Research Related to Trauma

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I will likely be applying to MD/PhD programs next year, so I have begun to search for which programs now. Does anyone know of schools with non-clinical research in trauma related injury (sepsis, skin grafts, wound healing, etc.)?

And, I'm a Midwest boy and grew up with a cornfield behind my house, so I would really prefer to not be in a huge city (ie. New York City, San Francisco). I think maybe Michigan has some stuff in this area, Colorado might have some stuff, and I know Iowa has a burn center, but does anyone know if these labs would be theoretically available as thesis labs?

And just in general, if the PI isn't part of an academic department, but is a PhD who is "Associate Professor of Dermatology or Trauma Surgery or Critical Care," can that lab be used as a thesis lab?

Thanks!

 

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Wash U is definitely in the Midwest and the surgeons are very academically oriented, although on a quick look just now, I didn't see anyone in the trauma division who openly discusses basic science on their faculty profile. Maybe in other divisions or outside of general surgery.

The other place to look is Emory. They have a guy named Tim Buchman who does trauma but is on tons of basic science papers; I don't know if he runs a lab, but at a minimum he has a "dry lab"; he has done some extremely interesting stuff using concepts from complexity science to model trauma. Way outside my own area but I ran across his papers one time and concluded: this guy is a badass. He is associated with the Santa Fe Institute as well. (Once again--badass.)

To answer your other question, as a rule PhD advisors must have an appointment in a basic science department (this can be a joint appointment; the point is they cannot be appointed only in a clinical department). I believe that this distinction exists at all institutions. But you know, if some clinician has his or her act together enough to be prepared to mentor a grad student, I suspect that they either already have a dual appointment, or can arrange a courtesy appointment in some other department.

 

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I think maybe Michigan has some stuff in this area, Colorado might have some stuff, and I know Iowa has a burn center, but does anyone know if these labs would be theoretically available as thesis labs?

Charles Mock
University of Washington

Harborview Medical Center, now that's a hospital!

http://depts.washington.edu/deptgh/map/people.php?id=102

 

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If you're still interested in the intersection between complexity science, trauma care and critical care, give me a shout.

Tim
Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD, FACS, FCCM
[email protected]