Farshid Fathi Receives Young Investigator Award at American Transplant Congress 2026

July 16, 2026

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Farshid Fathi, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the laboratory of Dr. Megan Sykes, has been selected as a Young Investigator Award winner at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2026, held June 20–24 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The ATC Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding research contributions by trainees and early-career scientists in the field of transplantation. Dr. Fathi's award was presented during the Progress in Xenotransplantation session on June 22, 2026.

Award-Winning Abstract

  • Title​​​​​​: Evidence for Immunomodulatory Effect of Thymus in Pig-to-Decedent Human Thymokidney Transplant
  • Authors​​​​​​: Farshid Fathi, Pinar Gur Cetinkaya, Nathan Suek, Benjamin Vermette, Yasmeen S. Saad, Jeffrey Stern, Karen Khalil, Tal Etan, Ian S. Jaffe, Imad Aljabban, Adam D. Griesemer, David Berglund, Idriz Limaj, Erik Berglund, David H. Sachs, Robert A. Montgomery, Greg Nowak, and Megan Sykes.
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