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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