The Division of General Internal Medicine has a strong and growing research enterprise. Divisional research is supported by grants from the NIH (NCI, NCCAM, NIDDK), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Award, Commonwealth Fund, Department of Defense, National Center for Palliative Care Research, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association as well as private donations (Mordecai Palliative Care Research Fund) and an endowed chair (Meiklejohn Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine). The GIM small grants program provides opportunities for new researchers to obtain experience in the field. Please take a moment to review the information we provide about our research programs, areas of interest, and research faculty.
Divisional areas of research expertise include:
- Chronic Disease management
- Cardiovascular disease prevention and management
- Diabetes prevention and management
- Health Disparities/ vulnerable populations
- Hospice and community-based research, symptom and quality of life research, heart failure
- Medical Education
- Palliative Care
- Patient-centered Health Information Technology
- Practice redesign and health care delivery
- Primary Care for the Underserved
- Shared decision-making and decision support, including use of information technology and disease registries
Please choose a category from the areas of research to the right for more information, or browse information about our partnerships and collaborations from the links provided below.
Links and partnerships:
Colorado Health Outcomes Program
Division of Health Care Policy and Research
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics
University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center
Population-Based Palliative Care Research Network
Center for Health Promotion
Division of Substance Dependence