Research

Research

Past Research

Survey conducted in 2020
88 percent

of past AST grant recipients are still involved in transplantation

92 percent

of past AST grant recipients are still involved in research

82 percent

of past AST grant recipients say their AST grant had a significant impact on their career

33 percent

of recipients received an NIH K-series grant for the same project

of recipients received an NIH R01 for the same project

2023

Career Transition Grants

AST Research Network Basic Science Research Grant Dr. Khodor Abou-Daya, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Research Title: Leveraging AI to Build a Discovery Platform for Transplantation Immunology
AST Research Network Basic Science Research Grant Dr. Idelberto Badell, MD
Emory University
Research Title: T follicular regulatory cell inhibition of primary and secondary follicular helper T cell-mediated humoral alloimmunity
AST Research Network Clinical Science Research Grant Dr. Ibrahim Batal, MD
Columbia University
Research Title: The Role of Genetics and Inflammation in Donor-Derived APOL1-Associated Kidney Diseases
AST Research Network Clinical Science Research Grant Dr. Therese Bitterman, MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Research Title: Evaluating the cardiovascular benefits of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor therapy in kidney and liver transplant recipients