The BADER Consortium

Abstract

The overarching goal of the BADER Consortium is to advance and strengthen evidence-based orthopaedic rehabilitation care that results in optimal functional outcomes for each wounded warrior. This will be accomplished by advancing each of the following strategic areas: 1: Strengthen and support orthopaedic rehabilitation research capabilities through infrastructures and partnerships; 2: Conduct a variety of innovative, high impact, and clinically relevant research studies; 3: Establish a self-sustaining research enterprise by broadening the scope of impact and support for the BADER Consortium. Key Accomplishments to date: Established: Administrative Core, Clinical Research Core and Scientific Technical Cores; approval and establishment of five clinical research projects; development and implementation of an Omnibus CRADA; established a consortium-wide omnibus PDMS; partnership with the DoD and VA s Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE); developed research focus (gap) areas in partnership with EACE; established and implemented a complete process for the call, submission, review and selection of Consortium funded projects; published the annual BADER call for clinical research proposals, established the BADER Consortium SOPs; completed the hiring of eight research support staff to be placed onsite at MTFs; established partnerships with the VA and NIH; obtained $4M of external funding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA599475

Entities

People

  • Steven J. Stanhope

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amputees
  • Casualties
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Lower Limb Amputations
  • Lower Limb Prostheses
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Prostheses And Implants
  • Prosthetics
  • Residual Limbs
  • Surgical Amputations
  • Therapy
  • Upper Limb Amputations

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  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine