The Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR) at UTHealth Houston is a multidisciplinary team dedicated to advancing trauma care through research and innovation. The staff includes faculty investigators, administrative personnel, clinical and laboratory researchers, external collaborators, and trauma research fellows. Their combined expertise spans acute care surgery, neurobiology, anesthesiology, and military medicine, working together to improve trauma treatment and patient outcomes.
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Faculty Investigators
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Charles S. Cox Jr., MD, FACS
Director, Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR)
Professor, George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Neurosciences, and Glassell Family Distinguished Chair,
Department of Pediatric Surgery
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Erin Fox, PhD
Assistant Director, CeTIR
Professor, Department of Surgery
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Sasha Adams, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Yanna Cao, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
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Thomas Clements, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Bryan Cotton, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor and John B. Holmes Professor in the Clinical Sciences, Department of Surgery
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Pramod Dash, PhD
Professor, Chair, Nina and Michael Zilkha Distinguished Chair in Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
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Marie Françoise Doursout, PhD
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
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Brijesh Gill, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
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John Harvin, MD, MS, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Gabrielle Hatton, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Todd Huzar, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Lillian Kao, MD, MS, FACS
Professor, and Jack H. Mayfield, MD Chair in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Tien C. Ko, MD, FACS
Professor, and Jack H. Mayfield, MD, Distinguished Professor in Surgery, Department of Surgery
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Lillian Liao, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Michelle McNutt, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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David Meyer, MD, MS, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Laura Moore, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
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Krislynn Mueck, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Alan Prossin, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Thaddeus Puzio, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Robyn Richmond, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Charles Wade, PhD
Professor, James H. Red Duke, Jr., MD, Distinguished Professor in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
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Michael Wandling, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor, Memorial Hermann Chair, Department of Surgery, Acute Care Surgery
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Charles S. Cox Jr., MD, FACS
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Administration
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Charles S. Cox Jr., MD, FACS
Director, Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR)
Professor, George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Neurosciences, and Glassell Family Distinguished Chair,
Department of Pediatric Surgery
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Serena Cooper, MBA
Sr. Administrative Manager
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Heidi Draehn, M Ed
Program Coordinator
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Kim Mankiewicz, PhD
Scientific Editor
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Erin Fox, PhD
Assistant Director, CeTIR
Professor, Department of Surgery
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Michelle Griffin
Sr. Research Program Manager
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Charles S. Cox Jr., MD, FACS
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Clinical
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Dominique Diaz
Research Assistant I
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Leslie Gonzalez
Research Assistant I
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Jamysha Jones
Sr. Research Nurse
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Garrett Jost
Research Coordinator II
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Thet Thet Khin
Research Assistant I
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Melissa Maldonado
Research Assistant I
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Kandice Motley
Research Coordinator II
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Jenna Purkiss
Sr. Research Nurse
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Jayla Spivey
Research Assistant I
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Dana Vais
Research Assistant I
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Savanah Weaver
Sr. Research Nurse
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Dominique Diaz
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Laboratory
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Abrianna Bell
Research Assistant I
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Christina Estrada
Research Assistant I
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Falih Murat Gorgun
Sr. Research Scientist
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Destiny Hernandez
Research Assistant I
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Peter Kreit
Research Assistant I
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Ian Landono-Rodriguez
Research Assistant I
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Daisy Lopez
Research Assistant I
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Veda Pa
Research Assistant I
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Willa Yao-Wei Wang, MD
Assistant Director - Clinical Research
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Abrianna Bell
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External Collaborators
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Jessica Cardenas, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School
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Andrew P. Cap, MD, PhD
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
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Pär I. Johansson, MD, MPA, DMSc
Transfusion Medicine Rigshospitalet, Denmark
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Summer Ott, PsyD
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
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Vinod Vijayan, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
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Jessica Cardenas, PhD
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Trauma Research Fellows
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Tabrez Alam, MD
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
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Kayla Callaway, MD
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jesse Liszewski, PhD
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
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AJ Walters, PhD
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
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Tabrez Alam, MD