Research

The main goal of the AAST Multi-Institutional Trials Committee (MIT) is to facilitate the design and execution of multi-center projects. In this capacity the AAST-MIT enables researchers to collaborate with other centers. Typically, these collaborations include investigator-initiated projects, often without federal or industrial funding. Institutions rely on their own resources for participation.

Trauma Studies

The AAST-MITC supports the national trauma research agenda created by the Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) that establishes priorities in injury research (see JTACS article). The AAST-MITC encourages proposals addressing the following Clinical/Translation research topics:

Resuscitation Strategies
Endovascular Hemorrhage Control
Coagulation/Coagulopathy
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis
Traumatic Brain Injury
Elderly Trauma
Pre-hospital Interventions and Data Collection
Risk Modeling
Wound Healing
Pain Control

Emergency General Surgery Studies

The AAST-MITC is currently requesting proposals for quality multi-center clinical studies in the operative and/or non-operative methods.

EAST strives to collaborate with both The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Multi-Institutional Trials Committee and Western Trauma Association (WTA) Multicenter Trials Committee. Links to EAST & WTA of these respective organizations can be see below:

https://east.org/research/multicenter-trials
http://www.westerntrauma.org/committees/multicenter.html