National Trauma Institute Awards Seven Trauma Research Grants

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May 06, 2010, 09:00 ET

SAN ANTONIO, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Trauma Institute (NTI), a non-profit organization that funds trauma research in the United States, announced the awardees of its first round of grant funding. Seven studies, to be conducted at various institutions across the country, will each receive grant funding ranging from $125,000 to $225,000.

NTI's Science Committee received 85 proposals in response to its request last year. The proposals were subject to a rigorous peer-review process, and the committee's final selection included seven of the most scientifically promising and clinically relevant studies.

"The high number of fundable proposals we reviewed speaks of the strong demand for trauma research funding," said Peggy Knudson, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, UCSF and Chair of the NTI Science Committee. "While trauma is the number one killer of Americans aged 1 to 44, it remains the most underfunded medical research category."

Awardees, institutions and study topics are as follows:


PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR	INSTITUTION	TOPIC
Joel B. Baseman, Ph.D.	Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio	Mycoplasma Pneumoniae in the ICU
Mitchell Cohen, MD	Univ. of California, Berkeley	Timing and Mechanism of Traumatic Coagulopathy
Martin Croce, MD	Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center	Evaluation of the Ventilator Bundle in Injured Patients
Fredric M. Pieracci, MD, MPH	Univ. of Colorado, Denver	Intravenous vs. Enteral Iron Supplementation for Anemia in Traumatic Critical Illness
Shahid Shafi, MPH, MD, FACS	Baylor Research Institute	Comparative Effectiveness of Clinical Care Processes in Resuscitation
Carrie Sims, MD, MS	Univ. of Pennsylvania	Vasopressin Supplementation during Resuscitation of Hemorrhagic Shock
Jason L. Sperry, MD, MPH	Univ. of Pittsburgh	Characterization of the Effects of Early Sex-Hormone Environment Following Injury

NTI Executive Director Sharon Smith added, "NTI is committed to facilitating translational research—that is, research whose results may affect the practice of medicine and patient outcomes in the near-term. These studies may be completed in as little as one year, and we'll hear preliminary results from the researchers at our trauma symposium as early as 2011."

About NTI

The National Trauma Institute (NTI) is a non-profit organization that assembles funds from public and private sources to support trauma research, sets a national trauma research agenda, and supports military and civilian collaboration in trauma care and research. NTI's goal is to reduce death and disability. Learn more about NTI at www.nationaltraumainstitute.org.