NMDP lecture

NMDP: a global nonprofit leader in cell therapy, NMDP creates essential connections between researchers and supporters to inspire action and accelerated innovation to find life saving cures.

with the help of blood stem cell donors from the worlds most diverse registry and our extensive network of transplant partners, physicians and caregivers, we’re expanding access to treatment so that every patient can receive their life-saving cell therapy

to qualify:

  • age: 18-36 age group

    age guidelines are to protect the recipient

  • US resident

  • two ways to donate: peripheral blood steam cell and bone marrow

  • peripheral: donation is the most used method. similar to donate plasma. nonsurgical outpaitent process. typically back to regular routine in 1-2 days. requires 5 days of shots leading up to donation.

  • bone marrow: done while under general anesthesia. doctors use a needle to withdraw liquid marrow. no pain during donation. outpaitent procedure. typically back to regular routine in 1-2 days..

  • no costs to the donor to donate. NMDP pays for all donation related expenses, including: medical, travel, personal, and professional

  • when you register youre committing to donating to any patient in to world even if youre joining on behalf of a specific person. but because a decision not to donate can be a life-threatening to the patient, please think seriously about your committment before joining the registry

  • youre on the registry until you turn 61. after that you are taken off

  • insurance isnt required for the donor

your life saving impact: college students play an integral role in delievering cures for patients

  • NMDP chapters make a nationwide impact:

    • 140,000 + students have registered as potential donors

    • 1,200 students have matched and donated

    • fundraising helps register more potential donors, makes transplants afforable for patients, and funds groundbreaking research sp patients thrive

  • NMDP recruitment ambassadors

    • help diversify the registry

    • make valuable connections to enhance their network

    • add professional skills like leadership, public speaking, advocacy, and project planning to their resumes

    • earn a letter of recommendation

  • NMDP get in the game uses the power of college athletics

    • 375+ participating athletic teams

    • 240,000+ students have registered as potential donors

    • 1,300+ students have matched and donated

    • unique team bonding experience that makes a difference

  • NMDP college partners

    • 24 national partners and counting

    • partners come from a wide range of registered student organizations including sorority and fraternities and associations focused on diversity or specific areas of study

  • you are most likely to match and save a life

    • members in the 18-35 age group make up almost 25% of the registry today

    • doctors request donors in the 18-35 age group nearly 80% of the time

    • while members 25 and olders wait an average of 4-6 years before they match, members in the 18-24 age group wait an average of 1-3 years

    • 13% of members in the 18-24 age group are called as a match in less than one year — twice the rate of members 25 and older

    • the leading reason that members who match are unavailable to donate in simply because we cannot reach them (-46%)

  • awareness and interest in joining:

    • are students aware of NMDP? source of awareness?

    • how likely are students to register as potential donors? why?

    • for students who have chosen not to register, what drove this decision? would anything chainge their minds?

  • engagement and building trust:

    • how can NMDP keep students engaged after they register? what do they want to see from NMDP?

    • what kind of information or content would help students trust NMDP if they were identified as a match?

  • overcoming barriers to donation:

    • if identified as a match, what barriers (taking time off, lack of support, health concerns, etc.) might influence their decision to donate?

    • how can NMDP help them address their concerns to overcome potential barriers?

  • you can only donate twice in a life time

need more ethnicities

have the recommitment message that goes out every couple years. need to figure out how people can pay attention to their emails when being spammed with others.

california is #1 in donors in the US.

because of csuf university, its a good rep for the state as a whole. csuf is a good sample for a report

70-75% of people register in person. its a longer process to register online because they have to wait for the cheek swap test to arrive and sometimes they forget to send it back. so they never get on the list.