Research News

  • CU Firearm Injury Prevention Members Spotlight Expertise at National Conference

    12/17/2024
    Researchers associated with the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative (FIPI)  at the CU School of Medicine gave more than two dozen presentations and sponsored the 2024 National Research Conference for Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, hosted Dec. 9-11 in Seattle....Read More

  • Defense Health Agency Director Visits CU Military Medicine Research Program

    12/16/2024
    When U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, MD, director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), entered the Army as a medical corps officer in 1993, the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora was on its way to being decommissioned....Read More

  • Half of Psychedelic-Related Poison Center Cases Result in Medical Treatment, Study Finds

    11/18/2024
    More than half of psychedelic exposures reported to poison centers across the U.S. between 2012 and 2022 had symptoms that required medical treatment or resulted in residual or prolonged symptoms or death, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine....Read More

  • DOD Grants Transformative Award to CU Researchers Studying Trauma in South Africa

    11/5/2024
    The Department of Defense (DOD) Combat Casualty Care Research Program has granted researchers working with the Cape-Colorado-Combat (C3) Global Trauma Network at the University of Colorado School of Medicine $15.6 million to establish a platform to study important questions related to prolonged care for patients with major bleeding, traumatic brain injury (TBI), polytrauma, and complex wounds – injuries often seen in South Africa and modern battlefield settings....Read More

  • CU Researchers Present Findings and Earn Distinguished Awards at Military Health System Research Symposium

    9/4/2024
    Investigators and faculty members from across the University of Colorado School of Medicine presented critical research informing health care and safety for military service members and earned notable accolades at this year’s Military Health Science Research Symposium (MHSRS)....Read More

  • CU Researchers Studying Antibiotic-Resistant Wound Infections in Ukraine

    8/21/2024
    Faculty members in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have been awarded $5 million by the U.S. Department of Defense to work with partners in Ukraine on clinical and logistical challenges associated with modern large-scale combat operations and prolonged casualty care....Read More

  • CU Department of Emergency Medicine Top Stories of 2023

    12/19/2023
    In 2023, the University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine celebrated the launch of the CU Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and the Program for EMS and Prehospital Care, while introducing brand new research in emergency airway management, mental health, critical trauma care, and more. Emergency medicine faculty grew education and collaboration efforts by bringing renowned, national leaders in medicine to campus, hosting seminars and discussions on firearm injury prevention, leading a toxicology fellowship, presenting research at conferences worldwide, and mentoring military collaborators, researchers, and students....Read More

  • CU Professor Aims to Reduce Elder Abuse through Collaboration and Research on the ‘Whole Family’ Approach

    11/30/2023
    Each year, an estimated five million Americans age 60 or older will experience some form of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Daniel Lindberg, MD, professor of emergency medicine in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has seen an increase reflected in elder abuse cases in the emergency department at UCHealth....Read More

  • New Grants Support Critical Trauma Care Research

    11/10/2023
    Last month, the Cape-Colorado-Combat (C3) Global Trauma Network received two research grants totaling $4.7 million from the United States Department of Defense (DoD). One study will assess how timing of wound care and antibiotics impact infectious complications and multi-organ failure in patients with high-risk injuries. The second will assess timing of critical interventions in patients with life-threatening bleeding from trauma, known as hemorrhagic shock. Both four-year projects will build on the C3 Network’s decade-long experience in collaboratively studying injured patients in the Western Cape province of South Africa....Read More

  • Extreme Risk Protection Order Cases in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment

    9/20/2023
    Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, director of the University of Colorado Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and professor of emergency medicine in the CU School of Medicine, led a study that examined Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) cases for older adults in six states. The study was funded by the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research and published earlier this month in the journal Clinical Gerontologist....Read More

  • The Intersection of Toxicology and Community

    8/16/2023
    The negative impacts of opioids and drug overdoses continue to rise, and toxicologists are helping to lead the way to address the crisis....Read More

