Participating Institutions
Dr. Ronald J. Sokol, Principal Investigator for the University of Colorado Denver's CTSI, examines 14-year-old Matt Gordon who is participating in research studies that will translate discoveries into new treatments for cystic fibrosis.
Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Aurora, CO
Visit SitePrincipal Investigator: Ronald J. Sokol, M.D.
Participating Institutions and Community Partners:
- University of Colorado Denver
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Colorado Hospital
- The Children's Hospital
- Denver Health
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center
- Kaiser Permanente Colorado
- Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Colorado Foundation for Public Health and Environment
- Colorado Pharmacy Practice Education & Research Network
- Rocky Mountain Altitude Network
- Colorado Research Network
- American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Programs
- National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
- Nurse Family Partnership
- Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
- Catholic Churches
- Population-based Palliative Care Research Network
- LUCHAR-Latinos Using Cardio Health Actions to Reduce Risk
- Denver Metro Emergency Network
- Stapleton 2040
- American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network
- Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program
- Building Investigative Practices for Better Health Outcomes
- High Plains Research Network
Highlights:
The University of Colorado Denver and its affiliates will use this award to speed biomedical discoveries from laboratories to the lives of citizens. The university and its partners will create an unprecedented statewide network of research, health care and community facilities. Working together, the new Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) will turn biomedical findings into improved patient and community health. The CCTSI will coordinate the efforts of scientists, health care providers, and advocates from two research universities, six health care professional schools, five hospitals, a health care network, and more than a dozen community health programs. The Institute's five goals will be to: convert laboratory discoveries into clinical use; bring clinical advances into communities; apply new technologies to deliver personalized medicine; train future researchers; and advance child and maternal health. A dynamic Partnership of Academicians and Communities for Translation (PACT) will facilitate exchanges between communities and academic programs that let scientists share discoveries with communities, but at the same time let communities tell scientists what medical and public health needs should be addressed. CCTSI will commit personnel and informatics resources to six diverse and well-developed community partnerships as the initial focus for launching this shared translational research agenda. Following initial testing in these communities, CCTSI will adapt successful models to the remaining PACT communities. Eventually, the PACT should have an impact on the health care of all of Colorado's more than 4 million residents and the 1,300 physician practices and 300 hospitals that serve them.