Career Development Grants
| AST Research Network/Veloxis Faculty Development Translational Science Research Grant | Dr. Ruben Nava, MD Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO Research Title: Role of B cells in Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation |
| AST Research Network Faculty Development Basic Science Research Grant | Dr. Brian Wong, PhD Washington University in St.Louis Research Title: The role of fatty acid ß-oxidation in monocyte differentiation and function in heart allograft rejection |
| AST Research Network/Transplant Foundation of Gift of Life Faculty Development Clinical Science Research Grant | Dr. Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Research Title: Medication and Wellness Intervention for Weight Loss after Liver Transplantation |
| AST Research Network/Mallinckrodt Faculty Development Clinical Science Research Grant | Dr. Camilla Nonterah, PhD University of Richmond Research Title: The Development of the Barriers in Access to Transplantation Scale |
| AST Research Network/Mallinckrodt Fellowship Translational Science Research Grant | Dr. Daniel Firl, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Research Title: Genetic Engineering of Strategies to Modulate the Xenograft Microenvironment |
| AST Research Network/Sanofi Fellowship Basic Science Research Grant |
Dr. Jing Zhao, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Research Title: Nanodelivery of therapeutics to organs to improve transplant outcomes |
| AST Research Network/CareDx Fellowship Clinical Science Research Grant |
Dr. Sarah Kemme, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado Research Title: Immune Response and Clearance of Viral DNA and RNA Following Administration of Live Attenuated Varicella and Measles Vaccines in Children with Liver Disease |
| AST Research Network/CSL Behring Fellowship Basic Science Research Grant |
Dr. Simon Cleary, PhD
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco Research Title: Improving understanding of the immunopathogenesis of chronic rejection after lung transplantation. |
Special Directed Grants
| AST Research Network/Natera Directed Research Grant | Dr. Timothy Gong, MD Baylor University Medical Center Research Title: The Variability of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA After Heart Transplantation |
| AST Research Network/Natera Directed Research Grant | Dr. Pooja Budhiraja, MD Mayo Clinic Arizona Research Title: Donor-derived cell-free DNA testing in kidney transplant recipients on reduced immunosuppression |
| AST Research Network/Natera Directed Fellowship Research Grant | Dr. Jennifer McDaniels, PhD University of Maryland, Baltimore Research Title: Defining the progression to chronic renal allograft dysfunction using a combined evaluation of kidney-derived plasma and urine extracellular vesicles harboring unique cf-ddDNA and small non-coding RNA |
Year:
2021