Megan Balllinger, PhD
Current research studies:
- Heart Transplant Research
- Lung Transplant Research
- Kidney Transplant Research
- Liver Transplant Research
- Islet Transplant Research
- Research Grants
Heart Transplant Research
Lung Transplant Research
Kidney Transplant Research
Liver Transplant Research
Islet Transplant Research
Research Grants
Active Research Grants
Active and pending grants:
- Ginny Bumgardner MD, PhD - Advanced research training in immunology for surgery trainees (ARTIST), National Institutes of Health (NIH, NIAID), 8/1/2019 - 7/31/2024, $1,600,000
- Austin Schenk, MD, PhD – TCR Repertoire, Specificity, and the Endothelial Barrier in Allograft Rejection and Tolerance, American Heart Association Career Development Award, 4/1/2019 -3/31/2022, $231,000
- Sylvester Black, MD, PhD - Hepatic Stellate Cell Mediation of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation, The Ohio State University Department of Surgery Faculty Development Grant, 1/2017 - 1/2019, $25,000 per year for two years
- Ginny Bumgardner MD, PhD - Type I NKT cell mediated enhance of CD8+ Cytolytic T cells, 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2023
- Ginny Bumgardner MD, PhD - Novel mechanisms regulating post-transplant alloantibody productions, 10/1/2017 - 9/30/2022
- Bryan Whitson, MD, PhD - Preservation and rescue of the lung donor allograft for transplantation, NIH RO1, 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2023, $3,472,273
- Bryan Whitson, MD, PhD - Developing MG53 as a novel protein therapeutic for acute lung injury, Department of Defense, 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2021, $3,696,579
- Peter H.U. Lee, MD, PhD, MHA - Tissue-engineered skeletal muscle delivering a myokine protein (rhMG53) to treat volumetric muscle loss, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, KO8, 9/1/2018 - 8/31/2021, $561,168
- Ginny Bumgardner MD, PhD - Advanced research training in immunology for surgery trainees (ARTIST), National Institutes of Health (NIH, NIAID), 8/15/2014 - 7/31/2019, $728,445
- Jason Zimmerer PhD, Ginny Bumgardner MD, PhD - DOS Lockwood Early Career Development Award, Investigation of Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms, T Cell Profiles and Alloantibody Levels and Isotypes from Peripheral Blood in Primary Kidney Transplant Patients, 11/5/2014 - 11/5/2017, $25,000
- Ginny Bumgardner MD, PhD - Novel mechanisms regulating post-transplant alloantibody productions, NIH RO1, 9/1/2011 - 8/31/2016, $1,527,967
- Ginny Bumgardner MD, PhD - Demographic and Clinical Factors and Transplant Outcomes Associated with Hospital Readmissions within the First Year after Kidney Transplantation in Adult Recipients, OSU Comprehensive Transplant Center, 05/30/2015 - 12/30/2016
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Our Researchers
Megan Balllinger, PhD
Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD
Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD
Sylvester Black, MD, PhD
Sylvester Black, MD, PhD
Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, PhD
Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, PhD
James Hanje, MD
James Hanje, MD
Ayesha Hasan, MD
Ayesha Hasan, MD
Don Hayes Jr., MD, MS, MEd
Don Hayes Jr., MD, MS, MEd
Ashraf EL-Hinnawi, MBBS
Ashraf EL-Hinnawi, MBBS
Brian Keller, MD, PhD
Brian Keller, MD, PhD
Luis F. Lara, MD
Luis F. Lara, MD
Peter H.U. Lee, MD, PhD, MPH
Peter H.U. Lee, MD, PhD, MPH
Anthony Michaels, MD
Anthony Michaels, MD
Todd Pesavento, MD
Todd Pesavento, MD
Amer Rajab, MD, PhD
Amer Rajab, MD, PhD
Brenda Reader, PhD
Brenda Reader, PhD
Austin Schenk, MD, PhD
Austin Schenk, MD, PhD
W. Kenneth Washburn, MD
W. Kenneth Washburn, MD
Bryan Whitson, MD, PhD