SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 13, 2023 – James Bynum, PhD, professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been selected as executive director of the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative, or TRC4.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents last year approved $2.5 million to establish the collaborative at UT Health San Antonio in partnership with the Department of Defense and all UT System institutions.
The first and only one of its kind in the United States, the effort is leveraging longstanding partnerships with University Health and the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, known as STRAC, to address a critical need for improved trauma care both on the battlefield and in the civilian sector.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: TRC4: press@trc4.utsystem.edu UT System: utsystemnews@utsystem.edu February 3, 2026 – The Trauma Research and Combat
