Vanderbilt Health has been awarded a federal contract providing up to $11.2 million over five years to establish, operate and oversee a nationwide critical illness clinical trials acceleration platform aimed at improving outcomes for intensive care unit patients.

Wesley Self

Wesley Self

According to a release, the grant is part of a federal effort — called CIRCLE (critical illness immunological reprogramming and control point learning engine) — that will be the first of its type in the U.S.