About Us

Advancing translational trauma and critical care research

The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, Trauma, and Translational Research Laboratory is dedicated to advancing clinically relevant research at the intersection of trauma, resuscitation, and critical care. Based within Colorado State University’s Translational Medicine Institute, our laboratory leverages comparative translational models to address high-impact questions in hemorrhagic shock, endothelial dysfunction, pharmacokinetics, and physiologic monitoring.

Our interdisciplinary team develops and validates novel resuscitation strategies, diagnostics, and therapeutic interventions. Through state-of-the-art facilities and robust biospecimen and biobank resources, we conduct rigorous in vivo and ex vivo investigations designed to accelerate translation from bench to bedside – and from veterinary patients to human medicine.

Current and ongoing projects include pharmacokinetic evaluation of resuscitative agents, small-volume and blood-based resuscitation strategies for hemorrhagic shock, endothelial glycocalyx characterization, validation of implantable and field-ready monitoring technologies, and large-scale trauma registry analyses. Collectively, our work aims to improve outcomes for both animal and human patients across the continuum of trauma and critical illness.