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Interested in translational expansion of your work into human research participants?

CoPARC is a FREE resource of human biospecimens and data for researchers. Available participant groups include healthy individuals with alcohol misuse, cannabis use and controls. Biospecimens and data from patients with acute respiratory failure (with and without COVID-19), and burn injury are also available.

Contact us today to find out how we can help you or simply complete and return the 

Sample and Data Request Form 

coparc@ucdenver.edu

How can CoPARC help you?

• Clinical and Translational research support in the area of alcohol abuse/dependence

• Biorepository of human participants’ specimens and data, including patients with COVID-19

• Focus on respiratory- or pulmonary-related disease, but consideration for investigations in other organ systems

• Exploratory investigations related to other substances commonly consumed with alcohol, including tobacco and cannabis

 

 How do you request samples?

Complete the Sample and Data Request Form and email to either:

CoPARC Director

Ellen.Burnham@cuanschutz.edu

Ellen Burnham

or

Biorepository Manager

Suzanne.Slaughter@cuanschutz.edu

Suzanne Slaughter

Welcome to CoPARC:  Colorado Pulmonary - Alcohol Research Collaborative (CoPARC)

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The Colorado Pulmonary - Alcohol Research Collaborative (CoPARC) focuses on investigations in the pathogenesis and treatment of pulmonary (respiratory) diseases associated with alcohol use disorders (AUDs). CoPARC investigators seek to identify alcohol-related defects in pulmonary host defense. We believe that AUDs, with or without smoking, negatively impact the pulmonary immune response, rendering individuals more susceptible to bacterial pneumonia and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We are also interested in considering the superimposed respiratory effects of tobacco and cannabis that are commonly consumed by people with AUDs. Mechanisms defined in healthy participants with AUDs will be further explored in cohorts of critically ill patients to determine their impact on clinical outcomes and to tailor therapy. 

With the COVID-19 pandemic, CoPARC has successfully executed numerous research adjustments to address safety concerns and institutional restrictions. Since pulmonary infections and ARDS have always been a focus for CoPARC, we remain committed to understanding the impact of alcohol use on the risk for COVID-19, as well as its impact on both short- and longer-term outcomes from this devastating illness.  We anticipate that the pandemic will have a substantial effect on alcohol and substance use behaviors, and we look forward to continuing our research in this area.

The CoPARC infrastructure at the University of Colorado has supported enrollment of participants with AUDs and matched controls, and critically ill patients who have respiratory failure, including patients with COVID-19, and patients with burn injuries. Detailed information regarding alcohol consumption habits, along with tobacco and cannabis use are obtained on all participants. Since 2011, an interactive environment has been developed between institutions with a history of NIAAA-funded translational research in pulmonary diseases, fostering growth of novel investigations, and providing opportunities for career development.

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Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) Annual Scientific Meeting, December 8, 2023. Aurora, Colorado.

Alcohol and the Nervous System Gordon Research Conference, Feb 11-16, 2024. Galveston, Texas. "Translational Neuroscience of Alcohol: Integration of Basic and Clinical Research."

47th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Scientific Meeting, June 22 -26, 2024. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

22nd Congress of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA 2024), Sept. 23 -26, 2024. Melbourne, Australia.

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Alcohol's Effects on Health: Research-based information on drinking and its impact.

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Alcohol-related deaths, which increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, continued to rise in 2021.

New research characterizes alcohol use disorder profiles to predict treatment outcomes.

Eight Challenges to Big Alcohol's Power in 2021

Directors Blog: Alcohol poses different challenges during the covid-19 pandemic

Ethics of Health Research Supported by For-Profit Cannabis Companies: What Have We Learned from Big Tobacco?

Legal Marijuana Industry Grows Amid Unanswered Questions for Public Health.

Colorado Pulmonary-Alcohol Research Consortium (CoPARC) Funding

This website and the research reported here is supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health under award number R24AA019661.

Additional support is provided by the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, funded by NIH/NCATS award number UL1TR001082

Contact Us

Email CoPARC
CoPARC@ucdenver.edu

CoPARC Director
Ellen.Burnham@cuanschutz.edu

Resource Questions
Suzanne.Slaughter@cuanschutz.edu

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