The CU Anschutz Office of Advancement is bringing people together to solve real problems. People like you are supporting breakthrough treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and a wide range of other illnesses. New developments in medicine have placed once-unattainable treatments within reach. We now have the opportunity to advance medicine further in the next ten years than it has advanced in the last one hundred. That’s why right now is the most exciting time to get involved.
Driving Innovation
We have positioned ourselves to become the go-to destination for developing bold ideas, validating and testing those ideas, and taking them to market where they can impact lives. Entrepreneurship is one of the hallmarks of this campus, and investments in this area today will accelerate partnerships with industry and translate big ideas in medicine into better outcomes for patients.
Hub of Innovation
In the rapidly evolving field of health care, technological advances are more important than ever before.
Unmatched Trajectory
At the State of the Campus Address, Chancellor Don Elliman noted recent accomplishments and details a vision for the next year.
Whole-Person Care
Sheridan Health Services, an innovative clinic owned and operated by the CU College of Nursing, was recently accepted into the Colorado State Innovation Model.In the rapidly evolving field of health care, technological advances are more important than ever before.
Advancing Discovery
We will see more medical breakthroughs in the next 10 years than in the past 100. The technology has caught up with the science, and we believe investments in personalized medicine and cell-based therapies, such as immunotherapies and regenerative medicine, will transform the health care landscape in the years to come. We are seeing rapid progress in these areas today and an infusion of resources will speed new discoveries into patient care more quickly than ever before.
From Skin Cells to Stem Cells
Researchers unveiled a more efficient approach to reprogramming a patient's diseased skin cells into stem cells.
Autism and Equine Therapy
In 2018, researchers conducted the first large, randomized study of its kind to show a lasting reduction in irritability and other positive social communication impacts on children with autism through therapeutic horse riding.
Ear Infection Susceptibility
Regie Santos-Cortez, MD, PhD, associate professor of Otolaryngology at the CU School of Medicine is leading a team looking a genetic variants associated with recurrent middle ear infections.
Transforming Patient Care
By investing in key areas of clinical care today, we will make vital progress in addressing some of the great unmet needs facing this country and create the best experience for our patients. Mental and behavioral health is one such area, long stifled by harmful stigma and hindered by a lack of integrated, person-centered care. The tide is beginning to turn, and we are taking steps to ensure our ability to lead the development of new models of integrated care delivery.
Dynamite Migraine Care
Carol and Jeffery Blake searched for the best migraine care in the world.
A New Smile
Courtney Caudill was born with ectodermal dysplasia, a rare condition that affects teeth, skin, hair, fingernails and eyes.
Silent Epidemic Solution
Thomas Jensen, MD, is on a quest to develop methods of detecting and treating the most prevalent chronic liver disease in the United States -- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
Training Future Leaders
Investments in student scholarships today are investments in the next generation of health care leaders. The roles of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, public health professionals, dentists and other providers are evolving quickly in our rapidly changing health care landscape. Tomorrow’s physicians and providers will have new data and technologies at their fingertips that will transform the way care is delivered and provide unforeseen opportunities to improve patient outcomes. Scholarship support is vital to ensuring bright young minds have the resources they need today to serve as the highly skilled innovators, doctors and health care providers of the future.
Culinary Medicine Education
Delta Dental of Colorado is supporting interdisciplinary education among health professionals through the Frontier Center at the CU School of Dental Medicine.
Pharmacy Students in Action
Students at the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences are volunteering with Pharmacist Line9.
Whole-Person Care
Sheridan Health Services, an innovative clinic owned and operated by the CU College of Nursing, was recently accepted into the Colorado State Innovation Model.