Dr Tambur have been the Diretor of the Transplant Immunology Laboratory at the Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University in Chicago for the past 8 years. Prior to that she was the director of the HLA laboratory at Rush Medical Center, Chicago. Dr Tambur completed her PhD degree as well as a Doctorate in Dental Medicine (DMD) at the Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Her main research focuses on the role of HLA antibodies in solid organ transplantation, risk stratification, and epitope analysis.