RESEARCH GRANTS: PAST SUPPORT: United Health Foundation Grant, 1968-69, in support of work on Data Retrieval from Community Hemodialysis Centers. Principal Investigator - S. Linn, M.D. Postdoctoral trainee supported by Training Grant AM-07031 from the National Institutes of Health, 1975-1977. The Use of Hydrocolloid Dressing on Donor Sites, Grant from Duoderm, A Convatec Squibb Company, Project #150A, Coinvestigator, 1983-1984. The Dynamics of the Inflammatory Response in Burn Wounds, Burn Center Grant, from the National Institutes of Health, Coinvestigator, #2P50 GM26145, 1984-1987. Irma T. Hirschl Trust Career Scientist Award, Susceptibility to Infection Related to Extent of Injury, $100,000, 1985-1989. CURRENT SUPPORT: EXTRAMURAL FUNDING - Thomas R. Mulhearn Laboratory, $10,000/yr., Principal Investigator - Roger W. Yurt, M.D., Susceptibility to Infection Related to Extent of Injury. Amgen, 1991-1992, $2,500/yr., Principal Investigator - Carl Nathan, M.D., Safety and Efficacy of r-metHuG-CSF on Neutrophil Function and Number in Burn Patients. New York State Department of Health, 1992-1994, Trauma Quality Assurance Demonstration Project Grant, New York City region, $753,390, Co-Principal Investigator - Roger W. Yurt, M.D. National Institutes of Health, 1992-1998, Trauma and Injury Biology Research Training Program, Training Program Executive Committee, $826,358 Patient Safety in Surgery Study, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, a multi-center study, PI for Weill Cornell Site, 2001-2004 Work Conditions of Surgery Residents and Quality of Care, multi-center national study, PI for Weill Cornell Center, 2003-present Federal Health Resources & Services Administration grant for Disaster Planning for Burn Injury in New York City. Co-Principle Investigator, 2006, $106,000 Federal Health Resources & Services Administration grant for Disaster Planning for Burn Injury in New York City. Co-Principle Investigator, 2007 ROGER W. YURT, M.D. PUBLICATIONS MANUSCRIPTS: 1.\t\tLinn BS, Reisman T, Yurt RW, Polk HC. Intestinal anastomosis by invagination: A historical review of a "new" technic with controlled study of its potential. Ann.Surg. 167:393-398, 1968. 2.\t\tLinn BS, Yurt RW. Cardiac arrest Among geriatric patients. Brit.Med.J. 2:25-27, 1970. 3.\tLinn BS, Gaffney C, Yurt RW, Richardson JR Jr. Determinants of dialysis cannula survival. Southern Med.J. 63:1163-1166, 1970.