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Megan Levings

ResearcherGeneral SurgeryUniversity of British Columbia

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Megan Levings

Researcher

General Surgery

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 26 research grants (26 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 33 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Transplantation Cell Therapy Regulatory T Cells Biomarkers Tolerance Graft Versus Host Disease Islet T Regulatory Cells

Latest papers

Regulatory T-cell based therapies for acute lung injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2026
Regulatory T cell therapies to treat autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection.
Nature immunology · 2025
Meeting Report: The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance.
Transplantation · 2025

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Mechanistic studies of human Tregs engineered for use in transplantation
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,147,500
Modeling Automimmunity with Human Lymph Node Slices
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000
Harnessing regenerative medicine to model type 1 diabetes in a dish
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 67 grants and awards

13 publications.

Regulatory T-cell based therapies for acute lung injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Karunamurthy P, Morin J, Tangamornsuksan W, Macleod M, Kuhar E, Ali S, Levings M, Jahandideh F, Stewart DJ, Fergusson DA, Lalu MM

American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2026

DOI: 10.1093/ajrcmb/aanag122 PMID: 42246928

Regulatory T cell therapies to treat autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection.

Bluestone JA, Burnett BK, Crute CE, Fellows MD, Levings M, Lebrec H, Pereira Mouriès L, Rice J, Rohan P, Roncarolo MG, Rotrosen D

Nature immunology2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02154-2 PMID: 40457063

Meeting Report: The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance.

Stark H, Ho QY, Cross A, Alessandrini A, Bertaina A, Brennan D, Busque S, Demetris A, Devey L, Fruhwirth G, Fuchs E, Friend P, Geissler E, Guillonneau C, Hester J, Isaacs J, Jaeckel E, Kawai T, Lakkis F, Leventhal J, Levings M, Levitsky J, Lombardi G, Martinez-Llordella M, Mathew J, Moreau A, Reinke P, Riella LV, Sachs D, Fueyo AS, Schreeb K, Sykes M, Tang Q, Thomson A, Tree T, Trzonkowski P, Uchida K, Veale J, Weiner J, Wekerle T, Issa F

Transplantation2025

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005311 PMID: 39800883

3D genomic features across >50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity.

Trang KB, Pahl MC, Pippin JA, Su C, Littleton SH, Sharma P, Kulkarni NN, Ghanem LR, Terry NA, O'Brien JM, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Jermusyk A, Hoskins J, Amundadottir LT, Xu M, Brown K, Anderson S, Yang W, Titchenell P, Seale P, Kaestner KH, Cook L, Levings M, Zemel BS, Chesi A, Wells AD, Grant SFA

eLife2025

DOI: 10.7554/elife.95411 PMID: 39813287

Immune phenotyping in a pediatric multicenter transplant study: Suitability of a preformulated dry-antibody panel system.

Ionescu LI, Blydt-Hansen T, Foster BJ, Allen U, Birk PE, Hamiwka L, Phan V, Min S, Ivison S, Levings M, West LJ, Mital S, Urschel S

Human immunology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2024.110837 PMID: 39013208

Evaluating the role of Tregs in the progression of multiple myeloma.

Lad D, Huang Q, Hoeppli R, Garcia R, Xu L, Levings M, Song K, Broady R

Leukemia & lymphoma2019

DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1579324 PMID: 30773086

Regulatory T-cells drive immune dysfunction in CLL.

Lad D, Hoeppli R, Huang Q, Garcia R, Xu L, Toze C, Broady R, Levings M

Leukemia & lymphoma2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1330475 PMID: 28573905

The outstanding questions in transplantation: It's about time….

Azzi J, Raimondi G, Mas V, Riella LV, Elfadawy N, Safa K, Wojciechowski D, Kanak M, Nog R, Maltzman JS, Ford ML, Pober JS, Luo XR, Rothstein D, Miller ML, Matthews D, Burlingham W, Levings M, Heeger P, Higdon L, Gill J, Gill RG, Alegre ML

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2018

DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14450 PMID: 28758364

Effect of Ex Vivo-Expanded Recipient Regulatory T Cells on Hematopoietic Chimerism and Kidney Allograft Tolerance Across MHC Barriers in Cynomolgus Macaques.

