Table 1.
NIDILRR grant priorities, centers, and role by year
| Year | Priority | Centers | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Develop and demonstrate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary model system of rehabilitative services for individuals with severe burns, and evaluate the efficacy of that system through the collection and analysis of uniform data | UW, Seattle | BMS |
| UTSW Medical Center, Dallas | BMS | ||
| UC, Denver | BMS, BMS database coordinating center | ||
| 1997 | Recognized the need for additional research in intervention effectiveness, functional assessment, psychosocial adjustment, rural outreach, and vocational interventions. This cycle also specified the need for a center devoted to pediatric burn care | UW, Seattle | BMS |
| UTSW Medical Center, Dallas | BMS | ||
| JHU, Baltimore | BMS | ||
| Shriners Hospital for Children (UTMB-Shriners), Galveston | Pediatric BMS | ||
| UC, Denver | BMS database coordinating center | ||
| 2002 | Priorities based on NIDRR long range plan and focus was on five major areas that included health and function, technology for access and function, employment, independent living and community integration, and associated areas; required centers to conduct no more than five research studies in burn injury rehabilitation | UW, Seattle | BMS |
| UTSW Medical Center, Dallas | BMS | ||
| JHU, Baltimore | BMS | ||
| Shriners Hospital for Children (UTMB-Shriners), Galveston | Pediatric BMS | ||
| UC, Denver | BMS database coordinating center | ||
| 2007 | Continued assessment of long-term outcomes of burn injury by enrolling at least 30 subjects per year into the national longitudinal database for BMS data; contribute to improved outcomes for individuals with burn injury by proposing two site-specific research studies, one collaborative research module project, and participating in at least one collaborative research module project. Coordination with NIDRR-funded MSKTC (established in 2007) to provide scientific results and information for dissemination to clinical and consumer audiences | UW, Seattle | BMS |
| UTSW Medical Center, Dallas | BMS | ||
| JHU, Baltimore | BMS | ||
| Shriners Hospital for Children (UTMB-Shriners), Galveston | Pediatric BMS | ||
| UC, Denver | BMS database coordinating center | ||
| 2012 | Provision of a multidisciplinary system of rehabilitation care specifically designed to meet the needs of individuals with burn injury; continued assessment of long-term outcomes of individuals with burn injury by enrolling at least 30 subjects per year into the BMS database, and collection of follow-up data on all subjects enrolled in the database at 6 months, and at 1, 2, 5, and 10 years post injury and extend the assessment to every 5 years thereafter; propose and conduct at least one, but no more than two site-specific research projects; and coordination with MSKTC | UW, Seattle | BMS database coordinating center |
| UTSW Medical Center, Dallas | BMS | ||
| Shriners Hospital for Children (UTMB-Shriners), Galveston | Pediatric BMS | ||
| Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Massachusetts General Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston University School of Public Health) | BMS; pediatric BMS |
JHU, Johns Hopkins University; NIDILRR, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research; NIDRR, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; BMS, burn model system; MSKTC, Model System Knowledge Translation Center; UC, University of Colorado; UTMB, University of Texas Medical Branch; UTSW, University of Texas Southwestern; UW, University of Washington.