2020 Achievement Awards and Research Grant Recipients
Monday, June 1, 2020
The American Society of Transplantation (AST) announced the recipients of its 2020 Achievement Awards at the recent American Transplant Congress (ATC), which was held virtually on May 30 – June 1. The recipients were awarded for their achievements and contributions to the AST and the field of transplantation.
The AST also recognized its 2020 research grant recipients.
AST Achievement Awards
Senior Achievement Award
Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
Mentoring Award
Christin Rogers Marks, PharmD BCPS FAST FCCP
Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinician of Distinction Award
Charlie Thomas, LCSW ACSW FNKF
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
Basic Science Established Investigator Award
David M. Rothstein, MD
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Clinical Science Established Investigator Award
Sandy Feng, MD PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Basic Science Investigator Award
Giuseppe Orlando, MD PhD
Marie Curie Fellow Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Clinical Science Investigator Award
Jayme E. Locke, MD MPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Basic Science Career Development Award
Madhav C. Menon, MBBS MD FACP
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical Science Career Development Award
Marina Serper, MD MS
University of Pennsylvania
Research Grants
2020 AST/Gift of Life Faculty Development Clinical Science Research Grant
Identifying System-Level Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Comparative Case Analysis
Dr. Shaifali Sandal, MD, McGill University
Sponsored by Gift of Life
2020 AST/Bristol Myers Squibb Faculty Development Basic Science Research Grant
The Regulatory Role of Plasma Cells (as IL-10+ PCregs) is Counterbalanced by a NOVEL Inflammatory Role (as IL-17+ PCeff)
Dr. Qing Ding, MD PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb
2020 AST/Mallinckrodt Faculty Development Clinical Science Research Grant
Visceral Adipose Tissue and Frailty in Advanced Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Dr. Michaela Anderson, MD MS, Columbia University
Sponsored by Mallinckrodt
2020 AST/Robert P. and Mariana R. Scripps Family Foundation in memory of Adam R. Scripps
Fellowship Clinical Science Research Grant Association of Calcineurin Inhibitors with Chronic Kidney Disease after Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplantation in Children
Dr. Ana Catalina Alvarez Elias, MD, MSc, The Hospital for Sick Children
Sponsored by Robert P. and Mariana R. Scripps Family Foundation
2020 AST/CSL Behring Fellowship Basic Science Research Grant
Role of Eosinophils in Tissue Repair after Hepatic ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Dr. Yang Yang, Ph.D., McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center
Sponsored by CSL Behring
2020 AST Fellowship Basic Science Research Grant
Novel Role of Qa-1, a Murine Homolog of HLA-E, in Controlling Follicular Helper T Cells during Alloimmune Response
Dr. John Choi, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sponsored by AST Research Network
2019 AST Fellowship Basic Science Research Grant
Role of IdeS in Depletion of Igg to Reduce Antibody Mediated Graft Damage in Non-Human Primate Liver Xenotransplantation
Dr. Taylor Coe, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Sponsored by AST Research Network