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Trauma Research Community Coalesces Around Model for Clinical Guidance – Coalition for National Trauma Research

Trauma society leaders discussed ways of collaborating instead of competing on clinical guideline development. This second year of the Design for Implementation: The Future of Trauma Research and Clinical Guidance Conference Series built on last year’s work to arrive at a shared understanding of shortcomings in the ways that guidance is developed, disseminated and implemented. […]

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Year 2 of Design for Implementation Conference Assembles Stakeholders in Clinical Guidance and Experts on AI – Coalition for National Trauma Research

DFI participants provided feedback on the beta version of a clinical guidance app developed following Year 1 of the conference. In her introductory remarks to the Design for Implementation: The Future of Trauma Research and Clinical Guidance Conference, Eileen Bulger, MD, ACS Medical Director of Trauma Programs, reminded attendees of the vast scope of the […]

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CNTR Partners with University of Utah on PCORI-Funded Project Targeting Access to Care in Rural Settings – Coalition for National Trauma Research

Survivors of traumatic injury who live in rural America face many challenges to recovery due to limited access to specialized services, geographic barriers, and socioeconomic factors including lower baseline income levels and higher rates of uninsurance. While nearly 20% of the U.S. population lives in areas defined as rural, rural patients are substantially underrepresented in […]

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CNTR Joins University of Chicago Project to Improve Penetrating TBI Outcomes – Coalition for National Trauma Research

Service members at the frontlines of world conflicts will have a better chance at survival, thanks to a $6.67M research award from the Department of Defense through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) to the University of Chicago (UC). The University of Chicago project, titled Neurotrauma Training Program for Military Providers: Bridging Gaps in Deployed […]

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Founder of ABA Centers, Christopher Barnett, Announced as EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 National Overall Winner

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Christopher Barnett, Founder of ABA Centers, the nation’s fastest growing autism care provider, has been named the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 National Overall Award winner. For nearly 40 years, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program has celebrated the bold leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize industries and transform lives. […]

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Trauma Community Begins to Define the Ideal Future of Clinical Guidance – Coalition for National Trauma Research

The Design for Implementation: The Future of Trauma Research and Clinical Guidance series kicked off at the American College of Surgeons in Chicago February 21-22, 2024. An ambitious effort partially funded with a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the three-year series aims to redesign how trauma clinical guidance is developed […]

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BCEN’s Michael Dexter wins national learning leadership award – Trauma System News

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) has announced that Michael Dexter has been awarded a “Best Learning Leader” Gold Medal by the Brandon Hall Group as part of its 2024 HCM Excellence Awards in the Learning and Development area. Michael Dexter, MSN, RN, CNL, CEN, CFRN, CPEN, CTRN, TCRN, CCRN, EMT Dexter is […]

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CNTR has a Sizable Presence at AAST Annual Meeting – Coalition for National Trauma Research

The Coalition for National Trauma Research kept showing up during this past week’s 83rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Surgeons in Las Vegas! Aside from our usual informational booth, where we educated attendees about our study management services and new investigator resources, CNTR featured prominently in several presentations and posters. Ariel Knight, MD, […]

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There’s Got to Be a Better Way! – Coalition for National Trauma Research

Register Today for Year 2 of the Future of Trauma Research and Clinical Guidance Conference Series – February 19-20, 2025 Lacey LaGrone, MD, MPH, FACS, is on a mission to democratize trauma clinical guidance in the United States and, eventually, across the world. Trauma clinical guidance resides in a chaotic landscape of have’s and have-not’s, […]

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VP Candidate’s Love for His Son Gus Takes National Spotlight

The biggest news coming out of the 2024 Democratic National Convention seems to be VP candidate Tim Walz’s son Gus and his enthusiastic reaction to his dad’s speech. Gus Walz, a 17-year-old with a nonverbal learning disorder, ADHD, and an anxiety disorder reacted to his dad’s speech with an emotional and proud exclamation: “That’s my […]