The 2022 Consensus Conference To Implement Optimal VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma will convene a multi-disciplinary group of stakeholders with wide ranging areas of expertise and focus in injury care and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in trauma. To be held May 4-5, 2022 in...
The 2022 Consensus Conference to Implement Optimal VTE Prophylaxis in Trauma will convene a multi-disciplinary group of stakeholders with wide ranging areas of expertise and focus in injury care and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in trauma. It will be a hybrid...
In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates the societal cost of fatal and nonfatal injury in the United States was a staggering $4.2 trillion. That sum dwarfs an often-cited figure of $671 billion, calculated in 2015, the last year data...
Six American Trauma Society – Trauma Survivor Network (TSN) sites have agreed to participate in CNTR’s Injury Research Engagement Project (I-REP) and assist with recruitment of patients, caregivers, and research staff: Wake Forest Hospital; Shock Trauma in...
Institutional Information Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR) and the Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Address: 6410 Fannin St. Suite 1100, Houston, TX 77030 Email: erin.e.fox@uth.tmc.edu...
During a luncheon session at the 81st AAST Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress in Atlanta, Dr. Avery Nathens joined CNTR Chair Dr. Eileen Bulger in a presentation about how CNTR can help investigators take their research to the next level. Members of CNTR member...
The Coalition for National Trauma Research will be exhibiting at the 80th Annual Meeting of the AAST starting September 29th in Atlanta. Stop by the booth to learn more about our projects, sign up for the Investigator Database, or donate to support our work!...
Earlier this year, the Coalition for National Trauma Research submitted a request to Congress for $1.9 million in community project funding for a data project crucial to fulfilling the promise of the National Trauma Research Repository (NTRR). The NTRR provides the...
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) selected CNTR for a $230,000 Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award for a project titled “The Community of Trauma Care – Partnering with Patients and Caregivers to Improve Injury Outcomes.” The goals of...
This month, the Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) announced the formation of its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee to ensure that issues related to EDI are addressed both within CNTR and within the trauma research community as a whole. The...
This month, the American College of Surgeons’ “Bulletin in Brief” featured Dr. Eileen Bulger, who is both the chair of the ACS Committee on Trauma and the chair of the Coalition for National Trauma Research. Dr. Bulger discusses the impact of...
Institutional Information Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR) and the Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Address: 6410 Fannin St. Suite 1100, Houston, TX...
What do trauma patients have in common with people who are COVID-positive? It turns out that the incidence of blood clots in the lungs and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is very high in both these patient populations. “COVID is an inflammatory process,” explained Peggy...
The Coalition for National Trauma Research seeks to enhance trauma research by: Advocating for sustainable research funding commensurate with the burden of disease Coordinating research efforts across professional organizations that span the continuum of injury care...
Over the last six months, seven more nonprofit organizations have joined the Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) as Affiliate members, lending support to its mission. With the investment and support of its Core, Stakeholder and Affiliate member...
