{"id":241743,"date":"2026-03-02T12:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=241743"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:47:16","slug":"bmt-nurses-shine-at-2026-tandem-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/03\/bmt-nurses-shine-at-2026-tandem-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"BMT Nurses Shine at 2026 Tandem Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blood and Marrow Transplantation team of UConn Health proudly presented three research posters at the 2026 Transplantation &amp; Cellular Therapy Meetings of the ASTCT and CIBMTR, known as The Tandem Meetings, in Salt Lake City this February.<\/p>\n<p>The Tandem Meetings are a multidisciplinary event highlighting the latest research and breakthroughs in the evolving field of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), cellular therapy and gene therapy. The event gathers together members of The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astct.org\/\"><strong>American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(ASTCT) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cibmtr.org\/Pages\/index.aspx\"><strong>Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research<\/strong><\/a> (CIBMTR).<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by over 4,000 attendees and additionally over 1,300 virtually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly proud of this team and their accomplishments,\u201d applauds Dr. Kapil Meleveedu<strong>, <\/strong>assistant professor of Medicine at UConn School of Medicine and director of the Blood and Marrow Transplantation at UConn Health.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the three research poster presenters from UConn Health\u2019s BMT team who are all nurses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241747\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-241747  img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7672-e1772210590899-1024x808.jpeg\" alt=\"Nurses Andrea Moran, Elizabeth Higgins, and Meg Savage of the BMT program at UConn Health at the Tandem Meetings.\" width=\"874\" height=\"690\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7672-e1772210590899-1024x808.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7672-e1772210590899-300x237.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7672-e1772210590899-768x606.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7672-e1772210590899-532x420.jpeg 532w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7672-e1772210590899-843x665.jpeg 843w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7672-e1772210590899.jpeg 1179w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 874px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 874\/690;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nurses Andrea Moran, Elizabeth Higgins, and Meg Savage of the BMT program at UConn Health.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Meg Savage, RN, <\/strong>Transplant and Cell Therapy Clinical Coordinator, presented for the BMT research team the poster on <em>Coordinating Care Under Custody: Unique Workflow for Department of Correction Transplant Recipients.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241746\" style=\"width: 816px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-241746 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Meg Savage, RN with poster\" width=\"816\" height=\"612\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-560x420.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8637-887x665.jpeg 887w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 816px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 816\/612;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Meg Savage, RN, of the BMT program at UConn Health.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Higgins, RN, <\/strong>Transplant and Cell Therapy Quality and Data Coordinator, presented for the research team the poster on <em>Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation at a Public Academic Medical Center. <\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241749\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-241749  img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Higgins, RN with poster.\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-560x420.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8638-887x665.jpeg 887w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 840px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 840\/630;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>UConn Health BMT program&#8217;s Elizabeth Higgins, RN.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Andrea Moran, APRN<\/strong>, Transplant and Cell Therapy APP and Program Director\/Clinical Operations, presented the BMT team\u2019s research poster on the <em>Development of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Template for Documentation of Mobilization\/Collection and Pre-Transplant Evaluation.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241751\" style=\"width: 845px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-241751  img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303-1024x689.jpeg\" alt=\"at poster is Andrea Moran, APRN, BMT program, UConn Health.\" width=\"845\" height=\"568\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303-1024x689.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303-768x517.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303-624x420.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303-989x665.jpeg 989w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8639-scaled-e1772210242303.jpeg 1405w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 845px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 845\/568;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Andrea Moran, APRN, BMT program, UConn Health.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three nurses of The Blood and Marrow Transplantation team at UConn Health presented the program\u2019s latest research findings in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":241750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230,2076,1868,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1873],"class_list":["post-241743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancer","category-research","category-meds","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 10:04:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241743"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241801,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241743\/revisions\/241801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/241750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241743"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=241743"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=241743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}