Duran-Struuck R, Sondermeijer HP, Bühler L, Alonso-Guallart P, Zitsman J, Kato Y, Wu A, McMurchy AN, Woodland D, Griesemer A, Martinez M, Boskovic S, Kawai T, Cosimi AB, Yang YG, Hu Z, Wuu CS, Slate A, Mapara M, Baker S, Tokarz R, D'Agati V, Hammer S, Pereira M, Lipkin WI, Wekerle T, Levings M, Sykes M

Transplantation2017

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000001559 PMID: 27846155

Minimum Information about T Regulatory Cells: A Step toward Reproducibility and Standardization.

Fuchs A, Gliwiński M, Grageda N, Spiering R, Abbas AK, Appel S, Bacchetta R, Battaglia M, Berglund D, Blazar B, Bluestone JA, Bornhäuser M, Ten Brinke A, Brusko TM, Cools N, Cuturi MC, Geissler E, Giannoukakis N, Gołab K, Hafler DA, van Ham SM, Hester J, Hippen K, Di Ianni M, Ilic N, Isaacs J, Issa F, Iwaszkiewicz-Grześ D, Jaeckel E, Joosten I, Klatzmann D, Koenen H, van Kooten C, Korsgren O, Kretschmer K, Levings M, Marek-Trzonkowska NM, Martinez-Llordella M, Miljkovic D, Mills KHG, Miranda JP, Piccirillo CA, Putnam AL, Ritter T, Roncarolo MG, Sakaguchi S, Sánchez-Ramón S, Sawitzki B, Sofronic-Milosavljevic L, Sykes M, Tang Q, Vives-Pi M, Waldmann H, Witkowski P, Wood KJ, Gregori S, Hilkens CMU, Lombardi G, Lord P, Martinez-Caceres EM, Trzonkowski P

Frontiers in immunology2017

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01844 PMID: 29379498

Mechanistic studies of human Tregs engineered for use in transplantation

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Levings, Megan K

Keywords: Antigen Presenting Cells; Cell Therapy; Chimeric Antigen Receptors; Regulatory T Cells; Tolerance; Transplantation

$1,147,500

Modeling Automimmunity with Human Lymph Node Slices

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Mangat, Jaspreet

Keywords: Autoimmunity

$6,000

Harnessing regenerative medicine to model type 1 diabetes in a dish

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Cheng, Jin-Yu

Keywords: Autoimmune Disease; Dendritic Cell Differentiation; Ipsc-Derived Models; Macrophage Differentiation; Metabolic Disease; Type 1 Diabetes

$120,000

Building better beta cells in order to improve stem cell-derived islet transplantation outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

Principal investigators: Lynn, Francis C; Levings, Megan K; Verchere, Bruce C

Keywords: Beta Cell; Diabetes; Differentiation; Function; Insulin Secretion; Islet; Maturation; Regulatory T Cells; Stem Cells; Transplantation

$100,000

Allogeneic regulatory T cell therapy to prevent graft versus host disease

Nominated PICIHR2024Team Gr.: Interv. Trial in Inflam. for Chronic Cond. - Res. Teams Gr. - General

Principal investigators: Levings, Megan K; Schultz, Kirk R; Ahmad, Imran; Dijke, Ilona E; Hay, Kevin A; Lad, Deepesh P; West, Lori J

Keywords: Cell Therapy; Graft Versus Host Disease; Regulatory T Cells; Tolerance; Transplantation

$2,000,000

Regulatory T cell engineering to promote transplant tolerance

SupervisorCIHR2024CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Wright, Robert C

Keywords: Cell Therapy; Clinical Pharmacy; Drug Interaction; Gene Therapy; Immunoengineering; Immunology; Tolerance; Transplantation

$280,000

Building better beta cells in order to improve stem cell-derived islet transplantation outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lynn, Francis C; Levings, Megan K; Verchere, Bruce C

Keywords: Beta Cell; Cell Therapy; Diabetes; Differentiation; Insulin Secretion; Islet; Maturation; Regulatory T Cells; Stem Cells; Transplantation

$1,120,725

Restricting chimeric antigen receptor expression to the IKZF2 locus of regulatory T cells

SupervisorCIHR2024Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Mangat, Jaspreet

