{"id":26952,"date":"2024-02-06T09:34:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=26952"},"modified":"2025-04-25T10:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:19:34","slug":"research-connect-ana-konvalinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/research-connect-ana-konvalinka\/","title":{"rendered":"CDTRP Research Connect &#8211; Dr. Ana Konvalinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/publications\/2024-webinar-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"2024 Research Connect Banner\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner-1024x341.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-26558\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201500%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner-200x67.png 200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner-400x133.png 400w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner-800x267.png 800w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner-1200x400.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2024-Research-Connect-Banner.png 1500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4 class=\"p2\"><strong>CDTRP 2024 Research Connect Series<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">The CDTRP Research Connect series is taking place <strong>every other Tuesday at 3 pm ET<\/strong>. Don\u2019t forget to mark your calendars for this engaging series!<\/p>\n<p>This series streamlines the subset of Theme, Hub, and Working Group meetings that aimed to share and discuss the latest research findings across the network and our Webinar series, which featured national and international speakers. Theme, Hub, and Working Group meetings aimed at developing new initiatives, projects, or grants will be scheduled separately, approximately three times per year per group. Our goal is to make it easy for our members to know about and attend high quality presentations across all Themes and topics of interest. We are aiming for active discussions including researchers, trainees, and patient, family, and donor partners, engaging the whole community as if we were having a family dinner rather than listening to a formal presentation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_border_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#edf2f7;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#d93833;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#d93833;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#d93833;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#d93833;--button_text_transform:uppercase;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/publications\/2024-webinar-series\/\"><i class=\"fa-laptop-code fas button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Visit the website<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling lazyload\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Website-Background-1-1024x576.png\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h5><strong>Dr. Ana Konvalinka &#8211; Investigating Kidney Tissue Responses to Donor Specific Antibodies in Antibody Mediated Rejection <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On February 20, 2024 we were pleased to have <strong>Dr. Ana Konvalinka<\/strong>, clinician scientist and transplant nephrologist at the University Health Network in Toronto, and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, to present on the topic: &#8220;<strong>Investigating Kidney Tissue Responses to Donor Specific Antibodies in Antibody Mediated Rejection<\/strong>&#8221; as part of the CDTRP Theme 4 &#8211; Tailor an Optimal Immune System for Each Patient.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:900px;--awb-max-height:506px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.22%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AED8elOa_cU?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" title=\"V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana\" src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana-768x1024.jpeg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-20311\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27858%27%20height%3D%271144%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20858%201144%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27858%27%20height%3D%271144%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana-200x267.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana-400x533.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/V4B8QX_Konvalinka_Ana.jpeg 858w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h5><strong>About Dr. Ana Konvalinka<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Dr. Ana Konvalinka (MD, PhD, FRCPC) is a clinician scientist and transplant nephrologist at the University Health Network in Toronto. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and a Senior Scientist at Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. She was born and raised in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, and moved to Canada in 1993. Following a bachelor\u2019s degree in Human Biology at the University of Toronto, Dr. Konvalinka completed medical studies at the University of Ottawa in 2003. She then completed internal medicine and nephrology training in Toronto in 2008. She subsequently embarked on a PhD in basic science, under the supervision of Dr. James Scholey and Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis. Her PhD thesis addressed the effect of angiotensin II on the proteome of primary human proximal tubular cells, and the relevance of this effect in vivo. Following completion of her PhD in 2013, she went on to do the clinical kidney transplant fellowship at Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Konvalinka joined faculty at the University Health Network in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Her main clinical and research interests are in antibody-mediated rejection and kidney allograft fibrosis. She utilizes systems biology approaches and proteomics to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms, derive novel markers and to repurpose drugs for treatment of kidney disease. Dr. Konvalinka is the director of the Multi-Organ Transplant biobank for kidney, pancreas, and liver transplant programs at the Ajmera Transplant Centre. She has received international research awards (the Human Proteome Project (2016), the American Society of Transplantation Faculty-Development Research Grant (2016) and the Advances in Organ Transplantation Award (2015)) and national research awards (Canadian Society of Transplantation Research Excellence Award (2020), Canadian Society of Nephrology New Investigator Lectureship (2017) and the KRESCENT New Investigator Award (2016)).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,75,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-featured","category-past-webinars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26952"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32189,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26952\/revisions\/32189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}