About
The Texas Childhood Trauma Research Network (TX-CTRN) is a research initiative of the Texas Child Mental Healthcare Consortium (TCMHCC) created by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2021 to leverage the expertise and capacity of the health-related institutions of higher education to address urgent mental health challenges and improve the mental healthcare for children and adolescents across Texas.
The goal of TX-CTRN is to establish a participant registry of children and adolescents who have experienced a traumatic event in an effort to: 1) elucidate the sequelae of trauma during childhood, 2) Improve mental health services available to address the effects of youth trauma, and 3) identify regional and statewide service delivery gaps to inform policy makers in order to improve the mental health of youth in Texas. TX-CTRN is comprised of a central Network Hub that oversees the research activities of teams from the 12 participating health research institutions, i.e., Network Nodes, each of which support designated regions.
The TX-CTRN Hub is led by Dr. Charles Nemeroff at the UT Austin Dell Medical School and Dr. Karen Wagner at University of Texas Medical Branch. TX-CTRN is working to identify the mental health outcomes of acute and chronic trauma for children and adolescents, identify risk and protective factors, and identify best practices to improve the mental health of children and adolescents in Texas who have experienced trauma.
Questions?
Contact: texasctrn@austin.utexas.edu
Texas Healthcare Regions (Network Nodes)
Baylor College of Medicine
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
The Texas A&M Health Science Center
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock
The University of North Texas Health Science Center
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
The University of Texas Medical Branch
The University of Texas Rio Grand Valley
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center
Leadership
Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
Co-Director
Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD
Co-Director
D. Jeffrey Newport, MD, MS, Mdiv
Associate Director
Protocol Committee
Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
Committee Chair
UT Austin
Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD
UTMB
D. Jeffrey Newport, MD, MS, MDiv
UT Austin
Publications Committee
Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD
UTMB
Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
UT Austin
Hub Team
Director of Training: Jeff Shahidullah, PhD
Director of Data Core: Justin Rousseau, MD
Network Biostatistician: Paul Rathouz, PhD
Biostatistician: Nazan Aksan, PhD
Biostatistician: Shauna Clark, PhD
Administrative Lead: Kelly Puzdrak
Research Program Coordinator: Spencer Andries
Data Manager: Fiona Teng
TACC Data Systems Engineer: Pat Scherer
CTRN Health Institution Leads (Node PIs)
Baylor College of Medicine: Caitlin Pinciotti, PhD
Dell Medical Center at the University of Texas at Austin: Jeff Shahidullah, PhD
The Texas A&M Health Science Center: Israel Liberzon, MD
The Texas A&M College of Medicine: John (Jack) Hettema, MD, PhD
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso: Cecilia DeVargas, MD
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock: Robyn Richmond, MD
The University of North Texas Health Science Center: Cynthia Claassen, PhD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Leslie Taylor, PhD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: Amy Garrett, PhD
The University of Texas Medical Branch: Cody Dodd, PhD
The University of Texas Rio Grand Valley: Cynthia Garza, PsyD
The Universtity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Sunita Stewart, PhD
The Universtity of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center: Stephanie Simmon, PsyD