Trauma Research Scholarship

The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship is a research scholarship initially offered May 1, 2001. The scholarship amount is $40,000 for one (1) year only and is currently funded through a grant from EAST.

The 2024 scholarship deadline for receipt of Letters of Intent is May 12, 2023. Following receipt of the Letters of Intent, the Research-Scholarship Committee along with the Research Division Chair will judge the Letters of Intent on the basis of the merit of their research proposals, the potential of the applicant of future contributions to the science and practice of the surgery of trauma, and the applicant’s mentor support and dedication of the research proposal. The top-ranked Letters of Intent will be invited to submit full proposals by July 20, 2023. The Research-Scholarship Committee and Research Division Chair will review full proposals in August 2023 and select the final awardee.

For official rules and regulations for this scholarship please refer here.

After the scholarship cycle concludes the recipient will be expected to provide an up to date use of funds from their institution’s accounting department. At this time the recipient/institution will be asked to either a) submit a request for a non-financial extension (no cost extension) for one additional year or b) return any unused funds back to the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST).

Note: All Letter of Intent submissions will be blinded prior to being reviewed and scored. Applicants should not include names, institutions, or identifying information within their actual proposal submission provided that they should remain anonymous.

Letter of Intent (open)

Scholarship Recipients

2023	Krislynn Mueck, MD, MPH, MS Dronabinol on the Pain Experience (DOPE): a pragmatic, randomized clinical trial
2022	Stephanie Polites MD, MPH Biomarkers of Injury and Digital Microfluidics for Rapid, Sensitive Triage of Pediatric Trauma Patients
2021	Sharven Taghavi MD, MPH, MS Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Acute Lung Injury
2020	Taryn E. Travis, MD Fractional Ablative CO2 Laser Treatment for Burn Wound-Related Hypertrophic Scar: Elucidating the Mechanistic Basis for Clinical Improvements
2019	Claire Isbell, MD, MSCI The Effect of Doxycycline Administration on Neurologic Outcome in a Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury
2018	Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD The Biology of Post-Injury Platelet Function
2017	L. Marco Hoesel, MD, FACS In-vivo analysis of endothelial glycocalyx in trauma/hemorrhagic shock
2016	Cherisse Berry, MD Prospective evaluation of cerebral autoregulation and cerebral vasospasm in patients with traumatic brain injury using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
2015	Michael Cripps, MD Viscoelastic guided resuscitation versus fixed ratio resuscitation in trauma
2014	Amy Makley, MD Activation of pulmonary endothelium by microparticles derived from stored red blood cells
2013	Mayur B. Patel, MD, MPH DASH After TBI Study: Decreasing Adrenergic or Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Using Propranolol and Clonidine
2012	Jeremy J. Heffner, MD Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy using a Porcine Small Intestine Submucosa Delivery System for Treatment of Burn Wounds
2011	Martin D. Zielinski, MD The Biomechanical Effects of Flaccid Paralysis Induced by Botulinum Toxin a After Damage Control Laparotomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial
2010	Jason W. Smith, MD Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation Effects in the Damage Control Trauma Patient
2009	Jordan A. Weinberg, MD RBC Storage Age and Potentiation of Transfusion-Related Clinicopathology in Trauma Patients
2008	Samuel Mandell, MD The National Impact of Vehicle Mismatch on Mortality after Motor Vehicle Crashes
2007	Andrew C. Bernard, MD Transfusion and T-Cell Receptor Expression
2006	Bruce A. Crookes, MD Permissive Hypercarbia during Acute Resuscitation after Traumatic Brain Injury
2005	David E. Carney, MD Attenuation of Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome with a Modified Tetracycline Compound
2004	John A. Sandoval, MD The Evaluation of an Anti-Peptidoglycan Monoclonal Antibody for the Diagnosis of Bacterial Sepsis: A Pathway to a Quicker Diagnosis?
2003	Alicia M. Mohr, MD Beta Adrenergic Modulation of Erythropoiesis in Trauma
2002	John M. Santaniello, MD Bone Marrow Response to the Burn/Sepsis Model