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.
CNTR Burn Resuscitation Study Draws Funding from DoD Combat Casualty Care Research Program
The Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) is the recipient of $2.5 million in funding for a study called Plasma Resuscitation Without Lung Injury (PROPOLIS), which will evaluate pathogen-reduced plasma for the resuscitation of patients with shock secondary to...
Blood Clot Prophylaxis Implementation Study Approved for $1.4 Million in PCORI Funding
Announcing its annual research awards on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) approved $1.4 million in funding support to Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD, FACS, for a project implementing the findings from a previously completed...
NTRAP Project Releases Scoping Review Protocol for Long-term Patient-Reported Outcome Measures after Traumatic Injury
Publishing its methodology in TSACO today, the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) research team conducted a comprehensive scoping review to evaluate the current evidence related to how long-term outcomes of trauma patients, such as impaired physical and...
Safe Storage of Firearms Urged to Curb Rising Intimate Partner Violence
In an article published in the Annals of Surgery titled, Domestic Violence and Safe Storage of Firearms in the COVID-19 Era, investigators call attention to some troubling secondary effects of the pandemic; namely, rising domestic violence, brought on by the necessity...
Trauma Care and Research to Suffer in Wake of COVID Pandemic
In “The Effect on Trauma Care Secondary to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Collateral Damage from Diversion of Resources,” published in the Annals of Surgery, Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD; Ira Leeds, MD, MBA, ScM; and David Livingston, MD outline the short- and long-term...
GIS Analysis Powers Trauma Investigations
May 8, 2020--In a virtual presentation to the UT Health Trauma Think Tank on Friday, GIS Analyst Nick Medrano explained how the Coalition for National Trauma Research is utilizing the sophisticated mapping platform in a study of the potential survivability of...
AAST Investigators Provide Guidance on Tube Thoracostomy during Pandemic
In a timely article published in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO), investigators Fredric Pieracci, Clay Cothren Burlew, David Spain, David Livingston, Eileen Bulger, Kimberly Davis and Christopher Michetti provide urgent guidance for trauma and acute care...
AAST Investigators Provide Guidance on Tube Thoracostomy during Pandemic
Dr. Rosemary Kozar, chair of the CNTR Scientific Advisory Council, and Dr. David Hoyt, executive director of the American College of Surgeons, participated in the Research Methodology conference.[/caption]
National Trauma Institute to Restructure as Coalition for National Trauma Research
After serving as the administrative muscle behind the Coalition for National Trauma (CNTR) since its founding 2016, the National Trauma Institute (NTI) is formally changing its name and reorganizing as CNTR. Stay tuned—this spring CNTR will formally announce the...
Congress Agrees to Fund Gun Violence Research
December 16, 2019--The Hill newspaper announced today that federal agencies will receive $25 million from Congress to study gun violence in a government spending deal reached by House and Senate negotiators. According to the newspaper, "The deal includes $12.5 million...