{"id":5,"date":"2017-09-07T07:13:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T11:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-template.sites.unc.edu\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:27:09","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Advancing the understanding of processes mediating trauma recovery<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXO162089282 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO162089282 BCX9\">The Institute for Trauma Recovery is a multidisciplinary, multi-departmental team working together towards the goal of advancing understanding of the processes mediating recovery after trauma and to develop interventions that promote rapid recovery and prevent chronic symptom development. We value the opportunity to recruit and develop outstanding faculty and research team members who are passionate about improving the care of individuals who have experienced trauma. Our success is entirely due to the efforts of our phenomenal team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Our team<\/h2>\n<p>The Institute for Trauma Recovery continuously works to create a scientific community where research scientists have the intellectual space to develop and actualize their individual leadership potential within areas of interest, while also enriching the quality of their science by collaborating with a phenomenal team of faculty and staff. Our scholarly culture is driven by our devotion to the recovery of individuals experiencing trauma.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/team-psyc\">Meet our Psychiatry Division<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/anesthesiology\/research\/\">Meet our Anesthesiology Division<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#FBFAF8;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground \">\n<h2>Learn more about the Institute&#8217;s impact<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/can-science-make-diagnosing-ptsd-less-ordeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7594 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/itr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/441\/2022\/07\/SgtKellyRodriguez-e1658505890577-150x150.png\" alt=\"Sgt. 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