Educational Programs
Transplantation Biology Seminar Series
Seminars are on Fridays at Noon in the BST 1595 Conference Room (exceptions are italicized on schedule below). A light lunch is provided.
September 14, 2018 | Ronald G. Gill, PhD; University of Colorado |
September 26, 2018 (Wednesday) | Special Seminar: Maria Hernandez-Feuntes, PhD; Kings College London |
October 31, 2018 (Wednesday) | Special Seminar: Jenny Zhang, MD; Northwestern University |
November 9, 2018 | Robert Fairchild, PhD; Cleveland Clinic |
November 29, 2018 (Thursday) | Joint Immunology Seminar - Scaife Hall, Auditorium 5: Peter Parham, MD; Stanford University School of Medicine |
December 14, 2018 | Xunrong Luo, MD PhD; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
January 11, 2018 | Carla Vanina Rothlin, PhD; Yale University |
February 8, 2019 | Megan Sykes, MD; Columbia University Medical Center |
March 8, 2019 | Jamil Azzi, MD; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
April 12, 2019 | Sing Sing Way, MD PhD; University of Cincinatti |
May 24, 2019 | Geoffrey R. Hill, MD; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
June 14, 2019 | Gilles Benichou, PhD; Harvard Medical School |
For more information, please contact:
Amy Nye
(412) 383-5774
Research in Progress Seminars
Meetings take place from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the BST's 15th-floor conference room (room 1595). Light lunch is provided.
Note: There are 2 presenters on each date - the first presents from 12:00-12:30, and the second from 12:30-1:00
Date | Presenters | Mentors |
October 20, 2017 | Hai Huang Alicia Watson | Allan Tsung Angus Thomson |
December 15, 2017 | Zhonqiang Zhang Jim Fisher | Heth Turnquist Steve Little |
January 19, 2018 | Anna Roessing Paul Fadakar | Heth Turnquist Diana Metes |
February 16, 2018 | Bill Hoffman Faruk Sacirbegovic | Geetha Chalasani Warren Shlomchik |
| March 16, 2018 | Khodor Abou Daya TBD | Fadi Lakkis Allan Tsung |
April 20, 2018 | Jian Li Aidan Huene | Jake Demetris Matt Nicotra |
| May 18, 2018 | Masaki Yamada Helong Dai | Diana Metes Angus Thomson |
June 15, 2018 | Gaelen Dwyer Jun Tan | Heth Turnquist Geetha Chalasani |
July 20, 2018 | Jieqing Zhu TBD | Warren Shlomchik David Rothstein |
September 21, 2018 | Meng Zhou Daqiang Zhao | Warren Shlomchik Fadi Lakkis |
October 19, 2018 | TBD Dominik Chittka | Allan Tsung David Rothstein |
November 16, 2018 | Steven Sanders Murugesan Velayutham | Matt Nicotra Heth Turnquist |
For more information, please contact:
Janet Coulter
Journal Club
Meetings take place on Fridays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the BST's 15th-floor conference room (room 1595). A light lunch is provided.
Date | Speaker #1: Basic Scientist | Speaker #2: Clinician |
| January 27, 2017 | Fadi Lakkis | Sushma Bhusal |
| February 24, 2017 | Aravind Cherukuri | Puneet Sood |
| March 24, 2017 | Geoffrey Camirand | Swaytha Ganesh |
| April 28, 2017 | No Journal Club (ATC) | No Journal Club (ATC) |
| May 26, 2017 | Mohamed Ezzelarab | Michele Molinari |
| June 23, 2017 | William Hoffman | Chethan Puttarajappa |
| July 28, 2017 | Geetha Chalasani | Rahil Mehta |
| August 25, 2017 | Faruk Sacirbegovic | Swaytha Ganesh |
| September 22, 2017 | Martin Oberbarnscheidt | Akhil Sharma |
| October 27, 2017 | Bala Ramaswami | Martin Wijkstrom |
| November 24, 2017 | No Journal Club (Thanksgiving) | |
| December 22, 2017 | No Journal Club (Christmas recess) | |
For more information, please contact:
Adrian Morelli(412) 624-2193
Transplantation Grand Rounds
Transplantation Grand Rounds will take place every Friday at 8:00 a.m. in the MUH 7 Main LHAS Auditorium
(Note: Bolded text denotes External Speakers)
August 31, 2018 | Robert Liwski, MD PhD FRCPC, Dalhousie University |
September 7, 2018 | Dana Jorgensen, PhD MPH |
September 14, 2018 | Sundaram Hariharan, MD |
September 21, 2018 | Fadi Lakkis, MD |
September 28, 2018 | Itunu Owoyemi, MD and Srijan Tandukar, MD |
October 5, 2018 | Akhil Sharma, MD |
October 12, 2018 | Vikrant Rachakonda, MD |
October 19, 2018 | Andrew Cameron, MD PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
October 26, 2018 | Naudia Jonassaint, MD |
November 2, 2018 | Mary Amanda Dew, PhD |
November 9, 2018 | Itunu Owoyemi, MD |
November 16, 2017 | No Grand Rounds (STI Retreat) |
November 23, 2017 | No Grand Rounds (Thanksgiving Recess) |
November 30, 2018 | Martin Wijkstrom, MD |
December 7, 2018 | Timucin Taner, MD PhD, Mayo Clinic |
December 14, 2017 | Chris Hughes, MD |
December 21, 2018 | No Grand Rounds |
December 28, 2018 | No Grand Rounds |
January 4, 2019 | |
January 11, 2019 | Puneet Sood, MD |
Janury 18, 2019 | Raman Venkataramanan, MD |
| January 25, 2019 | Nina Singh, MD |
| February 1, 2019 | Peter Nickerson, MD FRCPC FCAHS, University of Manitoba |
| February 8, 2018 | |
February 15, 2019 | Thomas Habermann, MD, Mayo Clinic |
February 22, 2019 | Rajil Mehta, MD |
March 1, 2019 | George Mazariegos, MD |
March 8, 2019 | |
March 15, 2019 | Diana Metes, MD |
March 22, 2019 | Abhinav Humar, MD |
March 29, 2019 | Amit Tevar, MD |
April 5, 2019 | |
April 12, 2019 | Shari Rogal |
| April 19, 2019 | |
April 26, 2019 | Sandy Feng, MD PhD |
| May 3, 2019 | |
| May 10, 2019 | No Grand Rounds - STI Clinical Retreat |
May 17, 2019 | James Squires |
May 24, 2019 | Ali Al-Khafaji |
| May 31, 2019 | Patrick McKiernan |
| June 7, 2019 | |
| June 14, 2019 | Abhijit P. Limaye, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine |
(412) 648-3926; coulterjm@upmc.eduFor more information, please contact:
Janet Coulter
Stuart K. Patrick Grant for Transplant Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh
The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute is pleased to announce the establishment of the Stuart K. Patrick Grant for Transplant Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh.
STI Seminars and Conferences
Transplantation Immunology Research
