Teaching Transplant Research Program

Dr. Briscoe actively engages in one-on-one teaching of trainees in the laboratory. When training in the laboratory, research fellows do hands-on laboratory work and interact with one another extensively. We have found that our "team approach" to training enables all trainees to develop a broad expertise in immunology. We believe that interactions among research fellows from different backgrounds (Undergraduate, and graduate M.D. or/and Ph.D students) helps to ensure the high quality of research. Furthermore, Dr Briscoe encourages everyone in the laboratory to participate at National Meetings and to compete for research training awards and grants. A summary of the awards received by Dr Briscoe's trainee's are listed below.

Mentored Research Awards and Grants

Name Year Type of Award
Mark Denton, M.D. 1998-2000 NRSA
National Institutes of Health (NIAID)
Michael Melter, M.D 1998-1999 Fellowship Award,
Hanover School of Medicine
Markus Frank, M.D. 1999-2001 Novartis Fellowship Award in Transplantation,
American Society of Transplantation
Michael Melter, M.D 1999 TEAM Award (Most Outstanding Abstract),
American Society of Transplantation
Michael Melter, M.D 2000 Research Award,
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
Dmitry Samsonov, M.D 2000-2002 Basic Research Fellowship Grant,
American Society of Transplantation
Mark Denton, M.D. 2001-2006 KO8 Award
National Institutes of Health (NIAID)
Markus Frank, M.D. 2001-2003 Council Faculty Grant
American Society of Transplantation
Markus Frank, M.D. 2001-2002 Research Award
National Kidney Foundation
Gwen Boulday, Ph.D. 2002-2003 Postdoctoral fellowship grant,
Foundation Pour la Recherche Medicale, Paris, France
Markus Frank, M.D. 2002-2005 KO8 award
National Institutes of Health (NIAID)
Peter Lapchak, Ph.D. 2002-2003 Pediatric Renal Research Award,
National Kidney Foundation
Soumitro Pal, Ph.D. 2002-2004 Basic Science Faculty Grant
American Society of Transplantation
Jesse Flaxenburg, M.D. 2003-2005 NRSA
National Institutes of Health (NHLBI)
Markus Frank, M.D. 2002-2004 NIH SPORE Grant in Skin Cancer
(Subcontract-NCI)
Soumitro Pal, Ph.D. 2003-relinquished Scientist Development Award
American Heart Association
Soumitro Pal, Ph.D. 2003-2008 KO1 award
National Institutes of Health (NIDDK)
Stuart Robertson, M.D 2003-2004 Pediatric Renal Research Award,
National Kidney Foundation
Marlies Reinders, M.D., Ph.D 2004 Novartis Transplantation Award
Best transplantation paper in Holland, 2004
Best Thesis, 2004. Dutch Nephrology Congress
Markus Frank, M.D. 2006-2011 R01 Award
National Institutes of Health (NCI)
Alan Contreras, M.D. 2006-2008 Research Fellowship Award
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Olivier Dormond, M.D., Ph.D. 2006-2008 Swiss Foundation for Grants in Medicine and Biology;
Research Fellowship Grant
Monika Edelbauer, M.D. 2006-2008 Austrian Science Fund
Andre Hoerning, M.D. 2007-2009 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Fellowship Grant
Sarah Bruneau, Ph.D. 2010-2012 Fellowship Award
American Society of Transplantation

Mentored Ph.D Thesis

Marlies Reinders, Ph.D.(2000-2002)
Thesis Entitled Mechanistic And Functional Interrelationships Between VEGF-Induced Angiogenesis, Cell-Mediated Immunity And Allograft Rejection.
Defended November 2004, University of Leiden. Holland. Received "Best Thesis Award" in 2004, Dutch Nephrology Congress.

Clinical Teaching Program

Dr. Briscoe is the Director of the Pediatric Nephrology Training Program and maintains all activity related to the training grant with Dr. William E. Harmon, Chief, Division of Nephrology.