The Colorado School of Public Health is home to several local and national research project and program sites. From skin cancer prevention to diabetes research, we are at the forefront of public health research in order save lives and promote health throughout the region and the world.
Below are just a few of the many recent and current research project sites at the Colorado School of Public Health. Visit the quick links listed on the left for more department specific research information.
Highlighted Projects Include:
The Colorado Public Health Practice-Based Research Network (COPHPBRN) is a partnership among the Colorado School of Public Health Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials and the Public Health Alliance of Colorado. The COPHPBRN is part of a national network of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported programs studying the reach, effectiveness, efficiency and equity of public health practice. COPHPBRN was recently awarded a RWJF Public Health Law grant.
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Healthy Start Study (Exploring the Fuel-Mediated Programming of Neonatal Growth) is a five year study funded by the National Institute of Health, NIDDK. The overall goal of the study is to understand the contribution of metabolic and behavioral factors during pregnancy to the development of obesity, insulin resistance and inflammatory markers in newborns and infants. Healthy Start Study will advance our understanding of how maternal metabolism (levels of glucose, insulin, lipids, free fatty acids and inflammatory markers) and behaviors (weight gain, diet, and physical activity) may influence fetal growth and development, and the risk of obesity later in life.
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Ten San Luis Valley elementary schools participated in this community-based participatory research project designed to increase physical activity and healthy eating.
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SEARCH is a multi-center study funded by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). The study focuses on children and youth in the U.S. who have diabetes. It is expected that the six clinical centers located in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Ohio, South Carolina, and Washington will invite approximately 9000 children and youth who have been diagnosed with diabetes to participate in this study. Data from these children and youth will provide more information and help us better understand diabetes.
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The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was a major multicenter clinical research study aimed at discovering whether modest weight loss through dietary changes and increased physical activity or treatment with the oral diabetes drug metformin (Glucophage) could prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in study participants. At the beginning of the DPP, participants were all overweight and had blood glucose, also called blood sugar, levels higher than ucbut not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes—a condition called pre-diabetes.
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The Colorado Colorectal Screening Program provides funding to carry out colorectal screenings for legal residents of Colorado. The program was awarded monies through a competitive grants program through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Pulmonary Disease Competitive Grants Program, which utilizes a portion of the state’s tobacco tax revenue.
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The Colorado School of Public Health is home to Colorado Kids Sun Care Program, Sun Safe Colorado for Preschool and Childcare Centers and Sun Safe Colorado Clinics.
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The National Children’s Study will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of 100,000 children across the United States, following them from before birth until age 21. The goal of the Study is to improve the health and well-being of children.
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The Healthy Aging Network is developing a prevention research agenda to increase understanding of the determinants of healthy aging among older adults; to identify interventions that promote healthy aging; and to translate research into sustainable community-based programs throughout the nation.
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