MPH alumnus receives grant to bolster Trauma program’s research initiatives
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) awarded Mayur Patel, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of Surgery, Neurosurgery and Hearing and Speech Sciences, a $3 million, five-year grant to advance his study on cognitive impairment after trauma and critical illness (Grant No. R01 GM120484). Patel’s INSIGHT-ICU Study: Illuminating Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammatory Mechanisms Gleaned after Hospitalization in Trauma-ICU, will enroll 900 trauma intensive care unit patients, with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI).