Trauma Research Center
Department of Surgery
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Trauma Research Center

    Hemorrhagic Shock 


The Trauma Research Center was established in 1988, and it was the first in the United States to concentrate on the role of the gastrointestinal tract in multiple organ failure. The Center, which is multi-departmental and multi-institutional, is funded by the National Institutes of Health and has successfully been implemented over twenty years. Since it’s creation, the focus of the research has evolved and is now aimed at the role of plasma in hemorrhagic shock. In 2001, a formal postgraduate training program was added to the Center. Currently, three trainees (with a Ph.D. or M.D.) devote themselves for two years to basic science, bench, and clinical research. The Medical School investigators represent the departments of surgery, integrative biology and pharmacology, internal medicine, biochemistry and pediatrics as well as academic computing, the Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care, and the Center for Translational Injury Research.

Project outline

The Trauma Research Center is A Project of the Department of Surgery and the Center for Translational Injury Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston"