Maheen Abidi, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Transplant Infectious Disease Faculty at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research interests lie in investigating the relationship of chronic viral infections and viral immune reconstitution with novel outcomes of aging in Solid Organ Transplant recipients. Dr. Abidi is the recipient of an NIA-C K23 Award (2021-2026) titled “CMV and CMV-Immune Responses in Geriatric Conditions Post-Kidney Transplant (CMV-GeriKT)”. This K23 grant investigates the relationship of CMV with Frailty and Aging in Kidney Transplant recipients. Through this grant Dr. Abidi is also investigating clinical outcomes of Transplant recipients in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). Dr. Abidi is currently serving as a member-at-large of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network- Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (OPTN-DTAC).