Dr. Robert Christy is currently head of Combat Trauma and Burn Injury Research and Battlefield Pain Research at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research. He also is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Christy received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of California at Davis and his PhD degree from The Johns Hopkins University. After completion of his PhD degree, Dr Christy obtained a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health and continued his scientific training as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Department of Molecular Biology at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Christy’s Research Programs at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research integrate both basic and applied research programs to burn wounds and acute battlefield pain management. Dr. Christy’s research group investigates 1) adipose derived stem cells and plasma/fibrin-based biomaterial matrices to develop novel vascularized skin equivalents for treatment of traumatic burn wounds and scar mitigation and 2) development of novel antimicrobial treatment and dressings to prevent and control infections of soft tissue injuries including burn wounds on the battlefield and in the clinic.