Gretchen Carrougher, research consultant for the NWRBMS, presented at the XVI Iberolatinoamericano de Quemaduras congress in Quito, Ecuador on November 6th, 2025.
Gretchen Carrouger Presents BMS Research in Ecuador
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Burn Center Travels to San Juans for Outreach Education
UW Burn Center faculty and staff provide outreach ‘Burn Bootcamp’ education and Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) class for San Juan Island EMS.
New Heat Risk Flyer
BMS colleagues from UT Southwestern have just published a new factsheet on heat stress after a burn injury.
Past Director Dr. Gibran Awarded
Past UW Burn Center director Nicole Gibran, MD was awarded the 2025 American Burn Association Special Achievement Award for her years of service to the burn community. Congratulations Dr. Gibran —this is well deserved!
Tara Lerew Wins Leadership Award
Congratulations to Burn Center Acute Care Nurse Manager, Tara Lerew on receiving the DAISY Nurse Leader Award. This international award honors nurse managers for their compassion in leadership. We are SO proud!
Barrow, Alaska 2025
A multi-institutional team of educators traveled to Utqiagvik (Barrow, Alaska) in February 2025 to teach ABLS to clinicians and first responders.
Bootcamp in Juneau
A team from the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center traveled to Juneau, Alaska to provide a 2-day ‘basic burn bootcamp’ educational course to members of the Juneau Airlift Northwest team.
Teaching in Managua
February 2025: Gretchen Carrougher RN and past UW-Occupational Therapist Beth Costa travel to Managua, Nicaragua to participate in a week-long teaching session with nurses and therapists at the pediatric burn unit – Aproquen
Grand Rounds: Dr. Damian Carter
Dr. Damian Carter recently spoke at Grand Rounds about targeting mitochondrial dysfunction to improve post-injury outcomes, followed by presentations by Deja Nicholas and Cameron Kneib MD.
New BMS Publication (Nov 2024)
“Establishing a Collaborative Genomic Repository for Adult Burn Survivors: A Burn Model System Feasibility Study” full article is now available as open text.
