Ruben G. Nava, MD, and Brian W. Wong, both assistant professors of surgery at the School of Medicine, have been awarded career development grants through the American Society of Transplantation . Wong received a two-year $100,000 basic science grant to study the role of fatty acid ß-oxidation in monocyte differentiation and function in heart allograft rejection. Nava received a one-year $50,000 translational science research grant to study the role of B cells in primary grant dysfunction after lung transplantation.
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