Past Recipients

• 2023

  Ibrahim Fathi - Alexandria University, Egypt

• 2021

  Andrea Peloso - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland

• 2019

  Shadab Abadpour - Oslo University Hospital, Norway

• 2017

  Nathan Zammit - Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia

• 2015

  Raphael Meier - University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Details

  Raphael’s Experience after receiving the award:

  “At the 2015 IPITA-IXA-CTS Joint Congress in Melbourne, Australia I was awarded the Derek Gray Distinguished Travelling Scholarship. As a surgeon and post-doctoral scientist, I am involved in pancreas and human islet transplantation. My research focuses on analyzing the demographic, proteomic and genetic variables that influence islet graft outcomes. My other fields of research are encapsulated islet xenotransplantation, alternative sites for islet transplantation and stem cell-based immunomodulation.

  The award has proved invaluable and has provided me with the opportunity to visit world-leading centers and meet experts in the field of both pancreas and islet transplantation. I was able to visit the Transplant Surgery Department and human islet isolation facilities at the University of California, San Francisco and University of Wisconsin, USA, and the Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Oxford, UK.

  My research and career have significantly benefitted from these visits. I am wholly grateful to IPITA for awarding me the scholarship. It has allowed me the opportunity to meet and learn from outstanding mentors and colleagues in the islet and pancreas transplantation field around the world."

  Raphael P.H. Meier, MD-PhD
  Transplant Surgery
  University Hospital of Geneva
  Switzerland

• 2013

  Sarah Cross - University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 2013 - Sarah Cross, United Kingdom Details

  Sarah’s Experience after receiving the award:

  “At the 2013 IPITA congress in Monterey I was awarded the Derek Gray Distinguished Travelling Scholarship. As a post-doctoral scientist I am involved in human islet isolation and transplantation, and my research focuses on understanding the detailed structure of the pancreas, in particular the islet-exocrine interface and its digestion during the isolation procedure, in order to improve islet isolation outcomes. The award has proved invaluable and has provided me with the opportunity to visit world-leading centres and meet experts in the field of both islet transplantation and extracellular matrix biology. I was able to visit human islet isolation facilities at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and the University of San Francisco, USA. My research has significantly benefitted from visiting the Wellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research at the University of Manchester, UK. I am wholly grateful to IPITA for awarding me the scholarship. It has led to some excellent opportunities and has significantly helped further my scientific career.”

  Sarah Cross, PhD
  Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
  Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
  University of Oxford

• 2011

  Dirk Van der Windt - Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• 2009

  Barbara Ludwig - University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany