Thomas E. Starzl Postdoctoral Fellowship in Transplantation Biology
The Thomas E. Starzl Postdoctoral Fellowship in Transplantation Biology has been established as a mentored award to provide funding for postdoctoral fellows who have a clear commitment to transplantation research. Candidates who have completed not more than 3 years of postdoctoral research at the time of award activation are eligible to apply. The purpose of this two-year fellowship is (1) to foster the training of research fellows with the potential to develop into successful independent investigators and (2) to foster, through training research fellows, transplant-related research that is of high merit. The fellowship provides a stipend that is commensurate with NIH-recommended stipends based on the fellow’s years of postdoctoral experience plus fringe benefits.
Submission deadline is January 15, 2024 for a July 1, 2024 award activation.
2022
Hussein Baydoun
2020
Elodie Bailly
2018
Faruk Sacirbegovic
2016
Masaki Yamada
2014
Aravind Cherukuri
2013
Dalia Regue
2012
Ke Jiang
2011
Darling Rosa
2010
Tomohiro Kawamura
2009
Martin Oberbarnscheidt
2008
Shinya Ueki
2008
Jill Montogomery
2007
Marta Bueno Fernandez
Joseph A. Patrick Research Fellowship in Transplantation
The Joseph A. Patrick Research Fellowship in Transplantation has been established as a mentored award to provide funding for junior faculty (instructors and assistant professors) performing research in transplantation and related disciplines, including diabetes. Senior postdoctoral fellows who are assured a junior faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh that will begin by the start date of the award are eligible to apply.
The purpose of this two-year fellowship is (1) to foster transplant-related research that is of high merit, (2) to develop preliminary data for the submission of highly competitive grant applications to national funding agencies, and (3) to promote the career development of the Joseph A. Patrick Research Fellowship in Transplantation awardee.
Submission deadline is TBD.
2023-2025
Hossam A. Abdelsamed, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
2021-2023
Faruk Sacirbegovic, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Starzl Transplantation Institute
2019-2021
Kanishka Mohib, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Starzl Transplantation Institute
2017-2019
Hai Huang, MD
Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
2016-2017
Geoffrey Camirand, PhD
Currently Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Starzl Transplantation Institute
2015-2016
Natasha Rogers, MD, PhD
Currently nephrologist in the Renal Division of the Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Millennium Institute in Australia; Clinical Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) at the University of Sydney; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Starzl Transplantation Institute
2013-2015
Martin Oberbarnscheidt, MD, PhD
Currently Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Starzl Transplantation Institute
2011-2013
Currently Research Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Starzl Transplantation Institute
2010-2011
Giorgio Raimondi, PhD
Currently Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2008-2009
Gabriel Echeverri, MD
Currently Assistant Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, and Director, Center for Research in Transplantation and Advanced Surgery, Fundacion Valle del Lili, Icesi University School of Medicine; Cali, Colombia, South America;
2005-2007
Ngoc Thai, MD
Currently System Director, Allegheny Health Network Center for Abdominal Transplantation; Associate Professor, Temple University School of Medicine
2003-2005
Cynthia Smetanka, MD
Currently, a retired transplant surgeon and islet cell transplantation expert
2002-2003
Balamurugan Appakalai, PhD
Currently Associate Professor of Surgery and the Director of Islet Cell Laboratory at the University of Louisville Department of Surgery.
2000-2002
Jennifer Woodward, PhD
Currently a Professor of Surgery and Immunology and the Vice Chancellor for Research Operations, University of Pittsburgh
