James Bynum, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
Executive Director, TRC4
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Surgery
Edward Chagoy, MHA
Deputy Director
Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4)
Phone: 210-567-5887
Email: chagoy@uthscsa.edu
Christina Spencer
Program Manager
Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4)
Phone: 210-567-5701
Email: spencerc3@uthscsa.edu
Frances J Ramirez, BSM
Executive Assistant
Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4)
Phone: 210-567-5882
Email: ramirezf@uthscsa.edu
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
Chair – Voting
Chair, Department of Surgery
Alan Cook, MD, MS, FACS
University of Texas at Tyler
Member – Voting
Medical Director, Center for Clinical Research
Charles S. Cox, MD, FACS
University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston
Member – Voting
Chair, Neurosciences & Chair, Pediatric Surgery
University of Texas at Austin
Member – Voting
Professor, Department of Surgery
and Perioperative Care
University of Texas System
Member – Voting
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs,
Chief Medical Officer
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center
Member – Voting
Chair, Surgery and Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
University of Texas at Dallas
Member – Voting
Vice President and Chief of Staff
Byron Hepburn, MD, FAAFP
(Maj Gen, USAF, Ret.)
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
Ex Officio – Non-Voting
Associate Vice President and Director,
Military Health Institute
University of Texas at San Antonio
Member – Voting
Associate Professor, Department of
Engineering and Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso
Member – Voting
Associate Dean, Research,
College of Health Science
University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston
Member – Voting
Professor and Division Chief of Burn,
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
University of Texas at Arlington
Member – Voting
Professor of Kinesiology and Associate
Director for Bone-Muscle Research Center
Lucia Nguyen, MD
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Member – Voting
Assistant Professor
Xuemin Xu, Ph.D.
University of Texas Permian Basin
Member – Voting
Professor, Director of Biomedical Research Center
Byron Hepburn, MD, FAAFP
(Maj Gen, USAF, Ret.)
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio
Ex Officio – Non-Voting
Associate Vice President and Director,
Military Health Institute
Joint Trauma System, Defense Health Agency
Ex Officio – Non-Voting
Chief, Joint Trauma System
The following is additional information that OSP provided internally via our listserv, clarifying all points on how to complete an application for collaboration and funding to 2 or more UT institutions:
The TRC4 program has received many requests for clarification regarding subawards and collaborations between UT System institutions, and would like to offer the following clarification:
All funding under the TRC4 program must be utilized by UT System institutions and subawards are not allowed. Collaborations between UT System institutions are highly encouraged and collaborating institutions may share the available funding, but this will not be handled as a traditional subaward arrangement. Rather, each UT System institution participating in the collaboration will receive its own award for its portion of the funding, with these separate awards being administratively linked by the technical aspects of the project. When preparing an application for a collaborative project involving two or more UT System institutions: