2018 Research Grants

AST Faculty and Fellowship Grants
$570,000 in grants were awarded in 2018.

Ibrahim Batal, MD
Columbia University
Research Title: The Clinicopathologic Significance of Graft Dendritic Cells and Ischemia-reperfusion Injury in Kidney Allograft Inflammation and Outcome

Matthew Kadatz, MD, FRCPC
University of British Columbia
Research Title: Removing cost as a barrier to performance of high-risk kidney transplants: A cost-effective analysis of kidney transplantation in elderly recipients using lower quality deceased donor kidneys.

Holly Mansell, PharmD
University of Saskatchewan
Research Title: Improving Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Post-Transplant Education Intervention

Jasson Ossart, MSc
University of Pittsburgh
Research Title: Role of Dendritic cells in Regulatory CD4+ T cell function within allografts

Daniel Dugger, PhD, DVM, DACVECC
The Regents of Univ of California, San Diego
Research Title: Targeting Regulatory T Lymphocyte Therapy in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction