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Shock/Trauma Center Truman Medical Center, UMKC School of Medicine Room MG - CO1, 2411 Holmes Street Kansas City, MO, 64108 Phone: (816) 556-3565 Fax: Email: vanwayc@umkc.edu Website: http://lifesciences.umkc.edu/shocktrauma.cfm The Shock/Trauma Research Center synergistically brings together on a large number of existing faculty strengths at the University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Medicine and the associated staffs at Truman Medical Center, Saint Luke's Hospital, and Children's Mercy Hospital. The various UMKC faculty participants have a broad range of expertise in many areas of research related to shock and trauma from very basic studies in molecular and cellular biology through important clinical trials that provide opportunities for clinical faculty to be at the forefront of new medical treatments for disease. This collective expertise provides an outstanding environment for translational research in which basic findings in the laboratory can be quickly brought to the bedside for treatment of the afflicted patient.