Projects

Numerous University of Pittsburgh investigators have received federal funding for critical medical research that will directly improve the lives of our military service members, veterans and their families. Since 2013, CMMR helped facilitate: 

  • 456 federal research grants (FY13 through FY22)
  • $450 million in grant funding (FY13 through FY22)
Omnibus IV Solicitation - Defense Health Agency

Learn more about how the University of Pittsburgh was selected as 1 of 2 academic institutions to be selected for the Omnibus IV Solicitation!

TRAuma Care In a Rucksack (TRACIR)

Learn more about how TRACIR is a next generation trauma patient management initiative that improves survivability on the battlefield. 

Autonomous Delivery of Trauma Care in the Field

There are 4 specific aims for this project: Stabilize, Sense, Plan and Act. Learn more about how we are partnering with Carnegie Mellon to deliver trauma care in the field. 

Enhancing Soldier Protection Against Evolving Threats

The specific aim for this project is to enhance the understanding of battlefield injury mechanisms. Learn more about how we are using the latest advances in science and technology to address these injuries. 

Skills Determination, Decay and Delay Study (SD3)

Learn more about how the Pitt-led consortium will develop a skills checklist, and define proficiency, for a predetermined list of skills and procedures for the Department of Defense.

Towards High Resolution Vision Restoration by Optogenetic Therapy

Learn more about how Pitt is trying to restore vision using an optogenetic therapy. 

Rapid Assessment for Prehospital Triage of Evacuation and medical Resources (RAPTER))

Clinical Decision Tool trained using existing MedEvac data to determine need for Evacuation.

Research Infrastructure for Trauma with Medical Observations (RITMO)

Research Infrastructure for Trauma with Medical Observations (RITMO) seeks to develop retrospective and prospective trauma datasets that will enable future identification of physiological features (“signatures”) of injury that predict medical needs. 

Linking Investigations in Trauma and Emergency Services (LITES)

Learn more about how CMMR actively facilitated the Linking Investigations in Trauma and Emergency Services (LITES) network. LITES is a Pitt-led, and DoD funded, effort to create a nationwide network of trauma systems and centers. 

Developing Field Deployable, Shelf-stable Whole Blood Substitutes to Treat Hemorrhage (FSHARP) - DARPA funded

Performers will develop bio-artificial products that perform the therapeutic functions of blood components important for resuscitation. This is a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), funded project.

Summer Scholars Research Fellowship

This program encourages undergraduate students with U.S. citizenship from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to spend summer months working in United States Department of Defense (DoD) labs. 

REPAIR Patch, DARPA-funded

Learn more about this multi-institution research team led by Dr. Stephen Badylak at the University of Pittsburgh will develop a device combining artificial intelligence, bioelectronics, and regenerative medicine to regrow muscle and surrounding soft tissue, especially after combat injuries. 

Volumetric Muscle Loss, MTEC Funded

Learn more about how Volumetric Muscle Loss (VML) is addressed using extracellular matrix (ECM) to promote functional tissue remodeling and pro-healing. 

MilTeenChatTM App

Learn more about how the MilTeenChatTM App is the first-ever app focused on building coping skills, resilience, and peer-to-peer support among military teens of Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve and Veterans.