2:30

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH

MODERATOR: Arthur Kellermann, Emory University School of Medicine

10-Minute presentations on challenges and opportunities in emergency care research.

William Barsan, University of Michigan Medical School

Nathan Kuppermann, University of California, Davis School of Medicine

Daniel Patterson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

3:00

RESPONSE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY CARE RESEARCH

MODERATOR: Arthur Kellermann, Emory University School of Medicine

10-Minute presentations followed by open discussion. Speakers were asked to discuss strategies for overcoming barriers and challenges to emergency care research identified in the IOM reports.

Chris DeGraw, Health Resource and Services Administration

Irene Fraser, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Richard Hunt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Chetan Kharod, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

John Marler, National Institutes of Health

4:30

CLOSING

Nels Sanddal, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation