2024 Medawar Prize Winners
The Medawar Prize, named after Society co-founder Sir Peter Medawar, is recognized as the world's highest dedicated award for the most outstanding contributions in the field of transplantation. The Medawar Prize has been awarded at each of our Society's biennial Congresses since 1990.
The award recognizes the outstanding investigators whose contributions have had such a profound influence on the field of organ transplantation. The Medawar Prize is universally considered to be commensurate with the most outstanding world prizes for scientific achievement.
Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil
Prof. Mehmet Haberal
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee
2024 TTS Thomas Starzl Innovation Award Recipient
Dr. Robert A. Montgomery
TTS Recognition Award Winners
Dr. Haval Shirwan
Outstanding Achievement Transplantation Science (Basic)
Prof. Pranjal R. Modi
Outstanding Achievement Transplantation Science (Clinical)
Prof. Vathsala Anantharaman
Mentorship or Education and Training Award in Transplantation
Dr. Alejandro Niño-Murcia
Outstanding Achievement in Transplantation (Developing Country)
Women in Transplantation Awards
Curie Ahn
Woman Leader in Transplantation
Wenshi Jiang
Unsung Hero Award
Katayoun Najafizadeh
Unsung Hero Award
2024 TTS Research Grant Awardees
Anil Kharga
Title: Regeneration of Split Liver on a Pump using Cirrhotic Serum
Mentor: James F. Markmann
Institution: University of Pennsylvania, USA
Keyue Sun
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
Title: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Renal Transplant Patients
Mentor: Alain Le Moine
Institution: Hôpital Erasme, Belgium
TTS-AST International Mentee-Mentor Award
Liver exosomes after hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury differentially affect bone marrow-derived versus liver-resident dendritic cell function
Mentee: Cindy Avalos de Leon, United States
Mentor: Angus Thomson, United States
TTS-CST International Mentee-Mentor Award
ABO-incompatible transplantation following enzymatic A-antigen removal in a mouse model: A-antigen re-expression and prevention of early antibody-mediated rejection
Mentee: Tate Erickson, Canada
Mentor: Lori J. West, Canada
Graft protein shows a distinct signature in donor-specific antibody positive kidney transplant recipients with antibody-mediated rejection
Mentee: Kieran Manion, Canada
Mentor: Ana Konvalinka, Canada
TTS-FOCIS International Mentee-Mentor Award
OuTSMARTing donor specific antibodies (DSA): De novo DSA are preceded by a lack of specific regulation of CD4+ Th-1 Cells to DSA antigens but not other donor mismatches
Mentee: Sumoyee Basu, United Kingdom
Mentor: Kate Bramham, United Kingdom
Molecular and spatial profiling of GMP-Grade Tregs in kidney transplantation
Mentee: Nora Atallah, United Kingdom
Mentor: Fadi Issa, United Kingdom
TTS-JST International Mentee-Mentor Award
Adverse effects of graft congestion and ameliorative effects of hepatocyte growth factor after liver transplantation in rats
Mentee: Hikaru Aoki, Japan
Mentor: Takashi Ito, Japan
Up-regulated LRRN2 expression is effective as a marker for graft quality in living donor liver transplantation
Mentee: Takahiro Tomiyama, Japan
Mentor: Tomaharu Yoshizumi, Japan
TTS-KST International Mentee-Mentor Award
Exploring the Molecular Pathways of Intracranial Aneurysm Formation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease using Proteomic Analysis
Mentee: Jin-Myung Kim, Republic of Korea
Mentor: Sung Shin, Republic of Korea
TTS-NVT International Mentee-Mentor Award
Interpretable prediction of kidney allograft rejection using machine learning: A comparison between linear and non-linear models
Mentee: Alvaro Assis de Souza, The Netherlands
Mentor: Karin Boer, The Netherlands
Tissue-resident memory T cells in human kidney transplants have alloreactive potential
Mentee: Hector Tejeda, The Netherlands
Mentor: Carla Baan, The Netherlands
Polarized HLA class I expression on renal tubules hinders the detection of donor-specific urinary extracellular vesicles
Mentee: Liang Wu, The Netherlands
Mentor: Karin Boer, The Netherlands
TTS-SET International Mentee-Mentor Award
Tobacco Influence on Short-Term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation
Mentee: Alba Gómez Barrena, Spain
Mentor: Iago Justo Alonso, Spain
TTS-TSANZ International Mentee-Mentor Award
Targeting CD47 improves islet function and survival
Mentee: Atharva Kale, Australia
Mentor: Natasha Rogers, Australia
