In partnership with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus,
this collaboration of child health-focused research elevates
innovative care
AURORA,
Colo., June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) in partnership with University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU
Anschutz Medical Campus) announced the launch of the Colorado Child
Health Research Institute, which creates a unique culture of
research partnership to improve the lives of children
everywhere.
The campus-wide research partnership enables more than 500
physician scientists, PhDs, nurse scientists and other
investigators to collaborate across disciplines to make research
discoveries that will have a broad impact on human health from
childhood to adulthood. The Colorado Child Health Research
Institute will continue to enhance administrative and operational
efficiencies for investigators so they can focus on science, with
the goal of more rapid translation of discoveries to patients and
families. The institute also offers access to the most advanced
clinical care through more than 1,100 clinical research studies and
trials.
"Medical advances happen faster here because we've broken down
silos and embraced an intentional culture of multi-disciplinary
collaboration and teamwork, which enables discovery to thrive,"
said Ronald J. Sokol, MD, FAASLD,
inaugural Chief Scientific Officer of Child Health at Children's
Colorado and the Bruce and Bev
Wagner Family Endowed Chair for Child Health Research.
The Colorado Child Health Research Institute brings together
experts, peers and colleagues from Children's Colorado and six health professional schools
at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus: School of Medicine, College of
Nursing, Skaggs School of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, the
Colorado School of Public Health and the Graduate School.
"Our differentiator is our partnership. We collaborate with all
of the University of Colorado schools
and colleges as well as the adult hospital system, building a
community of researchers for child health in Colorado," said Dr. Sokol. "Treating kids can
prevent disease as adults; many diseases in adults actually have
their origins in childhood. Today, kids with previously
life-limiting conditions can become healthy adults because of our
breakthrough treatments and cures. From researching conditions
in-utero to understanding maternal health to following pediatric
conditions into adulthood, our research grows with our
patients."
"A dedicated institute for pediatric health research bolsters
our shared commitment to bringing the latest and best to patients
across the lifespan, and to delivering hope and healing to all
those we serve," said CU Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellor
Donald M. Elliman. "Through this
partnership, we advance vital research with life-changing impact
for the patients and families under our care."
The institute serves as an administrative, scientific and
operational home for child health research, supporting
infrastructure for research at Children's Colorado and across the medical campus. It has
eight major functions: Research strategy and administration,
research operations administration, research education, regulatory
affairs, research business services, internal grant awards,
clinical research contracting and research informatics and data
science. The Colorado Child Health Research Institute will work
with research teams from dozens of specialties, programs and
centers on campus, touching all aspects of child health.
"Children's Colorado and our
partners on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus are in the top 10
National Institutes of Health-funded pediatric research
institutions nationally. With more than 50 years of partnership and
collaboration and the generosity of visionary donors who fund
research, we can advance child health to an even greater level,"
said Jena Hausmann, CEO and
President of Children's Colorado
and the Cille B. and Ronald W. Williams Endowed Chair in Executive
Leadership. "Together, we train, nurture and challenge the next
generation of child health researchers and leaders to advance
treatments that could become the standard of care in the future.
Research as part of our mission and culture allows us to treat
every child we serve and transform pediatric medicine around the
world."
An example of work already accomplished includes brain tumor
research. With the largest group of pediatric physician scientists
in North America focused on
childhood brain tumors, Children's Colorado created an international registry of
data and tissue samples for collaboration with leading scientists
around the world to identify how tumors develop and what new
therapies can be developed to treat them.
Another example includes cystic fibrosis (CF) research. Experts
on campus were selected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to lead
clinical trials of treatments targeting the abnormal protein
pathways of CF and have proved the safety and effectiveness of new
drugs now available to a range of patients, from adolescents to
infants with CF. Dedicated researchers on the medical campus have
helped move CF from a fatal childhood disease to a condition
managed into adulthood.
"We continue to advance lifesaving research and translate our
discoveries to the bedside today to ensure innovative treatments
tomorrow," said Jenae Neiman, VP of Research Operations at
Children's Colorado. "Caring for
patients is much more than managing their symptoms – it's working
to establish innovative, personalized care that incorporates the
latest research findings. Our partnerships across the campus on
behalf of child health research accelerate our capabilities to
benefit our patients and their families."
"Despite the incredible promise of child health research, we
recognize that federal funding for physician-scientists' work is
scarcer than ever," said Bruce
Wagner, Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation Trustee.
"That's why our family has made philanthropic investments in
research. Pediatric research is too important to be delayed by
insufficient funding. Philanthropy fills funding gaps and propels
research that leads to groundbreaking discoveries."
To learn more about funding opportunities for research, visit
Research and Innovation - Children's Hospital Colorado
Foundation.
ABOUT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO
Children's Hospital Colorado
is one of the nation's leading and most expansive nonprofit
pediatric healthcare systems with a mission to improve the health
of children through patient care, education, research and
advocacy. Founded in 1908 and ranked among the best children's
hospitals in the nation as recognized by U.S. News & World
Report, Children's Colorado has established itself as a
pioneer in the discovery of innovative and groundbreaking
treatments that are shaping the future of pediatric healthcare
worldwide. Children's Colorado
offers a full spectrum of family-centered care at its urgent,
emergency and specialty care locations throughout Colorado, including an academic medical center
on the University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus in Aurora,
hospitals in Colorado Springs,
Highlands Ranch and Broomfield, and outreach clinics across
the region. For more information,
visit www.childrenscolorado.org or connect with us
on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Children's Hospital Colorado complies with applicable Federal
civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
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About the University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
The University
of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical
destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine,
education and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools,
more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked
independent hospitals – UCHealth University of
Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital
Colorado – which see more than 2 million adult and pediatric
patient visits yearly. Innovative, interconnected and highly
collaborative, the University of
Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus delivers life-changing
treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts
world-renowned research fueled by $705
million in research grants. For more information, visit
www.cuanschutz.edu.
Media Contacts:
Rachael
Fowler, Children's Hospital Colorado
media@childrenscolorado.org
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