Translating Research
into Medicine
The Center for Translational Injury Research is a part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
CeTIR in the News:
Waco Siege leads UTHealth doctor to his calling
An interview with Dr. Bryan Cotton.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Acute Care Surgery
Department of Surgery
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Physician Scientist in Coagulation Research
Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR)
Institutional Review Board approval has been simplified for UTHealth
15 UT System components have reached an IRB Reciprocity Agreement.
2010 Mission Connect Annual Research Symposium
Eric LeFebvre, CeTIR Research Preceptee, won Best Poster: Traumatic Brain Injury at the 2010 Mission Connect Annual Research Symposium, Student and Fellow Poster Competition. Eric's faculty sponsor is Dr. John Holcomb. The poster was entitled, "The Impact of Coagulopathy on Time to Placement of Intracranial Pressure Monitors in Brain Injured Patients."
UTHealth and Memorial Hermann to research treatments for battlefield limb injuries
The United States Department of Defense provided initial funding for the creation of the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium in 2009 to generate research needed to establish treatment guidelines for the optimal care of wounded soldiers.
