Trauma and Transfusion Medical Research Center

The team at the Center for Military Medicine Research hosted members of the University of Pittsburgh community for a Veterans Day reception at the University Club Library on Pitt's campus on Thursday, November 9, 2023. This was an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of the Pitt community whom served in the military and are now serving as professors, clinician, staff members, etc. at the University of Pittsburgh.

Congratulations to Center for Military Medicine Research Associate Medical Director and University of Pittsburgh's Trauma and Transfusion Medical Research Center Co-Director Dr. Philip Spinella on this new multi-center $34 million clinical trial partnership with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, (BARDA), that is tackling the leading cause of death in children, trauma.

Congratulations to University of Pittsburgh's Trauma and Transfusion Medical Research Center's co-Directors Drs. Philip Spinella and Matthew Neal on receiving the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) award under the Fieldable Solutions for Hemorrhage with bio-Artificial Resuscitation Products (FSHARP) program!

The University of Pittsburgh's Trauma and Transfusion Medical Research Center hosted their first annual HEmostatic REsuscitation and Trauma Induced Coagulopathy (HERETIC) Symposium at the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center on October 11-12, 2022. The Center for Military Medicine Research was a co-host of the event and our Director, Dr. Ron Poropatich presented on Trauma Care in a Rucksack and was a moderator for the Department of the Defense session focused on DoD needs in the trauma care space. Drs.