Affiliated Organizations
The following organizations are affiliated with Students for Organ Donation.
Gift
of Life Michigan
Gift of Life is the only non-profit full service
organ and tissue recovery organization in Michigan since 1971.
As an organization, Gift of Life acts as an intermediary
between the donor hospital and the recipient transplant center
providing all of the services necessary for organ and tissue
donation.
University
of Michigan Transplant Center
Transplants
have been occurring at the University of Michigan Transplant
Center since the first transplant in Michigan was performed
there in 1964. They perform
approximately 350 transplants annually, making them the largest and most
experienced transplant center in Michigan - and among the
largest in the nation.
University
of Michigan Alpha Epsilon Delta
Alpha
Epsilon Delta (AED) is an honor society for undergraduate
students preparing for careers in the health care professions.
The
object of AED is to
encourage and recognize excellence in premedical scholarship; to stimulate
an appreciation of the importance of premedical education in the study
of medicine; to promote cooperation and contact between
medical and premedical students
and educators in developing an adequate program of premedical education;
to bind together similarly interested students; and
to use its knowledge for the
benefit of health organizations, charities, and the community.
National Students
for Organ Donation
Students
for Organ Donation is a student-run nonprofit organization
dedicated to promoting organ and tissue donation
awareness and registration. Working with the framework
of high schools, community colleges, and universities in
the
United
States and Canada, they seek to empower students to make
a difference in a growing international public health crisis:
the shortage
of vital organs and tissues.