  • New Grant Will Support the Creation of Educational Resources on Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Colorado

    8/15/2023
    Christopher Knoepke, PhD, MSW, LCSW, law enforcement lead for the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative, received a two-year grant from the Fund for a Safer Future and is leading a project with the Colorado Attorney General’s office and law enforcement agencies throughout the state to create new videos and discussion guides on extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs)....Read More

  • Mapping Mass Shootings in the United States

    7/26/2023
    The United States has more than 10 times the number of mass shooting incidents than other developed countries, yet little research has shown the distribution and types of shootings, geographically....Read More

  • A New Gold Standard for Emergency Airway Management

    7/10/2023
    For patients with severe respiratory failure, tracheal intubation is a life-saving procedure. Health care providers perform intubation in critical care settings using one of two devices: direct or video laryngoscopes....Read More

  • Studying Veterans’ Mental Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    6/27/2023
    Following worldwide concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health, Ian Stanley, PhD, assistant research professor of emergency medicine in the CU School of Medicine and psychological health lead for the Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research, began investigating whether the pandemic impacted military veterans differently than non-veterans....Read More

  • It Takes an Average of 17 Years for Evidence to Change Practice—the Burgeoning Field of Implementation Science Seeks to Speed Things Up

    4/5/2023
    Bethany Kwan, PhD, associate professor of emergency medicine, quoted on accessibility for monoclonal antibody treatments....Read More

  • Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield Research Continues to Build and Boost Research Partnerships

    3/17/2023
    On Wednesday, The Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research hosted leaders from Uniformed Services University (USU) on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus for a research affiliation agreement ceremony to highlight the continued research partnership between USU and the CU School of Medicine....Read More

  • Study Explores Disparities in Emergency Medical Services Care in the U.S.

    2/21/2023
    Emergency medical services (EMS), or prehospital care teams, are the first medical contact for people needing immediate care and because of that they can have significant impact on how treatment will continue. Due to environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic factors, some patients don’t get the care they need, presenting EMS leadership with challenges to improve access to quality and equitable care....Read More

  • Opioid Overdose Dashboard Enhances Research and Clinical Practices

    12/16/2022
    Last week, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), launched a first-of-its-kind national data dashboard of non-fatal opioid overdoses across the country....Read More

  • CU Faculty Lead Report on 10 Recommendations to Promote Firearm Injury Prevention

    12/6/2022
    The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has identified firearm suicide prevention as a key priority, but critical gaps remain in preventing deaths by firearm among service members. According to the 2020 DoD Annual Suicide Report, approximately 60-80% of suicides among service members are enacted with a firearm....Read More

  • Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield Research Hosts Rep. Crow to Highlight Defense Health Research

    12/2/2022
    U.S. Rep. Jason Crow visited the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus on Monday to learn more about current programs and research on the campus that address the U.S. military’s medical needs, including solutions in combat casualty care, critical and emergency care, surgical trauma, and acute mental health. The Center for Combat Medicine and Battlefield (COMBAT) Research hosted the visit that included additional CU leadership and research groups for a supportive discussion on current military medical challenges....Read More

  • Protecting and Supporting Veterans Through Mental Health Interventions

    11/11/2022
    On Veterans Day, we honor those who serve and have served in the U.S. military. For two University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers, Veterans Day is also a time to reflect on the importance of mental health support for veterans at risk for suicide. Through intervention strategies and close collaboration with veterans and clinicians, they are working on strategies and tactics to prevent veteran suicides by firearm....Read More

  • Emergency Medicine Researchers Lead Innovation at Military Health Science Research Symposium

    9/30/2022
    The focus on providing care for those on the front lines continues to grow with more investments in research to improve care for service members on battlegrounds. That research was on full display at this year’s Military Health Science Research Symposium (MHSRS), hosted by the Department of Defense (DOD), where researchers and faculty members from the University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine presented new scientific findings. ...Read More

