Prof. Anita S. Chong: focused research in transplantation tolerance

Anita S. Chong (Figure 1), Professor in Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, is a Co-chair of the Basic Science committee at the Transplantation Society. Her research interests cover Transplantation Tolerance, Mechanisms of Rejection, and the Regulation of T and B Cell Responses to Allografts. During the 4th Biennial Congress of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato- Biliary Association (A-PHPBA), the HBSN editor had the opportunity to interview Prof. Chong regarding the current and future development of transplantation immunology and the achievements of her research group. Prof. Chong also introduces the potential of Xenotransplantation in this interview and shares with us her story of role as the Co-chair in Basic Science committee at the Transplantation Society.