Award Description
The purpose of this award is to foster career development for an individual performing clinical and/or translational research in the field of liver transplantation and who has shown commitment to excellence in the field at an early stage of his or her career.
2009 Career Development Award Recipient
Johnny Hong, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Project Title: Regulated Reperfusion: A Novel Strategy to Mitigate Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Swine Model
2008 Career Development Award Recipient
Josh Levitsky, MD
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Project Title: Immune Tolerance Profiles After Conversion From Tacrolimus to Sirolimus in Liver Transplant Recipients
Support of this award by Astellas USA Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
Questions? Contact Denise Davis or Kristin Hutcherson via email at awards@aasld.org or call 703-299-9766.