  • CU Contributes Key Data to National Study of Airway Management

    12/8/2021
    Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube With Stylet on Successful Intubation on the First Attempt Among Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Tracheal Intubation...Read More

  • Dr. Ginde Discusses Monoclonal Antibodies and how they Treat COVID-19 on CPR

    12/2/2021
    A lot remains elusive about COVID-19 -- including what to expect from the new Omicron variant. But scientists do know a few things: the vaccine offers the best protection yet and, more recently, that monoclonal antibodies help prevent severe illness. Ragan Sasaki was fully vaccinated when she caught the virus in October. Monoclonal antibodies helped her get better. Dr. Adit Ginde is an emergency physician at UC Health and professor of emergency medicine at the CU School of Medicine. He explains how the treatment works....Read More

  • IVY Network Shows Strong Association Between COVID Vaccination and Decreased Disease Severity

    11/4/2021
    Association Between mRNA Vaccination and COVID-19 Hospitalization and Disease Severity....Read More

  • Dr. Ginde Discusses Monoclonal Antibody Treatment as a Compliment to Vaccines

    9/10/2021
    People who get COVID-19 have a treatment option that can significantly reduce their odds of hospitalization, but it’s not a substitute for trying to avoid infection in the first place through vaccination, doctors say....Read More

  • Dr. Ginde Describes how Monoclonal Antibody Treatment can Protect High Risk COVID Patients

    8/31/2021
    How monoclonal antibody treatment can protect high-risk Covid patients...Read More

  • Dr. Bebarta Awarded NIH Award to Investigate Chlorine Gas Counter-Measures

    8/19/2021
    Dr. Bebarta was awarded a highly competitive NIH R21 research grant to study the use of thiosulfate for chlorine gas exposures, which can cause deadly respiratory symptoms in military or industrial exposures....Read More

  • Dr. Betz Featured in JAMA News

    8/4/2021
    “It feels like there’s this wonderful [burst of] topics being studied, the questions being asked, the answers we’re getting, as well as the growth of the people doing the work, which is what we’ve needed for decades,” Emmy Betz, MD, MPH, associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said in an interview. “We’re still way behind, but hopefully it will continue,” noted Betz, who received 2 NIH awards....Read More

  • CU Emergency Medicine Leads Cutting-Edge COVID Research

    5/1/2021
    As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination coverage increases in the United States, there is a need to understand the real-world effectiveness against severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and among people at increased risk for poor outcomes....Read More

  • Monoclonal Antibody Work Receives Media Attention

    4/27/2021
    UCHealth doctors urge recently diagnosed COVID patients to consider monoclonal antibody treatment...Read More

  • Dr. Ginde Weighs in on Vitamin D as a Way to Prevent COVID

    4/14/2021
    A Year In, Here's What We Know About Vitamin D For Preventing COVID...Read More

  • Data on gun violence would save lives — just like it has for car crashes

    4/8/2021
    In 2010, total U.S. traffic deaths fell to their lowest level since the 1950s – due in part to more motorists buying into “buckling up and embracing safety innovations.” Motor vehicle death rates have remained roughly steady since that time despite more people driving....Read More

  • Center for COMBAT Research testing BioSticker to predict COVID-19 infections

    3/31/2021
    “We say we are working on solving the Department of Defense’s toughest clinical problems so it benefits the service members,” service member and UCHealth Doctor Vik Bebarta said. Bebarta also leads the CU Anschutz COMBAT Center. “We also want to benefit our Colorado community as a whole.”...Read More

  • Dr. Ginde leads effort to reach and treat Coloradans with COVID-19

    3/18/2021
    The nation has been coping with the pandemic for more than a year, and in this time, researchers have learned a great deal about how to treat COVID-19. Yet they have also been faced with what they still must learn, including how to reach the individuals who have been most dramatically impacted by the disease....Read More

