University of Colorado Denver

Researching hypoxia to improve health and performance.

Established in 1996 as part of the Business School, the Bard Center offers graduate level entrepreneurship courses that can be applied toward a graduate business degree or a Certificate in Entrepreneurship. The Bard Center also hosts an annual business plan competition, manages a venture capital fund to help launch student-initiated ventures and offers incubator space to emerging businesses.

Although Bonfils Blood Center’s core business is to provide people an opportunity to give back to the community through blood donation, Bonfils also manages the Colorado Marrow Donor Program and is a proud member of the Donor Awareness Council, a local coalition that strives to increase organ and tissue donation through education and awareness.

CeDAR is a comprehensive addiction treatment center offering quality 12-step residential treatment and support programs crucial to recovery from addictions to alcohol, drug and co-occurring addictions such as gambling.

CAPE is a full service assessment and education center specializing in the use of standardized patients, teaching associates, and simulators. This center helps insure that the public is getting the highest quality, most competent, and compassionate physician and health care professional as their partner in achieving their greatest health.

Founded in 1993, the Center for Collaborative Educational Leadership (CCEL) seeks to enhance University-community partnerships and expand collaborative efforts aimed at meeting educational needs of the local community. For more information, contact Deb Nolan at (303) 556-3937.

The Center for Computational Biology (CCB) is a multi-campus center aimed at catalyzing interdisciplinary research and developing education programs in computational biology throughout the University of Colorado system. The Center integrates research and education, and has successfully engaged associates in collaborations across disciplines and campuses. The CCB offers its own Certificate in Computational Biology, which is a 15 credit hour graduate program aimed at training students to participate in the rapidly expanding biotechnology industry. The Center also has partners in industry and national laboratories.

The Center for Geotechnical Engineering Science advances the understanding of the safety, reliability, performance, and environmental impact of engineered geostructures. The Center also examines geostructural stability, rock engineering, geoenvironmental engineering, and expansive soils. For more information, contact N.Y. Chang at (303) 556-2871.

The Center for Human Nutrition (CHN) is an interdisciplinary team encompassing basic and clinical research, post-graduate training and career development of nutrition professionals, and community outreach. The research conducted at the CHN focuses on obesity prevention and treatment, nutrient metabolism, and micronutrient status in children. The community outreach activities initiated and conducted through the CHN aim to improve quality of life by promoting physical activity and nutritional awareness.

The Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI) is part of the Business School at UC Denver and includes prominent Colorado businesses as corporate sponsors and members. CITI matches the resources of the university with those of its member companies to provide a forum where innovative solutions to current issues and challenges can be explored and implemented. Its mission is to help organizations take full advantage of IT opportunities through programs of excellence in information interchange, education and research, and through collaborative initiatives. It also serves as a resource for Business School faculty and students.

The vision of the Center is to partner with pharmaceutical biotechnology companies to form a unique program emphasizing multi-disciplinary scientific education as well as training in non-scientific disciplines critical to the success of this industry: regulatory affairs, health care policy, technology transfer, finance, and marketing.

CoPR focuses on understanding people, places and traditions by identifying, studying and preserving built and natural environments.

The Schizophrenia Center uses molecular biological information about schizophrenia derived from genetic studies to develop new therapeutic approaches to the illness. The Center has identified genetic loci and candidate genes that appear to function abnormally in schizophrenia.

The Center for Transforming Learning and Teaching (CTLT) was established as an initiative within the School of Education & Human Development at UC Denver in 2003. Today, the Center works with educators across the US to catalyze and co-create the transformation of learning environments through the use of assessment so that all are engaged in learning and empowered to positively contribute in a global society.

The Center for Women's Health Research is the fulfillment of a dream by its founders to create a place where scientists and physician-scientists work on closing the gap in women's health research for the benefit of women everywhere, their families, and communities.

