Center for Military Medicine Research | University of Pittsburgh

Areas of Focus

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Regenerative Medicine & Tissue Engineering

Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering are rapidly growing fields of biomedicine that seek to create substitute tissues and organs to repair or replace those damaged by injury, illness, aging, or congenital anomaly.

Reconstructive Surgery

Reconstructive surgery is the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body and the anatomy or functional body part to normal.

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops and improves on methods for storing, retrieving, organizing and analyzing biological data. This field includes the development of software tools to generate useful biological knowledge.

Human Performance

Optimizing human performance is defined as the process of applying knowledge, skills and emerging technologies to improve and preserve the capabilities of individuals to execute essential tasks.

Vision Restoration

The development of novel therapies for the prevention and treatment of vision impairment and loss through the use of regenerative medicine research and translation, tissue engineering, cell therapy, gene therapy, neuroprosthetics and transplantation.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Pittsburgh TEAM TBI (Targeted ‎Evaluation, Action, Monitoring of Traumatic Brain Injury) is a research program to conduct multiple monitored clinical interventions for TBI patients.

Center Highlights

Dalai Lama's personal physician, Barry Kerzin, US Special Operations Command Col. Caesar Junker and CMMR Director, Ron Poropatich at the Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit

Always great to share perspectives and insight about lifestyle medicine with talented physcians like the Dalai Lama's personal physican, Barry Kerzin and US Special Operations Command, Col. Caesar Junker. We appreciate you taking the time to come to... View »

Pitt Wire and Pitt Med Magazine feature Trauma Care in a Rucksack!

Originally written by Brian Salvato from Pitt Med Magazine's 2019 Fall Issue, Pitt wire features TRAuma Care in a Rucksack!

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Center for Military Medicine Research Director, Ron Poropatich addressing visitors from US State Departments International Visitor Leadership Program

Our Director, Ron Poropatich address a contingent from the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program regarding military veterans support and advocacy: A Project for Ukraine. We thank out guests for visiting the University of... View »

Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit: From Molecule to Model

Following the DoD Human Performance Enhancement Research Meeting on December 2-3, 2019, the Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit: From Molecule to Model will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 through Thursday, December 5, 2019. Drs. Mike Parkinson and... View »

TRAuma Care In a Rucksack update with the team at Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

Another successful meeting between the Trauma Care in a Rucksack team at Pitt and CMU and the team at Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). The Pitt and CMU teams were on-hand for an update and briefing regarding TRACIR with the... View »

CMMR Collaborations

Are You a Pitt Investigator Interested in Applying for DoD Funding?

CMMR's mission is to facilitate innovative collaborative opportunities for you to team with military medical researchers in order to apply for DoD funding.

We suggest you begin by reviewing the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) that provides funding for medical research from the Department of Defense (DoD). The CDMRP fills research gaps by funding high-impact, high-risk, and high-gain projects that other agencies may not venture to fund.

To learn more, and to view a list of current funding opportunities, please visit cdmrp.army.mil. We encourage you to subscribe to CDMRP news releases in order to stay up to date on funding opportunities in your research areas. In addition, we hope you contact us as soon as possible. We are here to help you!

About the Center

Research that advances medicine for wounded service members—that’s the focus of the Center for Military Medicine Research (CMMR). CMMR explores applications of regenerative medicine, reconstructive medicine, transplantation immunology, and neuroscience, including traumatic brain injury and neuroprosthetics, with the aim of getting innovative therapies to injured soldiers. The University of Pittsburgh is a leader in medical R&D and serving the needs of our military. Investment in Pitt medical research has improved the lives of military service members and their families.

Ronald Poropatich
Director, CMMR