Our research interests are broad and include disparities in access to transplantation, living donor wellness and quality of life, post-transplant outcomes, and translational immunology related to rejection and tolerance. Please click the "Meet the Team" Tab to see some of our current members' projects.
Funding
Active
National Cancer Institute (NCI K08, "Immunologic Biomarkers of Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation"
Wright Foundation Standard Pilot Grant, "Single Cell Multi-omics to Uncover Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets in Fontan-Associated Liver Disease"
One Legacy Research Fellowship Award, "Biomarkers of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure"
California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Umbilical Stem Cell Repair of Acute Liver Injury"
CHLA Saban Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Immunological Features of Acute Liver Failure in Children"
ASTS Veloxis Fellowship in Transplantation Award, "Nanostructured Mass Exchangers for Hepatic Replacement Therapy"
One Legacy Foundation Research Fellowship Award, "Nanostructured Mass Exchangers for Hepatic Replacement Therapy"
One Legacy Foundation Research Fellowship Award, "Immunological Landscape of Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation"
USC Department of Surgery Lab Startup Funds, "Investigation of Rejection and Tolerance in Clinical Liver Transplantation"
Completed
USC Center for Computational Genomics Pilot Grant, "Single Cell Analysis of Fontan-Associated liver Disease" (2021-2022)
Florida-California Cancer Research, Education, and Engagement Health Equity Center Pilot Grant, "Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics to Uncover Pathogenesis and Oncogenesis of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease" (2022)
AASLD Clinical, Translational, and Outcomes Research Award, "Multiplexed Immune Profiling of Rejection in Pediatric liver Transplantation" (2020-2022)
Gilead Liver Disease Research Scholar Award, "Temporal Changes in the Immune Landscape During Liver Transplantation Rejection" (2020-2022)
USC Broad Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Immunological Features of Acute Liver Failure in Children" (2021-2022)
ASTS/Natera Faculty Development Research Grant, "CyTOF-based Analysis of Acute Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation" (2020-2022)
Saban Research Institute of CHLA Core Pilot Grant, "Biomarkers of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure" (2021)
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Institute Core Pilot Grant, "Visium Protocol for Human Liver Tissue" (2021)
USC Broad Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Immunological Features of Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation" (2019-2020)
NHLBI Diversity Supplement, "Cooperative regulation of mechanotransduction for lymphatic valve development" (2019-2020)
AST Research Network Translational Faculty Development Research Grant, "Multiplexed Immune Profiling of Rejection in Pediatric Liver Transplantation" (2020-2021)
USC COVID-19 Research Grant, "Serum Biomarkers to Predict COVID-19 Disease Severity at LAC+USC" (2020-2021)
USC Deans Pilot Funding Award, "Biomarkers of Rejection in Pediatric Liver Transplantation" (2018-2019)
National Cancer Institute (NCI K08, "Immunologic Biomarkers of Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation"
Wright Foundation Standard Pilot Grant, "Single Cell Multi-omics to Uncover Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets in Fontan-Associated Liver Disease"
One Legacy Research Fellowship Award, "Biomarkers of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure"
California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Umbilical Stem Cell Repair of Acute Liver Injury"
CHLA Saban Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Immunological Features of Acute Liver Failure in Children"
ASTS Veloxis Fellowship in Transplantation Award, "Nanostructured Mass Exchangers for Hepatic Replacement Therapy"
One Legacy Foundation Research Fellowship Award, "Nanostructured Mass Exchangers for Hepatic Replacement Therapy"
One Legacy Foundation Research Fellowship Award, "Immunological Landscape of Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation"
USC Department of Surgery Lab Startup Funds, "Investigation of Rejection and Tolerance in Clinical Liver Transplantation"
Completed
USC Center for Computational Genomics Pilot Grant, "Single Cell Analysis of Fontan-Associated liver Disease" (2021-2022)
Florida-California Cancer Research, Education, and Engagement Health Equity Center Pilot Grant, "Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics to Uncover Pathogenesis and Oncogenesis of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease" (2022)
AASLD Clinical, Translational, and Outcomes Research Award, "Multiplexed Immune Profiling of Rejection in Pediatric liver Transplantation" (2020-2022)
Gilead Liver Disease Research Scholar Award, "Temporal Changes in the Immune Landscape During Liver Transplantation Rejection" (2020-2022)
USC Broad Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Immunological Features of Acute Liver Failure in Children" (2021-2022)
ASTS/Natera Faculty Development Research Grant, "CyTOF-based Analysis of Acute Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation" (2020-2022)
Saban Research Institute of CHLA Core Pilot Grant, "Biomarkers of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure" (2021)
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Institute Core Pilot Grant, "Visium Protocol for Human Liver Tissue" (2021)
USC Broad Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, "Immunological Features of Rejection in Clinical Liver Transplantation" (2019-2020)
NHLBI Diversity Supplement, "Cooperative regulation of mechanotransduction for lymphatic valve development" (2019-2020)
AST Research Network Translational Faculty Development Research Grant, "Multiplexed Immune Profiling of Rejection in Pediatric Liver Transplantation" (2020-2021)
USC COVID-19 Research Grant, "Serum Biomarkers to Predict COVID-19 Disease Severity at LAC+USC" (2020-2021)
USC Deans Pilot Funding Award, "Biomarkers of Rejection in Pediatric Liver Transplantation" (2018-2019)