Advisory Council
The Advisory Council of the Coalition for National Trauma Research includes one representative of each Stakeholder member organization along with at least one designee from the Board of Directors. Members of the Advisory Council serve a one-year term.
Anna Newcomb, PhD
American Trauma Society Representative
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Peggy Knudson, MD
Military Health System Strategic Partnership with ACS Representative
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Dr. Knudson was on the original Board of Directors for the National Trauma Institute (predecessor to CNTR) and served as the Science Director, overseeing 16 research projects. She is currently the PI of a large multi-center research grant focusing on post-traumatic pulmonary embolism. This grant (CLOTT) is administered by CNTR and funded by the Department of Defense, and more recently it has expanded to include support from PCORI and NIH. In addition to VTE, Dr. Knudson’s other research interests include injury prevention and combat casualty care. As the Medical Director of the Military Health System Partnership with the American College of Surgeons, she oversees a program that focuses on quality of care in Military Treatment Facilities, education and training for deploying surgeons, and the establishment of military-civilian partnerships to maintain readiness.
Vicki Moran, PhD, RN
Society of Trauma Nurses Representative
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Vicki Moran, PhD, RN, is the Trauma Research Coordinator for SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, in St. Louis, Missouri. She is an associate professor in the Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing at Saint Louis University. She has more than 25 years’ experience in the care of trauma and critically ill patients. Dr. Moran received her BSN, MSN/MPH, and PhD from Saint Louis University. Her research interests include trauma and nursing education. She has published numerous articles and has spoken nationally on trauma related research topics. She is currently involved in the Society of Trauma Nurses on TraumaCon, the annual conference planning committee, and as chair of the Society’s research committee.
Saam Morshed, MD
Orthopedic Trauma Association Representative
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Dr. Morshed is Director of the Clinical Research Center at the UCSF/Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Orthopaedic Trauma Institute and an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He also serves as Co-Director of the Global Research Initiative of the Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IGOT) at UCSF, which coordinates sustainable and equity-based education and research programs with partnering institutions in the developing world.
As an Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellow, he received a Master’s of Public Health and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California Berkeley. Prior to returning to UCSF to join the faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, he completed subspecialty training in orthopaedic trauma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. His clinical practice is focused on skeletal trauma, surgery of the pelvis and acetabulum, and problem fractures including mal-unions and non-unions. He serves at Co-director of the UCSF orthopaedic trauma fellowship.
Dr. Morshed’s research interests include treatment of major extremity trauma, and he leads several multicenter clinical trials as a Major Extremity Trauma and Rehabilitation Consortium principal investigator. He has served or led numerous professional society committees for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Orthopaedic Research Society, and currently chairs the Strategic Research Initiatives Committee for the Orthopedic Trauma Association.
He completed both medical school and orthopaedic residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
Combining the firepower of societies that represent a wide variety of surgical disciplines and other care groups across the trauma continuum can help us secure a national home for trauma research.