Trisha Blake-Popham, PA-C, MMSc
Hartford Hospital
Sponsored by the University of Michican Surgery Faculty

The Impact of Cold Ischemia Time of High KDPI Graft Function: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis

Katherine Klingenberg, PA-C, MMS
University of Colorado
Sponsored by Dr. Nancy Ascher & Dr. John Roberts

Creating a Predictive Model for Determining Disposition from the Operating Room following Liver Transplant using Quality Improvement Data and Outcomes

Dianne Rudow, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN
Mount Sinai Hospital (RMTI)
Sponsored by Veloxis Pharmaceuticals

Revision and Validation of the Live Donor Assessment Tool (LDATv2)

Heather O'Dell, MSN, ANP-BC, MMHC
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sponsored by the University of Michican Surgery Faculty

Longitudinal Patient-Reported Outcomes after Living Kidney or Liver Donation: Health-Related Quality of Life, Pain, Activity, Anxiety, and Depression

Alex Cuenca, MD, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital

The role of antigen presentation in B regulatory cell function

Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD, RCPSC
University of Southern California

CyTOF-based Analysis of Acute Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation

Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD
University of Florida

Using Phenotypic Precision Medicine to Individualize Immunosuppression Based on Quantifiable Markers of Immune Response and Allograft Injury

Paulo Martins, MD, PhD, FAST, FEBS, FACS
University of Massachusetts

RNA Interference During Liver Machine Preservation to Improve Liver Graft Quality

Joel Adler, MD, MPH
Brigham & Women's Hospital

Development of the Hospital Organ donation Performance Score (HOPS)

Steven C. Kim, MD
University of Wisconsin 

Mechanisms of Transplant Tolerance Induction with Costimulatory Blockade, Post-Transplant Total Lymphoid Irradiation, and Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Infusion

Ciaran S. O'Brien, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Evaluating the Contribution of the Immune System to Histone Protein Deacetylase 6 Inhibitor Mediated Prevention of Liver Injury after Ischemia-Reperfusion

Erin M. Duggan, MD, MS
NYP-Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sponsored by Female ASTS Members 

Mechanisms of Combined Kidney/Bone Marrow Transplant (CK/BMT) Tolerance using Polyclonal Autologous Tregs to Promote Durable Chimerism in a Translational Model

Aileen C. Johnson, MD
Emory University

The Metagenomic Landscape of Pancreas Transplant Febrile Syndrome

Dominic Amara
University of California, San Francisco

Establishing a Molecular Signature of Late Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients

Samantha Cawthon, BS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Sponsored by  Dr. Alan & Amy Reed 

Implementation of Protocolized Infectious Disease Surveillance System in Recently Deceased Human Xenograft Study

Jessica T. Lovett, BS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Sponsored by Dr. Sommer Gentry & Dr. Dorry Segev 

Investigating the impact of intra-operative verapmil administration on graft function of high-risk deceased donor kidney transplants

Chloe Kimi Nobuhara, BS
Duke University
Sponsored by Dr. Marwan & Mary Abouljoud 

Examining the Depletional Profile of the Anti-CD2 Monoclonal Antibody TCD-601 and Its Effect on Co-Stimulation Blockade Based Immunosuppression in Non-Human Primates

Jon D. Sussman, BA
Mayo Clinic- Arizona
Sponsored by Dr. Kim Olthoff and Dr. David VanHouten 

Variation in Perioperative Opioid Prescribing Patterns in Abdominal Transplantation

Hannah Burris, BS
University of Florida College of Medicine

Evaluation of statins as cancer chemoprophylactic agents in chronic liver disease

Samantha E. Halpern, BA
Duke University
Sponsored by Dr. Jayme Locke

Use of Sirtuin-1 Activators to Mitigate Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury after Liver Transplantation

Christopher J. Morris
University of Cincinnati
Sponsored by Dr. Liz Pomfret & Dr. Jim Pomposelli 

Education on organ donation should start in medical school: Development of a formalized medical student organ procurement curriculum

Jeffrey Ord, BSE
Duke University
Sponsored by Dr. Jean Emond & Jane Balanoff 

Clinical Correlates and Mechanistic Underpinnings of Costimulation Blockade Resistant Rejection (CoBRR) Mediated by CD57+PD1- CD4 T Cells

Ashley Yoo, BS
University of Maryland
Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania Faculty- Dr. Kim Olthoff & Dr. Avi Shaked

Defining Baseline Levels of dd-cfDNA within One Year of Pancreas Transplantation to Evaluate the Potential Use of dd-cfDNA as an Indicator for Pancreas Rejection and Pancreas Biopsy Avoidance