The mission of the Colorado AHEC System is to improve the quality and accessibility of education for health care professionals in Colorado in order to enhance the delivery of health care services throughout the state, with special emphasis on frontier, rural, and urban communities and minority populations.

The Colorado CFAR provides a unique synthesis of basic, translational, and clinical research with public health and AIDS prevention programs. The goals of the University of Colorado CFAR are to provide scientific leadership and stimulate collaboration among HIV/AIDS investigators and those in related disciplines by providing institutional infrastructure and promoting scientific communication across disciplines.

CoPR focuses on understanding people, places and traditions by identifying, studying and preserving built and natural environments.

The center examines one of Colorado’s most urgent challenges—creating livable communities in the context of a booming population. This center studies growth-oriented issues, disseminates information, tests growth scenarios and provides expertise to cities and organizations involved in growth-related issues.

CPC is dedicated to improving health through clinical research and integrating scientific evidence into community prevention programs.

The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis is a community of psychoanalysts whose goals are to provide education in psychoanalytic thinking and treatment techniques, to advance scholarship and research, and to encourage application of psychoanalytic knowledge to related fields. The Institute expects that trainees, faculty and those involved in treatment, will participate in activities related to evaluation and research.

This Center provides resources and services that focus on the legal and political issues faced by indigenous populations. The Center features a library, periodicals, audio and visual equipment, and newsfile archives on current development issues surrounding "the Fourth World," and will soon offer a certificate program in this area. For more information, contact Glenn T. Morris at (303) 556-2850.

The International Training, Education, and Research Academy provides assistance to public and private organizations all over the world to meet their training goals. Through online courses and other programs, ITERA's training promotes education and career advancement among those who do not have access to such resources. For more information, call (303) 352-3700.

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect has been recognized as the world leader in child abuse treatment programs, and for over forty years, has been at the forefront in the fight against child abuse.

The Laboratory for Educational Assessment, Research and InnovatioN (LEARN) exists to advance a fundamental understanding and applied use of assessment in the improvement of education, particularly in diverse and urban contexts. We focus on the development, evaluation and use of educational assessment and its impact on instruction and learning in diverse contexts. The lab’s research seeks to inform practice, methods, policy and theory.

Five institutions – University of Colorado Denver (CU), Colorado State University (CSU), National Jewish Medical and Research Center (NJMRC), Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA) and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM) —have come together to provide graduate training, continuing education and outreach in the seven-state region in the area of occupational and environmental health and safety. As a Center within the Colorado School of Public Health Initiative, we share an established track record of commitment to training, research and continuing education.

The National Learning Center mission and purpose is to provide learning opportunities for professional adults who desire the knowledge, skills and ability necessary for them to improve their lives and the lives of the persons with whom they live and work. The keys to the Center's sucess include: dedicated staff, clear sense of mission/purpose, clear understanding of individual roles, and a shared belief that we all make an important contribution to something we all belive in (our mission). All of the Center's products are tailored and developed by working directly with the customer to meet their specific learning needs. The products developed are available when and where the customer needs them - "the right product for the right customer at the right time."

 

The Neurotransplantation Center for Parkinson’s Disease was established in October 1986 to treat Parkinson’s disease using transplants of human fetal dopamine cells.

PAR²A promotes optimum learning for all students through research and training on the roles, responsibilities, career development, preparation, supervision and employment of paraprofessionals and is designed for paraprofessionals, school professionals and administrators in public education.

PDA ensures students with Autism Spectrum Disorder have access to high-quality, evidence-based educational services in local school districts. Training and support is provided for school districts, families and communities including awareness, consumer, implementer and leadership training.

The mission of the RMPRC is to advance healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic disease among residents and communities in the Rocky Mountain region by conducting, disseminating, and serving as a resource for community-based prevention research and policy.

The University of Colorado's School of Pharmacy is one of the top-ranked pharmacy schools in the nation and is committed to pharmaceutical education, research and patient care.