Improved recovery of rat hearts after prolonged cold storage by acid sensing ion channel (ASIC) inhibitor Hi1a varies with preservation solution
Mentee: Sanjay Dutta, Australia
Mentor: Peter Macdonald, Australia
TTS International Mentee-Mentor Award
VISTA alleviates post-transplantation acute rejection by modulating ERK pathway and macrophage polarization
Mentee: Lifei Liang, People’s Republic of China
Mentor: Cheng Yang, People’s Republic of China
A retained native kidney (with ureter ligation) prevents dehydration and calcium/phosphate imbalance after life-supporting TKO pig-to-baboon kidney transplantation
Mentee: Kohei Kinoshita, United States
Mentor: David Cooper, United States
Interleukin-6 blockade prevents costimulation blockade-resistant allograft rejection by promoting intragraft regulation
Mentee: Moritz Muckenhuber, Austria
Mentor: Thomas Wekerle, Austria
Lactate remodulates the OXPHOS of Tregs by inducing N-glycosylation in mitochondria via transcription and translocation of MGAT1
Mentee: Jinren Zhou, People’s Republic of China
Mentor: Ling Lv, People’s Republic of China
Re-assessing the Determination of Sensitization Status in Kidney Transplant Candidates: Unveiling persistent Anti-HLA Antibodies in waitlisted Patients
Mentee: Friederike Martin, United States
Mentor: Stefan G. Tullius, United States
Immunological effects of Abdominal Rectus Fascia transplant in rats without immunosuppression, in the short and medium term
Mentee: Jeremias Moreira, Argentina
Mentor: Gabriel Gondolesi, Argentina
MHC class II sharing promotes donor treg-mediated tolerance after intestinal transplantation in swine
Mentee: Muhammed Esad Gunes, United States
Mentor: Joshua Weiner, United States
Vascular reconstruction of multiple renal arteries - A risk factor for transplant renal artery stenosis: Insight from a matched case-control study
Mentee: Devprakash Choudhary, India
Mentor: Ashish Sharma, India
A nationwide report of long term covid-19 sequalae in kidney transplant recipients: Largest report from India
Mentee: Sudeep Desai, India
Mentor: Umesh Godhani, India
Graft function stabilisation in chronic AMR: Can Tocilizumab be an option
Mentee: Abhishek Vashisth, India
Mentor: Arpita Ray Chaudhury (Lahiri), India
A multicenter retrospective cohort study of Indian experience with the kidney paired donation transplantation
Mentee: Hari Shankar Meshram, India
Mentor: Vivek Kute, India
A step towards bridging the gender gap in deceased donor kidney transplantation
Mentee: Khushboo Saxena, India
Mentor: Pranjal Modi, India
A prospective comparative study assessing learning curve of trainee surgeons in total laparoscopic versus hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Mentee: Nasika Venkata Kanaka Naga Karthik, India
Mentor: Deepesh Benjamin Kenwar, India
A single centre ABO incompatible transplantation experience of 160 patients in North India: Outcomes, protocols and the way forward
Mentee: Aviral Kashyap, India
Mentor: Suraj Godara, India
Ureterovesical leak following renal transplant and effects of acute rejection and antirejection therapy: A nested case-control analysis and outcome of 1102 consecutive renal transplant recipients
Mentee: Akshay Kriplani, India
Mentor: Aneesh Srivastava, India
Anti-MICA Antibodies and Graft Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Mentee: Shubham Dubey, India
Mentor: Kapil Sejpal, India
A prospective observational study to assess the role of donor derived cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in predicting active rejection in renal allograft recipients
Mentee: Debdeep Mondal, India
Mentor: Pratik Das, India
CYP3A5 Polymorphism in Kidney Transplantation: Individualizing Tacrolimus Dosing
Mentee: Sushrut Gupta, India
Mentor: Amit Pasari, India
Study of clinical profile of post renal transplant Infections during first year after transplant- A single center study
Mentee: Vijay Navadiya, India
Mentor: Jigar Shrimali, India
Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Complement Gene Mutations: A Single-Centre Experience from Central India
Mentee: Pranjal Kashiv, India
Mentor: Manish Balwani, India
Pattern of CYP3A5 and MDR-1 single nucleotide polymorphism and its impact on tacrolimus levels and clinical outcomes in living renal allograft recipient
Mentee: Sukhwinder Sangha, India
Mentor: Raj Kanwar Yadav, India
A cross sectional study of the medium term outcomes in living donor renal transplant recipients developing ATN in the immediate post transplant period
Mentee: Alok Kumar, India
Mentor: Sharmila Thukral, India