Research

The Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at the University of North Carolina has an active multi-disciplinary research agenda. The faculty has diverse research interests including basic science, health informatics, EMS systems, health services, medical education and patient-based clinical research. The department brings in over $10 million annually in external funding and is one of the premiere emergency departments in the world for studying emergency health informatics.

PubMed Publications

We always strive for making progress through research and making our findings public. Here we publish over 50 publications per year, from over 15 staff members, from subjects like the effects on the body from the common flu to time trends and risk factors for brain cancer patients. Click on any of the names to search the PubMed web site for publications	Charles B Cairns, MD Judith Tintinalli, MD, MS James Manning, MD Kevin Biese, MD Jane Brice, MD, MPH Tracy DeSelm, MD Mary E Eberst, MD Antonio Fernandez, MD Larry Glickman, VMD PhD A Seth Glickman, MD Michael Harrigan, MD Chris Howarth, MD Jonathan Jones, MD Laurence Katz, MD James L Larson, MD	Ian B.K. Martin, MD Marshall C McCoy, MD Samuel McLean, MD Gregory Mears, MD Richard Medlin, MD Abhi Mehrotra, MD Tim Platts-Mills, MD David Potenziani, PhD Eugenia B Quackenbush, MD, FACEP Matthew J Scholer, PhD, MD Wesley M Wallace, MD Anna Waller, ScD Nikki Waller, MD

We always strive for making progress through research and making our findings public. Here we publish over 50 publications per year, from over 15 staff members, from subjects like the effects on the body from the common flu to time trends and risk factors for brain cancer patients. Click on any of the names to search the PubMed web site for publications

Current Research Projects

By Faculty

Looking for a project by a specific faculty member? Click on the individual on the list below to search their current projects.

By Category: Looking for a project by a specific category? Below you'll find the different categories with the their related current projects.

Basic Science: Recovery After Trauma; Translational Research On Therapeutic Hypothermia And Infrared Imaging; Trauma And Cardiac Resuscitation

Clinical: Geriatric Acute Care; Predicting And Preventing Chronic Pain After Minor Trauma In The Elderly; HIV Testing/Sexual Assault; Clinical And Translational Research In Emergency And Critical Care

Health Informatics: NC DETECT; PERRC Research Project #2: Public Health Surveillance Systems Research; Gillings Innovation Lab (GIL); BioSense-funded Research Project On Syndrome Definitions; BioSense Evaluation Cooperative Agreement

Health Services: Health Care Quality; Emergency Medicine/Public Health Informatics Research

EMS: Prehospital Medicine/Stroke/Disaster Medicine/ Literacy; Linking EMS, Trauma, Healthcare, and Crash Data Systems; A Bridge To The North Carolina EMS Cardiac Arrest Care Toolkit Grant Program; EMSPIC Hospital Preparedness Program; H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Healthcare Preparedness Improvements For North Carolina Hospitals And EMS System Education; National Assessment of EMS Systems; National EMS Information System (NEMSIS); NEMSIS EMS Performance Measures For STEMI, Stroke, And Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest; EMS Stroke Care Performance Improvement Toolkit; Linking EMS And Hospital Stroke Registry Quality Of Care Data Project; South Carolina EMS Data System; West Virginia EMS Data System; South Carolina State Medical Asset Resource Tracking Tool (SC SMARTT); Mississippi State Medical Asset Resource Tracking Tool (MS SMARTT); EMS State Medical Director Support