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Simulating exercise at 14,000 feet while in a clinic at CU Anschutz

When William Cornwell, MD, MSCS, came to Colorado eight years ago, he told Diane Branham, RN, BSN, about his plans to study the heart and heart failure. He...
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Visit from Lt. Gov. Primavera puts long COVID care in the spotlight

Visit from Lt. Gov. Primavera puts long COVID care in the spotlight

Up to 500,000 Coloradans continue to experience long-term symptoms after COVID, or so-called long COVID. To address this issue, a group of health care...
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CCTSI conference attracts researchers statewide

Imagine you have conducted a study and want to tell the world about the findings. Or suppose your research results show great promise for a particular cancer...
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Type 2 youth diabetes study changes standard of care worldwide

A 15-year, multicenter study has changed the course of care for youth with type 2 diabetes, enhancing treatments for this growing population and illustrating...
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CU researchers show that Paxlovid remains highly effective on Omicron variants

The findings that appear in Lancet Infectious Diseases are from one of the first studies to examine the effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) in...
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Older adults embrace new careers in research

Kady Nearing, PhD, is leading an innovative solution to the problem of a lack of participant diversity in clinical trials. Her NIH-funded project is training...
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CU Anschutz researchers harness power of largest patient-privacy-limited dataset in U.S. history

Melissa Haendel, PhD, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and her team of data...
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CU Anschutz researchers work with Colorado communities to develop trustworthy and relevant COVID-19 information

Having obtained a CEAL grant for Colorado, Donald Nease, MD, local researchers and community partners through the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences...
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Fully vaccinated older adults 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19

Fully vaccinated older adults 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19

In vaccine clinical trials, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were shown to be about 95% effective in preventing COVID-19. Now a study from the Centers...
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Q&A: Lilia Cervantes, M.D.

Q&A: Lilia Cervantes, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine Lilia Cervantes, MD is a homegrown success story, a physician researcher and a changemaker. Growing up in Denver and receiving...
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Pediatrician develops tool to improve care for children with severe neurological impairments

Pediatrician develops tool to improve care for children with severe neurological impairments

Imagine if you will that you are the parent of a child with a severe neurological disorder. Your child is nonverbal, depends on medical technology, requires a...
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CU researcher tackles vaccine hesitancy in Colorado’s religious communities

CU researcher tackles vaccine hesitancy in Colorado’s religious communities

Vaccine hesitancy is something we hear a lot about these days related to a potential coronavirus vaccine. Yet vaccine hesitancy has been a public health issue...
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COVID-19 prompts CCTSI to launch new pilot award program, support four innovative projects

COVID-19 prompts CCTSI to launch new pilot award program, support four innovative projects

Few would describe the pace of academic medical research as swift. Yet last month, the CCTSI disrupted its own processes and timelines by issuing a new rapid-...
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CU Anschutz is the new epicenter of Down syndrome research in the nation

CU Anschutz is the new epicenter of Down syndrome research in the nation

Dr. Joaquin Espinosa, PhD is a busy guy. He’s the executive director of the Linda Crnic Institute for Down syndrome, professor of pharmacology in the CU School...
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Mapping our molecules: The quest for precision exercise medicine

Mapping our molecules: The quest for precision exercise medicine

Every day on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus, hundreds of research studies and clinical trials take place. Each one is important in its own...
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Researchers discover a genetic defect linked to pediatric liver disease

Researchers discover a genetic defect linked to pediatric liver disease

For more than 35 years, Ron Sokol, MD has been treating children born with a liver disease called Biliary Atresia (BA). Though the disease is rare, it is the...
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Can short bursts of activity make a difference in metabolic health?

Can short bursts of activity make a difference in metabolic health?

Ask endocrinology researcher Audrey Bergouignan, PhD where she conducts her research and you might expect to hear the United States and France since she has...
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Study shows CPAP therapy helps repair liver disease in children

Study shows CPAP therapy helps repair liver disease in children

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in children, largely due to the rising obesity epidemic.
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Conference focuses on community-engaged research

Conference focuses on community-engaged research

As I grabbed one of the last available seats in the Fulginiti Pavilion, I settled in to hear Stephen Thomas, PhD, deliver the keynote address for the eighth...
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Entrepreneurs use I-Corps@CCTSI to bring KneeTap innovation from clinic to market

Entrepreneurs use I-Corps@CCTSI to bring KneeTap innovation from clinic to market

They say necessity is the mother of invention. And in the case of Dr. Richard Meehan, his need to more successfully, and less painfully, treat his patients...
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CU Anschutz to play key role in NIH research program

CU Anschutz to play key role in NIH research program

Everyone knows that exercise is good for us. But we don’t precisely know why. What happens to our bodies on the molecular level when we exercise?
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CCTSI’s Colorado Immersion Training earns rave reviews from researchers

CCTSI’s Colorado Immersion Training earns rave reviews from researchers

If you work in the world of academic research, you’ve likely taken many trainings over the course of your career. How many of those, however, would you...
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I-Corps@CCTSI uses 'Shark Tank' tactics to launch innovations

I-Corps@CCTSI uses 'Shark Tank' tactics to launch innovations

On the final day of the inaugural I-Corps@CCSTI short course, seven teams of students and faculty gathered in the Gossard Forum auditorium to present their...
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CCTSI’s Community Engagement research improves mortality rates in five Denver neighborhoods

CCTSI’s Community Engagement research improves mortality rates in five Denver neighborhoods

It may not surprise anyone that clinical trials in patients can save lives (most people probably know someone enrolled in a cancer trial or other life-saving...
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CCTSI’s Boot Camp Translation cuts medical jargon, improves community health

CCTSI’s Boot Camp Translation cuts medical jargon, improves community health

​Medical guidelines use language and concepts that are not always understood by patients, making it difficult for them to choose the best treatment.

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