Feb 12, 2018
The Mastocytosis Society, Inc. (TMS) awards grant funding for mastocytosis and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) research. Below is a list of our award recipients from recent years. This page will be updated as new publications or presentations related to TMS-funded research are identified.
TMS thanks all of those listed below and previous awardees for their dedication to mast cell disorder research!
2018 TMS Research Award in Pediatric Mastocytosis, including Related Disorders of Pediatric Mast Cell Activation – Catalano Family Grant through Wyatt’s Warriors
This grant award was funded by TMS, thanks to a generous donation from the Catalano Family through Wyatt’s Warriors.
Award amount: $50,000
Award recipient:
Anupama Ravi, MD
Mayo Clinic Program for the Study of Mast Cell and Eosinophil Disorders
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Co-investigators:
Joseph Butterfield, MD
Jeffrey Meeusen, PhD
Leslie Donato, PhD
Angela Mattke, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Title: Excretion of Mast Cell Mediators in Pediatric Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
2018 TMS Research Award in Pediatric Mastocytosis, including Related Disorders of Pediatric Mast Cell Activation – Karen and Jim Houghton Grant
This grant award was funded by TMS, thanks to a generous donation from Karen and Jim Houghton.
Award amount: $60,000
Award recipient:
Olivier Hermine, MD, PhD, and Leila Maouche Chrétien, PhD
Necker Children’s Hospital/Imagine Institute, National Reference Center of Mastocytosis, Paris, France
Title: Translational Studies on Pediatric Mastocytosis for Identification of New Pathways of Transformation and of New Potentially Effective Treatment of Both Pediatric and Adult Mastocytosis
2018 TMS Research Award in Pediatric Mastocytosis, including Related Disorders of Pediatric Mast Cell Activation – Karen and Jim Houghton Grant
This grant award was funded by TMS, thanks to a generous donation from Karen and Jim Houghton.
Award amount: $60,000
Award recipient:
Matthew Giannetti, MD
Co-investigator: Mariana Castells, MD, PhD
Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Center of Excellence for Mastocytosis
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Title: Identification of Novel Pathways in the Transcriptome of Human Mast Cells from Children and Adults with Cutaneous Mastocytosis
2017 TMS/AAAAI Research Award in Mastocytosis and/or Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
This grant award is a 1 year joint offering from TMS and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), with each organization contributing $30,000.
Award amount: $60,000
Award recipient:
Jeremy O’Sullivan, PhD
Division of Allergy/Immunology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Title: Targeting Mast Cells through Siglec-6
2015 TMS/ARTrustTM Research Award in Mastocytosis and/or Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
This grant award was a 1 year joint offering from TMS and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, with each organization contributing $30,000.
Award amount: $60,000
Award recipient:
Jonathan Lyons, MD
Assistant Clinical Investigator
Genetics and Pathogenesis Section
Laboratory of Allergic Diseases
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health
Title: Convergence of Autosomal Dominant Familial Tryptasemia and Mast Cell Associated Disorders
Resulting Publication(s)/Presentation(s):
2015 TMS Research Award in Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
This grant award was funded by TMS.
Award amount: $10,000
Award recipient:
Celalettin Ustun, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
University of Minnesota
Title: Mastocytosis in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) with Core Binding Factors (CBF)
Resulting Publication(s)/Presentation(s):
13th Annual Meeting of the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis –Munich, Germany, October 8-10, 2015
Title: Occult Mastocytosis and KIT D816V in CBF AML
2014 TMS/ARTrustTM Research Award in Mastocytosis and/or Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
This grant award was a 1 year joint offering from TMS and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, with each organization contributing $30,000.
Award amount: $60,000
Award recipient:
Tanya Laidlaw, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Title: Characterization of a Novel Growth and Survival Factor for Human Mast Cells
2014 TMS/Mastokids Research Award in Pediatric Mastocytosis and Pediatric Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
This grant award was a joint offering from TMS and Mastokids, with $20,000 contributed from TMS and $20,000 from Mastokids.
Award amount: $40,000
Award recipient:
Richard Stevens, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Collaborators: Mariana Castells, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Matthew Hamilton, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
(current Principal Investigator of grant)
Steven Krilis, MD, PhD, University New South Wales (AUS)
Title: Importance of hTryptase-beta in Pediatric Mast Cell Disorders
Resulting Publication(s)/Presentation(s):
2014 TMS Research Award in Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
This grant award was funded by TMS.
Award amount: $25,000
Award recipient:
Theoharis Theoharides, MS, PhD, MD
Professor of Pharmacology, Internal Medicine (Allergy) and Biochemistry
Tufts University, School of Medicine
Title: Levels of CRH, NT, SP and IL-33 in the serum of systemic mastocytosis and mast cell activation syndrome patients
2013 TMS/Mastokids Research Award in Pediatric Mastocytosis and Pediatric Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
This grant award was a joint offering from TMS and Mastokids, with $35,000 contributed from TMS and $25,000 from Mastokids.
Award amount: $60,000
Award recipient:
Lawrence Schwartz, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, & Pathology
Department of Internal Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Title: Monocyte Derived Immunosupressant Cells Inhibit Immune Regulation of Mast Cells in Mastocytosis
2011 TMS Research Award
This grant award was funded by TMS.
Award amount: $52,516
Award recipient:
Lawrence Afrin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
(Currently Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation, University of Minnesota)
Collaborators: John Lazarchick, MD, MUSC
Sally Self, M.D., MUSC
Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D., MUSC
Title: Characterization of Certain Peripheral Blood Cell Abnormalities Potentially Aiding the Diagnosis of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
Resulting Publication(s)/Presentation(s):
2010 TMS Research Award
This grant award was funded by TMS.
Award amount: $50,000
Award recipient:
Peter Valent, MD
Karoline Gleixner, MD
Medical University of Vienna
Title: Identification of a new target pathway in neoplastic mast cells as basis for the design of a novel pharmacologic concept
Resulting Publication(s)/Presentation(s):
2010 TMS Research Award
This grant award was funded by TMS.
Award amount: $9,756
Award recipients:
Jonathan Smith, MD
Melissa Snyder, PhD
Michael Cutrer, MD
Joseph Butterfield, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Title: Cerebrospinal Fluid Tryptase and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Systemic Mastocytosis
Resulting Publication(s)/Presentation(s):