Crnic Institute

The Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome aims to eradicate the ill effects associated with Down syndrome and significantly improve the lives of people with Down syndrome throughout the world.

With the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation commitment of $34 million the Institute will be a global beacon for research and care. It will be the first national organization to comprehensively engage in basic research, clinical research and clinical care all under one umbrella. It will integrate the highest quality basic, translational and clinical research, clinical trials, therapeutic development, medical care, education and advocacy.

The inspiration for the establishment of the Linda Crnic Institute is Sophia Kay Whitten, the granddaughter of Anna and John J. Sie who happens to have Down syndrome.

Named in memory of Dr. Linda Crnic

Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Director of the Colorado Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Center, who died in a bicycle accident in 2004
In honor of her unwavering dedication to people with Down syndrome through translational research

Institute Umbrella Partners

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
University of Colorado at Boulder
The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo.
Anna and John J. Sie Foundation

Location

Headquartered at the University of Colorado Denver’s Anschutz Medical Campus including 10,000 sq feet of research space
Basic research laboratories at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Clinical care facilities for the Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome at The Children’s Hospital representing several thousand square feet when at full capacity