Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR)
The Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) is dedicated to saving lives and reducing disability through trauma research. Their mission focuses on coordinating research efforts, strengthening infrastructure for multi-center investigations, and advocating for sustainable research funding to address the burden of traumatic injuries.
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Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR)
Coalition for National Trauma Research 1305 E. Houston St., Bldg 3 Mailbox 411 San Antonio, TX 78205
Products
Injury Research Engagement Panel
A standing panel of patients and caregivers who partner with trauma researchers as they conceptualize and conduct their research.
Common Data Elements for data integration activities
Expertly prioritized and specified CDEs, definitions and permissible values for trauma studies to enable data harmonization for secondary analyses.
Design for Implementation (DFI) conference series
A multi-year conference series focused on redesigning development and dissemination of trauma clinical guidance, emphasizing pragmatic and hybrid trial approaches and implementation outcomes.
Trauma Research Methodology Webinar Series
A free quarterly webinar in which experts assist both surgeon-scientists and the researchers that support them in study design, conduct and analysis--designed to provide the specialized expertise that will help researchers conduct studies with impact.
Regulatory Challenges Toolkit
Aim 3 of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) sought to identify regulatory barriers to conducting trauma research and develop recommendations for best practices. Our toolkit for investigators includes a comprehensive list of current, relevant regulations; definitions of the research challenges inherent in those regulations; a list of common acronyms found throughout the materials; and resulting CNTR publications.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis
Trauma systems investigators research access to care issues can benefit from CNTR’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analytical support. With a master’s level GIS Analyst on staff who has extensive experience working with state-level EMS, medical examiner offices, census data, and more, CNTR’s input can reveal trauma system vulnerabilities and opportunities and lead to smart decisions that save lives and maximize resources.
Injury Research Engagement Panel
A standing panel of patients and caregivers who partner with trauma researchers as they conceptualize and conduct their research.
Common Data Elements for data integration activities
Expertly prioritized and specified CDEs, definitions and permissible values for trauma studies to enable data harmonization for secondary analyses.
Design for Implementation (DFI) conference series
A multi-year conference series focused on redesigning development and dissemination of trauma clinical guidance, emphasizing pragmatic and hybrid trial approaches and implementation outcomes.
Trauma Research Methodology Webinar Series
A free quarterly webinar in which experts assist both surgeon-scientists and the researchers that support them in study design, conduct and analysis--designed to provide the specialized expertise that will help researchers conduct studies with impact.
Regulatory Challenges Toolkit
Aim 3 of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) sought to identify regulatory barriers to conducting trauma research and develop recommendations for best practices. Our toolkit for investigators includes a comprehensive list of current, relevant regulations; definitions of the research challenges inherent in those regulations; a list of common acronyms found throughout the materials; and resulting CNTR publications.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis
Trauma systems investigators research access to care issues can benefit from CNTR’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analytical support. With a master’s level GIS Analyst on staff who has extensive experience working with state-level EMS, medical examiner offices, census data, and more, CNTR’s input can reveal trauma system vulnerabilities and opportunities and lead to smart decisions that save lives and maximize resources.
Services
Collaborate with the Coalition for National Trauma Research, and our team will manage your study from start to finish—from hypothesis development and aim setting, through proposal writing, grant acquisition, project management, publication, presentation and data sharing. Our support across the entire grant lifecycle makes your job worlds easier and allows you to focus on what you do best—saving lives and conducting research.
The CNTR team is skilled at administering Delphi surveys to facilitate consensus development projects. Working with Calibrum’s Surveylet application, CNTR can help with question design, survey set-up, administration and analysis.
Collaborate with the Coalition for National Trauma Research, and our team will manage your study from start to finish—from hypothesis development and aim setting, through proposal writing, grant acquisition, project management, publication, presentation and data sharing. Our support across the entire grant lifecycle makes your job worlds easier and allows you to focus on what you do best—saving lives and conducting research.
The CNTR team is skilled at administering Delphi surveys to facilitate consensus development projects. Working with Calibrum’s Surveylet application, CNTR can help with question design, survey set-up, administration and analysis.
