CEPS Grantees
Join us in welcoming our 2026 CEPS Grantees!
University of Colorado Hospital
Victoria Reiser, NP, AG-ACDNP
Red Light Therapy to Reduce the Incidence and Severity of Oral Mucositis
Heather Murray, MD, MPH
Improving Access to Care and Hospital Length of Stay for Complex Medical-psychiatric Patients
Samuel Lazaroff, MD | Jordyn Feinstein, MD
Reducing Loss to Follow-up Through a Nursing-Driven Transfer Education Program
Henry Kramer, MD, SFHM | Glen Peterson, ACNP, DNP
Saving Transfusions based on Evidence While Analyzing Realtime Data for Safety (STEWARDS): Hospital Wide Implementation of Evidence-Based Transfusion Guidelines for Lumbar Puncture and Bone Marrow Biopsy
Matthew Westfall, MD | Samuel Porter, MD
Creation of a Community-Based Street Medicine Referral for Discharging Patients Experiencing Homelessness to Improve Post-Discharge Follow-up and ReadmissionsRachel Weiss, MD | Kristy Hawley, MD, MPH, FAC
Ileus Unplugged: Standardizing Management to Improve Recovery and Safety
Jakob Gamboa, MD, MPH | Courtney Hickey, BSN, RN, CCRN | Ben Cloyd, MD, MIPH
Improving Communication in Outpatient Endoscopy Through Multimodal, Language-Concordant Instruction DeliveryChildren's Hospital Colorado
Sydney Behrmann, MD, MS
Protocolizing Sedation Weaning and Liberation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Emily Clennon, MD, MPH
Optimizing Immediate Post-Operative Imaging for Genitourinary Reconstruction Patients
Sarah Schmidt, MD, MSHI
Streamlining Anschutz ED Referral Calls with a Risk Stratified Acceptance WorkflowMelissa Tanverdi, MD
Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART) Start at Emergency Department Discharge for Children with Asthma
Liliane Diab, MD | Tiera Nell, MD
Development of an Automated Epic Tube Action Plan to Improve Care Coordination for Pediatric Patients Receiving Enteral FeedingKimiko Dunbar, MD | Justin Lockwood, MD, MSCS
Improving Timeliness, Efficiency, and Safety of Pediatric Hospital Admissions at Children's Hospital Colorado through Enhanced Hospitalist Admission Coordination