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NTI HISTORY AND PURPOSE

John Holcomb, MD, FACS UTHSC-Houston. NTI HISTORY AND PURPOSE. The National Problem. Lack of centralized, organized infrastructure to guide the direction of study and dispersal of research funding Research topics are generally unfocused

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NTI HISTORY AND PURPOSE

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  1. John Holcomb, MD, FACS UTHSC-Houston NTI HISTORY AND PURPOSE

  2. The National Problem • Lack of centralized, organized infrastructure to guide the direction of study and dispersal of research funding • Research topics are generally unfocused • Multicenter trials are very few and underfunded, but are critical • Many studies that require a multicenter approach are done as single-center studies, without cohesive use of funds and resources • Battlefield innovations should be transferred to the civilian setting and vice versa

  3. The Trauma Institute of San Antonio (TRISAT) • Formed in 2003 • The first Congressionally funded joint military-civilian trauma institute in the U.S. • Focus on research, education and clinical care • Original agreement signed by then current commanders, MG James K. Gilman and Maj. Gen. Bruce Green

  4. NTI Origins • Establishment of the National Trauma Institute in 2006: • Recognized the expanded national agenda required to address the critical need • Reflecting the success of TRISAT, name changed from TRISAT to The National Trauma Institute (NTI) • Established a 501(c)3 organization, a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation • Dissolved local TRISAT Board and assembled national Board of Directors

  5. 2007 Institute of Medicine Recommendation “The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services should conduct a study to examine the gaps and opportunities in emergency and trauma care research….this study should include consideration of: • training of new investigators, • development of multicenter research networks, • funding of General Clinical Research Centers… • involvement of emergency and trauma care researchers in the grant review and research advisory processes, and • improved coordination through a dedicated center or institute.”

  6. NTI’s Response to the National Problem • Work with Congress and health care agencies to advocate for financial support of a national center to coordinate and fund trauma research • Engage with wide range of researchers across the U.S. including military research community to set national trauma research priorities and agenda • Encourage growth in trauma research community • Provide forum for dissemination of research outcomes to the trauma community

  7. NTI Mission To reduce injury, death, and disability by: • Elevating trauma on the national research agenda; • Generating funds and awarding research grants for near-term translational research projects to increase scientific knowledge related to trauma, burns, and injury prevention; and • Changing clinical practice throughout the nation

  8. NTI’s Mission Addresses the Entire Spectrum of Injury

  9. NTI Vision • To stop unnecessary suffering from trauma through prevention, education, and research • Ultimately to decrease rates of death and disability in trauma patients • To be recognized as a major grant making institution for translational trauma research

  10. NTI Leadership • Board members have wealth of knowledge about past and current research, successes vs. failures, and strength of investigator community • Science Committee provides strong peer-review process for all submissions; all members review all proposals

  11. NTI Leadership • American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) • American College of Surgeons/Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) • Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma (EAST) • USAISR • US Army • US Navy • US Air Force • Western Trauma Association • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) • Shock Society • Journal of Trauma • Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) • American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

  12. NTI Research Funding • Generated and managed $3.8 million in Texas Emerging Technology Funds for Wireless Vital Signs Monitor • Requested/received $8.35 million in Congressional Appropriations: • FY 06 $850,000 • FY 08 $1.6 million • FY 09 $2.1 million • FY 10 $3.8 million

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