In the News:
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Announces
$5 Million TETF Investment
In UTHSC-H Trauma Research Center
Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst announced on May 6 a $5 million investment through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to launch a new trauma research center led by U.S. Army Surgeon Col. John Holcomb, M.D. The Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR) will open in September.
Injury is the leading cause of death between the ages of 1 and 44. Every year, injury accounts for 16,000 deaths in Texas, 160,000 deaths across the nation and 5 million deaths worldwide, the National Trauma Institute reports. “We need better treatments for the injured -- particularly those with burns, bleeding and brain trauma,” Dewhurst said. “This new research center will build on cutting-edge research already underway at the UT Health Science Center at Houston and throughout the Texas Medical Center.”