Biography:
Dr. Angela Sauaia is an Associate Professor of Public Health, Medicine, and Surgery at the University of Colorado Denver, Schools of Public Health and Medicine. She completed the MD degree in 1983 in Brazil and the PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Colorado Denver in 1997. She has over 20 years of experience in health services/health outcomes research and is an internationally recognized expert in post-injury multiple organ failure. In addition, Dr. Sauaia has built a local and national reputation in the field of health disparities.
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Research Interests:
- Health Outcomes
- Public Health Practices
- Health Inequalities
- Surgical Outcomes
- Trauma Outcomes
Courses Taught:
Current Research:
US Department of Defense. Control of Major Bleeding in Acute Trauma (COMBAT Study) -Period: June 2012-May 2014
HRSA. Colorado Public Health Training Center - Period: Sept 2010-Aug 2014
Colorado Health Foundation, Project TEACH. (Teaching Equity to Advance Community Health) - Period: Sept 2010-Oct 2012
NIH Trauma Center Grant "Trauma Primes For Multiple Organ Failure” - Period: April 2011- March 2016
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery - Biostatistician, Editorial Board - Period: Oct 2011-Sept 2014)
Education:
1983: M.D. degree from the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil
1984-85: PGY 1 and 2 - Internal Medicine, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine
1986: PGY 3 - Critical Care Medicine, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine
1991-97: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Trauma Research at the Department of Surgery of the Denver Health Medical Center
1997: PhD in Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dissertation: Predicting Postinjury Multiple Organ Failure