Keywords: Autoimmunity; Chimeric Antigen Receptor; Immunotherapy; Islet Transplantation; Regulatory T Cells; Type 1 Diabetes

$120,000

Development of MHC Class II-targeted chimeric antigen receptor regulatory T cell (Treg) therapies for solid organ transplantation

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: HALVORSON, TORIN J

Keywords: Alloimmunity; Chimeric Antigen Receptors; Co-Detection By Indexing; Flow Cytometry; Immune Suppression; Immune Tolerance; Major Histocompatibility Complexes; Regulatory T Cells; Skin Transplant Models; Solid Organ Transplantation

$105,000

Allogeneic regulatory T cell therapy to prevent chronic graft versus host disease

Nominated PICIHR2023Team Gr.:Intervention Trial in Inflam. for Chronic Condition - General Pool LOI

Principal investigators: Levings, Megan K; Delisle, Jean-Sébastien; Ahmad, Imran; Dijke, Ilona E; Elsawy, Mahmoud E; Hay, Kevin A; Kekre, Natasha; Szwajcer, David; West, Lori J

Keywords: Cell Therapy; Graft Versus Host Disease; Regulatory T Cells; Tolerance; Transplantation

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Megan Levings

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Regulatory T-cell based therapies for acute lung injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Regulatory T cell therapies to treat autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection.

Meeting Report: The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance.

3D genomic features across >50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity.

Immune phenotyping in a pediatric multicenter transplant study: Suitability of a preformulated dry-antibody panel system.

Evaluating the role of Tregs in the progression of multiple myeloma.

Regulatory T-cells drive immune dysfunction in CLL.

The outstanding questions in transplantation: It's about time….

Effect of Ex Vivo-Expanded Recipient Regulatory T Cells on Hematopoietic Chimerism and Kidney Allograft Tolerance Across MHC Barriers in Cynomolgus Macaques.

Minimum Information about T Regulatory Cells: A Step toward Reproducibility and Standardization.

Mechanistic studies of human Tregs engineered for use in transplantation

Modeling Automimmunity with Human Lymph Node Slices

Harnessing regenerative medicine to model type 1 diabetes in a dish

Building better beta cells in order to improve stem cell-derived islet transplantation outcomes

Allogeneic regulatory T cell therapy to prevent graft versus host disease

Regulatory T cell engineering to promote transplant tolerance

Building better beta cells in order to improve stem cell-derived islet transplantation outcomes

Restricting chimeric antigen receptor expression to the IKZF2 locus of regulatory T cells

Development of MHC Class II-targeted chimeric antigen receptor regulatory T cell (Treg) therapies for solid organ transplantation

Allogeneic regulatory T cell therapy to prevent chronic graft versus host disease

Frequent collaborators

Tony Panzarella

Irwin Ronald Walker

Shoukat Dedhar

John Gill

Tom Blydt-Hansen

John Kuruvilla

Jason Tay

Tom Blydt-Hansen

Lorraine Hamiwka

Lothar Huebsch

Upton Allen

Ronan Foley

Seema Mital

Seema Mital

Megan Levings

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Regulatory T-cell based therapies for acute lung injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Regulatory T cell therapies to treat autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection.

Meeting Report: The Sixth International Sam Strober Workshop on Clinical Immune Tolerance.

3D genomic features across >50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity.

Immune phenotyping in a pediatric multicenter transplant study: Suitability of a preformulated dry-antibody panel system.

Evaluating the role of Tregs in the progression of multiple myeloma.

Regulatory T-cells drive immune dysfunction in CLL.

The outstanding questions in transplantation: It's about time&#x2026;.

Effect of Ex Vivo-Expanded Recipient Regulatory T Cells on Hematopoietic Chimerism and Kidney Allograft Tolerance Across MHC Barriers in Cynomolgus Macaques.

Minimum Information about T Regulatory Cells: A Step toward Reproducibility and Standardization.

Frequent collaborators

Tony Panzarella

Irwin Ronald Walker

Shoukat Dedhar

John Gill

Tom Blydt-Hansen

John Kuruvilla

Jason Tay

Tom Blydt-Hansen

Lorraine Hamiwka

Lothar Huebsch

Upton Allen

Ronan Foley

Seema Mital

Seema Mital

The outstanding questions in transplantation: It's about time….