  • Drs. Lemery and Hynes Discuss Training Clinical and Public Health Leaders in Climate and Health

    12/15/2020
    Training Clinical And Public Health Leaders In Climate And Health...Read More

  • Dr. Comstock Receives Award to Study Medication Assisted Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder

    12/11/2020
    Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) has been shown to improve outcomes for patients dealing with substance use disorder. The University of Colorado Department of Emergency Medicine is a leader in bringing MAT to the emergency setting, but there is much work to do before MAT is available to most emergency patients.Dr. Comstock, in partnership with the Hoppe Lab, was awarded the EMF/NIDA Mentored Training Award in Substance Use Disorders Science Dissemination to fund their project: Defining and Addressing Barriers to Buprenorphine Prescribing in Emergency Departments Across a Healthcare System. ...Read More

  • Dr. Betz's Online Storage Map Research Highlighted in NIMH News

    10/23/2020

  • Dr. Abbate to Study Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Pain in Older Veterans

    10/9/2020
    As we learn more and more about the dangers of opioid pain medications, alternative approaches for chronic pain are desperately needed, especially for older patients where the side effects of pain medications can be the most problematic. Dr. Lauren Abbate received a grant from the Emergency Medicine Foundation to study non-pharmacologic treatments, including exercise and weight management, for non-traumatic knee pain in older veterans....Read More

  • Dr. Little to Study Regional Disaster Response

    9/30/2020
    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today awarded Denver Health and Hospital Authority a $3 million cooperative agreement to demonstrate how a Regional Disaster Health Response System (RDHRS) can improve medical surge and clinical specialty capabilities – including trauma, burn or other specialty care – during a national emergency and save more lives....Read More

  • 7M in Grants Awarded to Study Trauma Outcomes in South Africa

    9/9/2020
    The C3 (Cape-Colorado-COMBAT) Global Trauma Network was awarded a pair of research grants funded by the US Department of Defense to study trauma outcomes in the Western Cape of South Africa over a 5-year period. The study is nicknamed “EpiC” (the official title is, “Epidemiology and Outcomes of Combat-Relevant Prolonged Trauma Care: a Prospective Multicenter Prehospital Study in South Africa.”)In this exciting study, the co-PI’s, Dr. Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman and Dr. Adit Ginde, have brought together a large team of multi-disciplinary collaborators and co-investigators from the University of Colorado, Denver Health, the US military, and multiple institutions in South Africa, led...Read More

  • How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Health Care?

    2/21/2019
    The explosion of big data promises potential breakthroughs in disease treatments, but, just as in the development of new drugs, scientists and clinicians must exercise caution in how they apply algorithms and other technologies, according to a CU Anschutz panel of experts...Read More

  • Bystanders less likely to perform CPR on women: studies

    11/5/2018
    “While these are actual fears the public holds, it is important to realize that CPR is lifesaving and should be rendered to collapsed individuals regardless of gender, race or ethnicity,” says lead study author Dr. Sarah M. Perman, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado....Read More

  • How Families of Gun Owners with Dementia Grapple with Safety

    6/25/2018
    Around half of all Americans older than 65 live in a home with a firearm. And one in three senior citizens dies with some form of dementia. By one estimate, by 2050, as many as 12 million people with dementia may live in homes with guns....Read More

  • Is Speech Recognition Viable in the Emergency Department?

    4/1/2017
    The University of Colorado and Brigham and Women's Hospital published "Incidence of Speech Recognition Errors in the Emergency Department" to explore more about the mistakes that had entered the EHR system through the ED. How many errors had actually been introduced? Were they trivial, or did they have the potential to impact the quality of care or create medical liability?...Read More

  • Hypothermia Protects Brain Function, Increases Survival After Nonshockable Cardiac Arrest

    11/24/2015
    Using therapeutic hypothermia to treat comatose patients who have experienced an in- or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and who have nonshockable initial rhythms can increase their chance of survival neurologically intact, new research suggests[1]....Read More

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