▁combined ▁clin ical ▁care ▁between ▁sur ge ons ▁and ▁ne ph ro log ists ▁during ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁ren al ▁trans plant ▁programs ▁were ▁managed ▁by ▁one ▁or ▁the ▁other ▁discipline , ▁never ▁by ▁both ▁at ▁once ▁( C UM C ▁Program s ▁ 2 0 0 7 ). ▁This ▁co operation ▁between ▁discipl ines ▁led ▁to ▁major ▁contributions ▁in ▁imm un ogen et ics , ▁imm unos upp ression , ▁and ▁treatment ▁of ▁auto imm une ▁dise ases ▁and ▁l ym ph oma ▁( C UM C ▁Program s ▁ 2 0 0 7 ). ▁ ▁His ▁most ▁recent ▁focus ▁has ▁been ▁on ▁cell ular ▁trans plant ation ▁with ▁emphas is ▁on ▁is let ▁trans plant ation . ▁Hard y ▁is ▁Princi pal ▁Investig ator ▁of ▁a ▁mult ic enter ▁clin ical ▁trial ▁expl oring ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁two ▁imm unos upp ress ant ▁dru gs , ▁si rol im us ▁and ▁t ac rol im us ▁( C UM C ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Kid ney ). ▁He ▁also ▁currently ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁several ▁multi inst itution al ▁studies ▁of ▁imm unos upp ress ive ▁agents ▁which ▁are ▁individually ▁spons ored ▁by ▁Nov art is , ▁A stell as ▁and ▁Br istol ▁My ers . ▁ ▁Hon ors ▁Hard y ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁professor ▁in ▁about ▁ 3 0 ▁institutions ▁and ▁delivered ▁over ▁ 1 0 ▁e pon ym ous ▁lect ures ▁world wide . ▁He ▁has ▁received ▁honor aria ▁for ▁lect ures ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁from ▁Up j ohn