Burn Injury Model Systems
The Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model Systems of Care (Burn Model Systems), funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education, is the newest of the Model Systems programs, begun in 1994. The Burn Model Systems program supports projects and research in the delivery, demonstration, and evaluation of comprehensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation services for individuals with severe burns.
The Burn Model Systems serve as national models of burn care services and information centers for patients, families and professionals.
Grants are awarded in five-year cycles. The current 2007-2012 cycle consists of 4 Burn Model System projects and a Burn Model System Data Coordinating Center.
Burn Injury Data Center
Burn Model Systems Data Coordinating Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
http://bms-dcc.uchsc.edu/
Burn Injury Model Systems
Maryland
Johns Hopkins University Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System (JHU-BIRMS)
Baltimore, MD
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/burn/research/index.html
Texas
North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (NTBRMS)
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/home/research.ntbrms/
Pediatric Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
http://www.utmb.edu/sbhnidrr/Default.htm
Washington
University of Washington Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System
Seattle, WA
http://depts.washington.edu/uwnidrr/
