1. Injury mechanisms and protection
Characterising patterns of blast, ballistic, crush and burn injury; evaluating protective systems; and translating injury data into prevention strategies.
Research
Evidence across the trauma pathway.
Our research framework links injury prevention, emergency treatment, surgical reconstruction and lifelong recovery.
An integrated portfolio
No single discipline can answer the hardest questions in conflict trauma.
We organise work around clinical and operational problems rather than academic boundaries. Teams may combine biomechanics, surgery, microbiology, rehabilitation science, epidemiology, psychology, engineering, health economics and implementation science.
Each theme includes discovery research, translational studies and pathways for evaluation in practice. This structure helps identify where evidence is mature enough to influence care and where foundational work is still required.
Trauma systemsHaemorrhageInfectionReconstructionPainRehabilitationProstheticsMental health
Research themes
2. Haemorrhage and resuscitation
Developing and testing practical methods for junctional bleeding, blood replacement, physiological monitoring and prolonged field care.
3. Wound biology and infection
Understanding contamination, biofilm, antimicrobial resistance, tissue viability and host response in complex traumatic wounds.
4. Reconstruction and limb preservation
Optimising debridement, fixation, soft-tissue coverage, nerve repair, vascular reconstruction and decision-making around amputation.
5. Rehabilitation and assistive technology
Improving early rehabilitation, prosthetic and orthotic design, mobility, return to activity and long-term musculoskeletal health.
6. Recovery, participation and wellbeing
Examining chronic pain, sleep, psychological health, social participation, family impact, employment and quality of life.
Research lifecycle
From priority setting to practice change.
Define the need
Use frontline data, clinical uncertainty and lived experience to identify consequential questions.
Build the evidence
Select methods appropriate to the question, context and maturity of the intervention.
Test for real-world use
Assess effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, cost, training burden and equity.
Support implementation
Translate findings into protocols, tools, education and measurable improvements in care.
Propose a research collaboration
Bring us a clinical uncertainty, dataset, technology or implementation challenge.