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Research Grants

Research is an integral part of our society, which the AST Research Network oversees.

During this year’s AST Town Hall, the AST proudly recognizes the recipients and sponsors of our career development research grants awarded since last year.

The AST is committed to funding at least $300,000 in career development research to support new investigators become established in transplant research.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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