www.east.org 7 Listen online or on the go. Tune into EAST Traumacasts today. Listen or subscribe via iTunes The second EAST INVEST-C Research Hackathon was held April 24-25, 2018 at the EAST and American College of Surgeons (ACS) headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The conference supported five Participants, eight Reviewers (Faculty), and was moderated by Dr. Jason W. Smith, EAST Research Division, Director-at-Large, and Dr. Ben Zarzaur, EAST Research-Scholarship Committee Member. Kicking off the Hackathon Drs. Ben Zarzaur and Robert Winfield delivered a lecture titled “Mentorship Here and Back Home” while Dr. Elliott Haut and Dr. Matthew Martin gave the focused presentation “Funding Sources: NIH and Beyond” on day two of the program. With the intention of supporting the EAST mission by providing support to the young surgeon through research mentorship, research design assistance, multicenter collaborations, statistical support, and editorial services, the program delivered by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to advance the care of the injured patient through research. See what some of those involved in the program have to say about the successful and innovative event! Interested in more information about the INVEST-C Program or how you can help support this EAST initiative? Click here. INVEST-C Research Hackathon Recap Robert D. Winfield, MD, FACS INVEST-C Research Hackathon Reviewer The EAST INVEST-C Research Hackathon is a wonderful program that takes young investigators with good ideas, matches them with a team of EAST members who have been successful as investigators, and over a day and a half, turns those good ideas into projects that can compete for funding. These focused efforts are force-multipliers for EAST’s visions of promoting trauma research and stimulating future generations of surgeons to meet the challenge, and are adding value to the trauma community with each group of participants. Dr. Christian S. McEvoy INVEST-C Research Hackathon Participant I realize that the Hackathon was primarily developed for junior faculty members, but Drs. Zarzaur and Smith gave me the opportunity to participate as a resident. Their confidence and investment in me and my career has been motivating, and I think the experience at the Hackathon has already impacted my work; however, the most important aspect of the program for me has been the mentorship. I look forward to carrying forward the work I started and the relationships I built.