Monthly News & Opportunities

June 10, 2025 | Vol. 2 #6

Ask Your Representatives to Restore CDMRP Funding Today!

In response to massive funding cuts to FY25 federal research funding, representatives Andre Carson (D-IN) and Mike Levin (D-CA) are looking for co-sponsors on a bill that will fully restore the funding Congress appropriated last year for Defense Health Agency research programs. This includes CDMRP, which funds research in burns, regenerative medicine, injury prevention and many other fields critical to military and civilian healthcare.

The proposed legislation, titled the Medical Research for our Troops Act, will ensure that CDMRP programs receive their full, intended funding.

Contact your representatives and urge them to co-sponsor this important bill by 6:00 p.m., June 11th.

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Donate to CNTR and Support the Trauma Research Community!

Help us celebrate the five-year anniversary of CNTR's official relaunch! Consider a donation to CNTR that helps support the research infrastructure we're building to benefit the entire trauma community.

Read our Case for Support highlighting how CNTR's mission is essential to developing the evidence that underlies delivery of the best care possible--for every patient, every time.

As a donor, you'll join the Friends of CNTR Giving Society, and when your cumulative giving reaches $500, we'll send you our commemorative lapel pin.

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CNTR is Expanding the Team! Now Recruiting for Senior Research Nurse and Part-time Controller

Senior Research Nurse

We’re looking for a Senior Research Nurse to lead and coordinate multi-site clinical trials that improve patient outcomes and advance medical knowledge. In this role, you'll:

Manage complex, multi-site studies
Ensure data quality and regulatory compliance
Collaborate with top researchers and institutions
Drive innovation in clinical operations

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Part-Time Controller

Join our leadership team and help drive CNTR's financial health. We’re seeking an experienced Part-Time Controller to oversee accounting, budgeting, and compliance functions. In this role, you'll:

Manage accounting, reporting and audits
Oversee grants, contracts and fiscal compliance
Guide strategic financial planning and forecasting
Work directly with leadership on key financial decisions

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CNTR Investigator Resources

Amplify Your Impact By Sharing Your Study Data in the NTRR

CNTR wants your research data! Now that the National Trauma Research Repository is up and running, it must be populated with high quality research data in order to become a robust resource for the entire trauma research community.

Whether you are in the protocol development stage of a study proposal or have recently published a manuscript, the NTRR is for you. CNTR staff are standing by to help investigators developing studies align with common data elements and to help investigators with completed studies upload their data.

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CNTR Seeks Sites for Clinical Trial on Rapid Coverage of Exposed Bone and Tendon

Aroa Biosurgery, in collaboration CNTR, has initiated a groundbreaking pilot study evaluating the efficacy of combining the company’s Ovine Forestomach Matrix (OFM) grafts (Myriad Matrix^TM) with conventional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) in patients suffering from traumatic soft tissue injuries.

CNTR is now recruiting sites for this randomized, interventional clinical trial, titled Randomized Prospective Evaluation of Ovine Forestomach Matrix (OFM) and NPWT to Accelerate Tissue Infill and Coverage Over Exposed Bone & Tendon. The study will enroll 30 adult patients across up to three U.S. trauma centers.

Present Your Research and Get Valuable Patient Feedback at the Next I-REP Panel Session in July

Demand for I-REP Panel feedback has been so great that CNTR held two engagement sessions in April. First, concerned about how the extraordinary costs borne by trauma survivors might affect their long-term health outcomes, John Scott, MD, MPH, asked for the panel’s thoughts on his study testing an enhanced connection to financial resources. And Susan Kartiko, MD, PhD, presented her study on whether stabilizing rib fractures improves the quality-of-life outcomes that are most important to patients.

In the second April session, David Livingston, MD, asked for feedback on his research proposal related to a Collaborative Care Model for following up with patients after a traumatic injury. Finally, Gretchen Schwarze, MD, presented her research testing the effectiveness of scenario planning for older adults with serious injury. She sought feedback on how best to talk about the results of her study and how to get trauma teams to adopt scenario planning to improve communications with patients and their families.

Get valuable feedback! Present at the next I-REP Panel session on July 2, 2025 from 6:00-7:15 p.m.

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TRC4 Seeks Applicants for its Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program

To address a critical need for improved trauma care in the United States, the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4) was established to harness the power of the University of Texas System to transform trauma care both on the battlefield and in the civilian sector.

Part of this initiative is to create a pipeline to develop future independent investigators who will engage in collaborative trauma-centric research to increase understanding of the mechanisms of traumatic injury and subsequent critical illness, to create innovative treatment options, and to improve clinical practice and patient outcomes. The program will provide financial support and professional development opportunities for post-doctoral researchers.

The deadline for applications is August 1, 2025.

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Help Recruit Rural Trauma Patients & Caregivers for PCORI Project

Dr. Marta McCrum, at the University of Utah, is actively recruiting rural trauma survivors and family caregivers to participate in her PCORI-funded project, Building Capacity for PCOR/CER by Engaging Rural Trauma Survivors and Their Recovery Communities.

The next series of engagement sessions will occur this summer. If you are a trauma surgeon, nurse or other trauma care provider who serves in a rural setting, please download the recruitment flyer in English or Spanish to share with your patients.