"No words will ever fully express my gratitude to the doctors and nurses at BWH who saved my life and legs in the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings." —Gillian Reny
What we support
The mission of The Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation is to catalyze trauma innovation for injured civilians and military heroes, through multidisciplinary investigative collaborations across the continuum of trauma care, from prevention to treatment and recovery.
Funds raised by the team will:
- Fund innovative research that addresses clinical problems impacting both civilian and military patients, including the Ewing Amputation, a revolutionary lower extremity procedure first featured on CNN and now considered a standard of care at Brigham.
- Train the next generation of medical leaders in advanced techniques for treating critical and complex traumatic injuries, through the Stepping Strong Fellowship program.
- Fuel collaborations between multidisciplinary scientists from fields including limb reconstruction, advanced stem cell technology, bioengineering, wound healing, bone healing, skin and nerve regeneration, and more from institutions including Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Support outreach activities that utilize evidence-based education to empower citizens with the critical skills needed to respond to an emergency and save lives from traumatic injury, through the Stepping Strong Emergency Responder Training Program.
- Advocate for policy changes to encourage the safety of citizens and the prevention of traumatic injuries.
- Support trauma survivors in their long-term recovery by providing them assistance with temporary relief of critical bill payments, basic life needs, or medical costs and improve their quality of life.