Expertise Areas
- Clinical trial management
- Implementation science
- Trauma research
- Data curation and harmonization
Key Technologies
- Clinical data repository platforms
- Data harmonization and curation workflows
- EHR-integrated electronic alerts / clinical decision support
- Web-based interactive education modules
Key People
News & Updates
This series of three meetings resulted in the building of a trauma clinical guidance repository, which is being further refined through ongoing efforts. Follow-on projects and meetings continue.
CNTR has been awarded a contract to curate and upload high-quality data into the National Trauma Research Repository.
Nearly $100 Million in Research Funding
Since 2003, CNTR has garnered nearly $100 million in funding for studies and research infrastructure projects.
Upon completion of her PhD dissertation, Dr. Rochelle Flayter, chair of the Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) Research Committee, proposed a follow-on investigation of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) to prioritize geriatric trauma nursing research gaps. “Older adults experience disproportionately high morbidity, mortality, and functional decline after injury, yet trauma research priorities rarely reflect the complexity of geriatric care,” Dr. Flayter said. “Although the NTRAP generated a comprehensive national research agenda, nursing perspectives were minimally represented, leaving a critical gap in identifying geriatric trauma research priorities most relevant to nursing practice.” Guided by the Trauma Outcomes Model (TOM), her dissertation addressed the need for a nursing‑centered evaluation of geriatric trauma research needs.
Six manuscripts describing the process and results of CNTR’s work to identify and specify common data elements (CDEs) for studies in multiple environments of care are now published in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open (TSACO). The work was conducted by groups of subject matter experts and data scientists and resulted in a set of 10 core CDEs that we recommend every trauma study collect, as well as five sets of basic CDEs appropriate for collection in studies that focus on these care environments: epidemiology, prehospital, acute hospital, outcomes & rehabilitation, and social determinants of health (SDOH).
Recently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a new project promises to ensure that where someone lives doesn’t determine the quality of trauma care they receive after a serious injury.
The TRUCARE (Developing a Teletrauma Implementation Toolkit for Early Point-of-Care Delivery of Trauma Care Expertise to Injured Rural Patients) project is led by Mohammad Zain (Zain) Hashmi, MD, a trauma surgeon and Director of Teletrauma at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Hashmi is nationally recognized for his research on rural trauma care, injury disparities, and the use of telehealth to improve access to life-saving trauma expertise.
This series of three meetings resulted in the building of a trauma clinical guidance repository, which is being further refined through ongoing efforts. Follow-on projects and meetings continue.
CNTR has been awarded a contract to curate and upload high-quality data into the National Trauma Research Repository.
Nearly $100 Million in Research Funding
Since 2003, CNTR has garnered nearly $100 million in funding for studies and research infrastructure projects.
Upon completion of her PhD dissertation, Dr. Rochelle Flayter, chair of the Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) Research Committee, proposed a follow-on investigation of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) to prioritize geriatric trauma nursing research gaps. “Older adults experience disproportionately high morbidity, mortality, and functional decline after injury, yet trauma research priorities rarely reflect the complexity of geriatric care,” Dr. Flayter said. “Although the NTRAP generated a comprehensive national research agenda, nursing perspectives were minimally represented, leaving a critical gap in identifying geriatric trauma research priorities most relevant to nursing practice.” Guided by the Trauma Outcomes Model (TOM), her dissertation addressed the need for a nursing‑centered evaluation of geriatric trauma research needs.
Six manuscripts describing the process and results of CNTR’s work to identify and specify common data elements (CDEs) for studies in multiple environments of care are now published in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open (TSACO). The work was conducted by groups of subject matter experts and data scientists and resulted in a set of 10 core CDEs that we recommend every trauma study collect, as well as five sets of basic CDEs appropriate for collection in studies that focus on these care environments: epidemiology, prehospital, acute hospital, outcomes & rehabilitation, and social determinants of health (SDOH).
Recently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a new project promises to ensure that where someone lives doesn’t determine the quality of trauma care they receive after a serious injury. The TRUCARE (Developing a Teletrauma Implementation Toolkit for Early Point-of-Care Delivery of Trauma Care Expertise to Injured Rural Patients) project is led by Mohammad Zain (Zain) Hashmi, MD, a trauma surgeon and Director of Teletrauma at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Hashmi is nationally recognized for his research on rural trauma care, injury disparities, and the use of telehealth to improve access to life-saving trauma expertise.