The deadline for sending letters of Intent is on April 30th, 2025. All applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their LOI and will hear back shortly whether they are eligible to submit a full application.

Overview

TTS provides funding to individual investigators to support their research in transplantation. The spectrum of studies includes basic, clinical/epidemiological and translational. This individual should have spent five years or less performing research in transplantation (and/or immunology relating to transplant) since obtaining their last doctoral degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent). One of these research grants will be preferentially designated to TTS members from a low- or middle-income country. Please send application materials and any questions to jennifer.groverman@tts.org.

Anil Kharga

United States

Title: Regeneration of Split Liver on a Pump using Cirrhotic Serum

Mentor: James F. Markmann

Institution: University of Pennsylvania, USA

Keyue Sun

United States

Title: The Impact of Machine Perfusion on Immune Response and Live Birth Rate after Allogenic Uterus Transplantation

Mentor: Andrea Schlegel

Institution: Cleveland Clinic, USA

Tess Van Meerhaeghe

Brussels

Title: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Renal Transplant Patients

Mentor: Alain Le Moine

Institution: Hôpital Erasme, Belgium

Fransia Arda Mushi

Tanzania

Title: Renal Transplantation Ecosystem Assessment in Tanzania, a Mixed Methods Study

Mentor: Francis Furia

Institution: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

Summary: The demand for Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) is increasing globally. Only 3% of people with End Stage Renal Disease in East Africa receive any RRT. Tanzania's government has made significant efforts in establishing RRT services including nephrology services in the majority of tertiary hospitals and two national renal transplant (RT) programs. Challenges impacting equitable access to RRT services are multifaceted and complex, especially in resource-limited settings. Multidisciplinary team efforts are required for RT programs' sustainability and success. In response, the overall aim of our project is to form a basis for quality research in this area, and using funds from The Transplant Society (TTS) Research Grants we are going to determine the barrier and facilitating factors as well as the capacity to support RT services expansion employing a mixed methods approach.

Devprakesh Choudhary

India

Title: SAFE-NMP: Safety Assessment For Extended Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation - A Single-Center Pilot Study

Mentor: Ashish Sharma

Institution: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh INDIA

Summary: The SAFE-NMP pilot study explores the safety and feasibility of extended normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) in preserving deceased donor kidneys prior to transplantation. By enhancing metabolic recovery and reducing preservation injuries, NMP offers benefits like reliable organ viability assessment and improved logistics. This study will compare kidney graft outcomes between extended-NMP and the traditional static cold storage (SCS) and will also assess the optimal period of NMP in deceased donor kidneys.

Abraham Matar, MD

United States

Title: Use of a Novel Anti-Humoral Therapy - IdeS – as a Desensitization Strategy in Xenotransplantation

Mentor: Andrew B. Adams, MD PhD

Institution: University of Minnesota

Summary: Dr. Matar’s research will focus on strategies to prevent antibody-mediated rejection in xenotransplantation. Specifically, Dr. Matar will study the efficacy of IdeS, an antibody-degrading enzyme with specificity for IgG, as a desensitization strategy in a pig to primate model of kidney xenotransplantation. Dr. Matar will be mentored by Dr. Andrew Adams, MD PhD, currently a Professor of Surgery and chief of the Division of Transplantation at the University of Minnesota.

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