Listen to the EAST Traumacast, posted March 8, 2019, to learn about how the National Trauma Institute and the Coalition for National Trauma Research partner with trauma investigators to bring large-scale studies to fruition. Drs. Don Jenkins, Joe Dubose and Eileen Bulger discuss important projects currently being coordinated by NTI and CNTR including the National Trauma Research Repository and the National Trauma Research Action Plan.
AC Forum Joins CNTR as an Affiliate Member
CNTR is pleased to welcome the Anticoagulation Forum (AC Forum) as its latest Affiliate member. A 14,000-member organization that includes physicians, nurses and pharmacists supporting patients in anticoagulation clinics across the country, the AC Forum mission is to...
Attend an NTRAP Webinar to Learn More About the Results, What Data is Available and How to Request Data
In this series of webinars, NTRAP Panel Leaders will discuss the main results of their Delphi Surveys and offer thoughts on next steps and what they see as potential additional inquiries that might be made of the data. Each webinar will end with a brief run-through of...
Q&A with CNTR Collaborator Dr. Margaret Schwarze
Margaret L. (Gretchen) Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Morgridge Endowed Professor of Vascular Surgery Department of Surgery | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Dr. Gretchen Schwarze is a recent recipient of an R01...
CNTR Study Examining Use of Pathogen Reduced Plasma in Resuscitation of Patients with Severe Burns Begins Enrollment
In a CNTR-managed clinical trial that’s now beginning to enroll patients, Leopoldo Cancio, MD, burn surgeon and the Director of the U.S. Army Burn Center, is examining the use of INTERCEPT-treated pathogen-reduced plasma (IPRP) in the resuscitation of burned patients....
KeriCure Medical taps CNTR to Manage Clinical Trial of Spray-On Wound Dressing
With a $50,000 Commercialization Grant from the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC), biotechnology company KeriCure Medical has partnered with CNTR in developing a study protocol and proposal for a multi-center clinical trial for the company’s Field Shield...
Research Priorities Published & NTRAP Project Data Now Available for Secondary Analyses
With the completion of a set of Delphi gap analyses conducted as part of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) project, trauma investigators are encouraged to review and consider the priorities established in each of 11 focus areas when proposing new...
In an article published in the August 18, 2022 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Juan Herrera-Escobar and Jeffrey Schneider argue that traumatic injury should be recategorized as a chronic condition, given the long-term, often life-altering,...
UT Health Houston Seeks Post-Doctoral Candidates for T32 Trauma Research Fellowships
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...
Nevada Trauma Surgeon Offers Perspective on Firearm Injury and Death
In a July 1, 2022 article--three days before the Fourth of July holiday would see two mass shootings--trauma surgeon Deborah Kuhls authored an article on firearm injury for the University of Nevada News Center. Dr. Kuhls, chief of critical care at the Kirk Kerkorian...
ACS Addresses Scourge of Firearm Injury and Death in Press Conference
At a press conference held today in its Washington, D.C. office, leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) spoke out following a week of mass shootings, including one in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers and left many...
