Official news and announcements from Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute covering achievements and innovation in teaching, learning, clinical treatment, and discovery research
Angus Thomson – Outstanding Achievement Transplantation Science Award
Congratulations to Angus Thomson who has been selected as the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Transplantation Science (Basic Science) Award on behalf of The Transplantation Society. He will be [...]
Heth Turnquist – 2022 AST Basic Science Investigator
Congratulatiions to Heth Turnquist who has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the AST Basic Science Investigator Award! He will be recognized during the AST Awards Ceremony during the upcoming [...]
STI Newsletter – Transplantation Science and the Department of Defense: A Unique Partnership
The Department of Defense isn’t what most people would associate with the field of transplantation science, but for Dr. Hēth Turnquist, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and the [...]
STI Newsletter – Transplantation in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic
The outbreak of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 has affected all spheres of human life across the globe. First reported in city of Wuhan, China in late 2019, the [...]
STI Newsletter – Faculty Spotlight: Camila Macedo Both
Dr. Camila Macedo Both is a research associate professor of surgery at the Starzl Transplantation Institute. She was also the first recipient of the Brian N. Seidel Award for Excellence [...]
A Twist on Stem Cell Transplants Reduces Chronic GVHD
Read the full article, Naive T-Cell Depletion to Prevent Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease, in Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Roger Tieu – 2021 Brian N. Seidel Award for Excellence in Research
Listen to hear Dr. Heth Turnquist discuss research in regulatory cell networks in transplantation on the Regenerative Medicine Today Podcast with host John Murphy
Listen to Heth Turnquist on the Regenerative Medicine Today Podcast
Listen to hear Dr. Heth Turnquist discuss research in regulatory cell networks in transplantation on the Regenerative Medicine Today Podcast with host John Murphy.
Roger Tieu awarded 2nd place, abstract presentation, at the AKI Symposium
Congratulations to Roger Tieu, the only pre-doctoral presenter at the Acute Kidney Injury Symposium, who was awarded 2nd place in the abstract presentation category for his abstract, "Requirement for antigen in the [...]
A New Paradigm for Organ Rejection
Dr. Fadi Lakkis and his team are investigating the innate mechanisms responsible for initiating and perpetuating organ rejection. Their quest to reduce or eliminate chronic organ rejection marks an important [...]
Pioneering research builds on groundwork laid in Pittsburgh
How the kidney of a pig might offer hope for those in need of transplants - read more HERE and see Dr. Mohamed Ezzelarab's statements regarding the successful attachment of a kidney from [...]
Raman Venkataramanan – 2021 AAPS Distinguished Service Award winner
Congratulations to Raman Venkataramanan, PhD, FAAPS - the 2021 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Distinguished Service Award winner! The Distinguished Service Award recognizes a member for their lifetime of service [...]
Mohamed Ezzelarab and colleagues publish in Transplantation
Mohamed Ezzelarab and colleagues published in the current issue of Transplantation on the fate of ex vivo expanded donor-reactive Treg (darTreg) in heart allograft recipient monkeys - read it HERE
