and why people travel for donation and transplantation. In doing so, we hope to inform policies and practices that will support successful and ethical donation and transplantation programs worldwide.
To explore some more general information about ITOT please click here.
If you are a health professional involved in organ transplantation, you may be eligible to participate in one of our current research projects. Projects with open recruitment will be highlighted here.
If you are a journalist who would like information or commentary from a member of the research team, please contact us via the links below.
Contact the ITOT research collaborative:
General queries: [email protected]
Confidential queries*: [email protected]
Follow us on X (Twitter): @ITOT_Research
*If your email contains confidential or sensitive information, please use this email address which is monitored exclusively by Professor Martin.
