Research
Research
Past Research
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
received an NIH R01 for the same project
2020
2020
Career Development Grants
| AST Research Network/Gift of Life Faculty Development Clinical Science Research Grant | Dr. Shaifali Sandal, MD McGill University Research Title: Identifying System-Level Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Comparative Case Analysis |
| AST Research Network/Bristol Myers Squibb Faculty Development Basic Science Research Grant | Dr. Qing Ding, MD PhD University of Pittsburgh Research Title: The Regulatory Role of Plasma Cells (as IL-10+ PCregs) is Counterbalanced by a NOVEL Inflammatory Role (as IL-17+ PCeff) |
| AST Research Network/Mallinckrodt Faculty Development Clinical Science Research Grant | Dr. Michaela Anderson, MD MS Columbia University Research Title: Visceral Adipose Tissue and Frailty in Advanced Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
| AST Research Network/Robert P. and Mariana R. Scripps Family Foundation in memory of Adam R. Scripps Fellowship Clinical Science Research Grant | Dr. Ana Catalina Alvarez Elias, MD, MSc The Hospital for Sick Children Research Title: Association of Calcineurin Inhibitors with Chronic Kidney Disease after Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplantation in Children |
| AST Research Network/CSL Behring Fellowship Basic Science Research Grant | Dr. Yang Yang, PhD McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center Research Title: Role of Eosinophils in Tissue Repair after Hepatic ischemia Reperfusion Injury |
| AST Research Network Fellowship Basic Science Research Grant |
Dr. John Choi, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital Research Title: Novel Role of Qa-1, a Murine Homolog of HLA-E, in Controlling Follicular Helper T Cells during Alloimmune Response |
| AST Research Network/Sanofi Fellowship Clinical Science Research Grant |
Dr. William Werbel, MD
Johns Hopkins University Research Title: Risk Factors for Serious Infection among HIV+ Kidney Transplant Recipients |
Special Directed Grants
| AST Research Network/CareDx Directed Research Grant | Dr. Mamatha Bhat, MD, PhD, FRCPC University Health Network Research Title: Optimizing the Long-Term Health of Liver Transplant Recipients using Machine Learning Algorithms |
| AST Research Network/CareDx Directed Research Grant | Dr. Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, MPH Washington University School of Medicine Research Title: Pediatric Outcomes of KidneyCare in Renal Allografts (pOKRA) |
| AST Research Network/CareDx Directed Fellowship Research Grant | Dr. Julie Steinbrink, MD Duke University Medical Center Research Title: Host Transcriptomic Responses to Non-Invasively Define the Inflammatory Response and Rejection Signals of Hepatitis-C Naive Recipients of Hepatitis-C Infected Donor Kidneys |