Pitt Collaborations with CMMR
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Since its establishment in 2012, CMMR has worked collaboratively with the McGowan Institute to address key challenges in military medical research. From the fields of cellular therapeutics, tissue engineering, and biomaterials, CMMR has partnered with McGowan to accelerate technology transition of new therapies, materials and processes to advance treatment options for severely wounded service members. CMMR has transitioned in 2018 to working very closely with McGowan, as the institute continues to lead, with Wake Forest University, the Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM). As principals in the consortium, the Pitt-Wake team is beginning plans for active participation and leadership in AFIRM III (2019-24). Beginning on September 1, 2023, Dr. Chandan Sen will be the new Director of the McGowan Institute.
Swanson School of Engineering
The mission of the Swanson School of Engineering is to produce highly qualified engineers and useful creative research and technology through academic excellence. The faculty and staff at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering will be recognized for providing excellent educational programs, for conducting leading-edge research and for creating innovative industrial partnerships.
Pitt Program Evaluation and Research Unit (Pitt PERU)
At PERU, we are dedicated to meaningful work that facilitates each patient or community member’s ability to achieve optimal health, well-being, recovery and choice.
Since its founding in 2006, PERU has expanded its program development and research to four areas: substance use disorder education and research; opioid use disorder prevention, intervention, and treatment; medication adherence; and organizational health for healthcare systems. To learn more about the projects and efforts PERU conducts regarding each of these areas of research, please see our Projects and Research pages.
PERU staff are experienced in a wide range of disciplines and quantitative and qualitative methodologies to support program development, including:
- Creating and managing database systems;
- Coordinating qualitative studies;
- Conducting quantitative data collection and outcomes research;
- Conducting key informant interviews, focus groups, and follow-up studies;
- Developing healthcare professional curricula;
- Conducting readiness to change assessments;
- Providing ongoing technical assistance for program sustainability;
- Developing and implementing clinical drug and alcohol interventions; and
- Developing and implementing community-based medication adherence interventions.
Trauma and Transfusions Medical Research Center (TTMRC)
The mission of the TTMRC is to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for patients with trauma injury through improved prevention and interventions by conducting basic and translational science to using implementation and dissemination science principles to improve adoption of preventative measures to reduce traumatic injury, by describing the pathophysiology of traumatic injury, and advancing surgical and therapeutic strategies.
The mission also includes improving the effectiveness and safety of blood products for all critically ill patients by investigating the differential biologic effects of blood product manufacturing and leveraging these differences to achieve precision transfusion medicine where the blood products transfused is optimal based on the patients clinical condition and genetic predisposition.
Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation in Medical Imaging (CAIIMI)
The Pittsburgh Center for AI Innovation in Medical Imaging (CAIIMI) was launched in January 2020 and has engaged 124 members from 9 different schools at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Carnegie Mellon University. CAIIMI’s vision is to build a center for advanced innovative AI research, education, clinical translation, commercialization, and collaborations in medical imaging by synergizing computational expertise and clinical resources in Pittsburgh, resulting in a world-class imaging AI research and translation center.
UPMC Center for Innovation in Restorative Medicine (CIRM)
In collaboration with the McGowan Institute and Pitt, experts at CIRM develop new regenerative-medicine technologies and treatments for people suffering from head and facial injuries, scarring from burns, pain from amputation, and limb and muscle loss.
University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute
The University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute (UPBI) is composed of 12 institutes and research centers dedicated to promoting basic research in new and expanding areas of neuroscience. CMMR works closely with clinicians and scientists across UPBI centers and institutes to engage with policies and programs across the Department of Defense.
Pitt Concussion Research Laboratory
CMMR has a strong collaborative relationship with the Pitt Concussion Research Lab. The University of Pittsburgh Concussion Research Laboratory is part of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program directed by Dr. Micky Collins. The research program is directed by Dr. Anthony Kontos. The program is the premier concussion clinical and research program in the United States . The program has over 25 faculty and staff at several sites in the Pittsburgh area. Currently CMMR has collaborated with a grant for studying brain network activation in military personnel with post-traumatic migraine following TBI (PI- Dr. Anthony Kontos).
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
The University's Safar Center, named for Pitt anesthesiologist and "Father of CPR" Peter Safar (pictured at left), identifies and promotes ever-improving methods of preventing premature death and reducing associated disability from trauma and cardiac arrest, while also providing training to future resuscitation researchers.
University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute
CMMR is proud and honored to be working closely with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, as it is the University's hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Since the Fall of 2017, CMMR has helped to facilitate an ongoing relationship between the Innovation Institute and the Army Research Lab (ARL) in several important issue areas related to basic science, technology, and industry partnerships.
