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 Lone Star Stroke (LSS) Research Consortium

The LSS is a novel collaboration among leading medical research institutions in Texas to improve the health of Texans affected by stroke and cerebrovascular disease. The mission of LSS is to establish a state-wide network for patient-centered stroke research and therapeutic trials within Texas that links academic health institutions with proven expertise in stroke research to community stroke centers. Our objectives are to find better therapies and prevention strategies to improve cerebrovascular health for Texans throughout our state. The LSS Research Consortium has established a robust, geographically diverse, network of sites that has the capability and infrastructure to implement studies quickly throughout Texas. This is crucial for providing the game-changing breakthroughs that are needed now by people who have or may soon develop a stroke

 


The LSS abstract, Mobile Health Technology is Feasible and Effective for Self-Management Support Among Underserved Stroke Survivors, was accepted for presentation at the 2022 State-of-the-Science Stroke Nursing Symposium that happened during the International Stroke Conference in February 2022.

Prospective, Multicenter, Controlled Trial of Mobile Stroke Units

Congratulations to Jim Grotta, Jose-Miguel Yamal, Stephanie Parker, Suja Rajan, and their team of medics, researchers,, and everyone involved in this trial.

A study published this September in the New England Journal of Medicine, led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, found that patients treated by mobile stroke units had better outcomes.

Click here to read the NEJM article

Click here to read the UTHealth article.

James Grotta and others from UTHealth will present at this year’s World Stroke Conference. Chaired by UTHealth’s own Sean Savitz, MD, this virtual international conference welcomes clinicians and researchers to bring the latest science, clinical trials, and guidelines to stroke prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and support from every part of the globe.

Learn more and register at worldstrokecongress.org