Research
Research
Past Research
Survey conducted in 2020
of past AST grant recipients are still involved in transplantation
of past AST grant recipients are still involved in research
of past AST grant recipients say their AST grant had a significant impact on their career
of recipients received an NIH K-series grant for the same project
of recipients received an NIH R01 for the same project
2021
2021
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 |