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Launch of Career Development Research Grant
Launch of Career Development Research Grant.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 8123Q\n Verici Dx PLC\n 01 November 2021\n \n \n \n \n Verici Dx plc\n \n \n (\"Verici Dx\" or the \"Company\") \n \n \n Agreement with The American Society of Transplantation to launch Career Development Research Grant\n Grant in honour of Dr. Barbara T. Murphy, Verici Dx co-founder and former Board member\n \n Verici Dx plc (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, announces that it has signed an agreement with the American Society of Transplantation (\"AST\") to establish a Career Development Research Grant, commemorating Dr. Barbara T. Murphy, the Company's late co-founder and Board member.\n \n The grant will be awarded annually to a talented researcher in the fields of transplant science and immunology, enabling them to expand on preliminary research findings that have the potential to further the knowledge base in these areas.\n \n Dr. Barbara T. Murphy, who passed away on 30 June 2021, was a leading nephrologist and specialist in kidney transplant immunology, with her research focusing on predicting and diagnosing the outcomes of kidney transplants.\n \n The value of the initial grant is $50,000. The AST will be collecting the applications, with members of the AST Research Network Scientific Review Committee (SRC) choosing the recipient based on a scoring system reviewing the quality of the research. The grant recipient will be recognised during the 2022 American Transplant Congress, held from June 4-7, 2022, in Boston, MA, USA.\n \n The AST is an organisation dedicated to advancing the field of transplantation and improving patient care by promoting research, education, advocacy, organ donation, and service to the community through a lens of equity and inclusion.\n \n For more information on the grant and on how to apply: www.myast.org/research-grants\n \n \n \n \n Sara Barrington, Chief Executive Officer of Verici Dx, said:\n \n \n \n \n \n \"I am honoured to launch this research grant with the AST in memory of Barbara. She was an innovator, an entrepreneur and a mentor, and it is only befitting that this grant will enable promising, innovative researchers to further the research base within the transplant and immunology fields, within which Barbara was a leading voice. She was a valu...