Our campus impact on the
environment: Storm water concern
The university community includes students, faculty, medical researchers, staff, and patients who may not always be aware of their potential impact on the campus environment, including surrounding areas. Stormwater runoff is one area that can have a wide impact – on campus and eventually nearby creeks that flow into the South Platte River.

Study tests oral insulin to prevent type 1 diabetes
Researchers at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in people at risk for the disease.

Burn awareness: 43 percent of all burns happen at home
It is estimated that more than one million burn injuries occur every year and of that, 50 percent could be avoided. Burn Awareness Week, observed the first full week in February each year, is an opportunity to remind parents and children about potential hazards that can lead to burns in the home.

UCD among grant awardees to study
wheelchair transportation safety
The University of Colorado Denver has been named one of four university partners awarded a five-year, $4.5 million federal grant to continue research on transportation safety and usability for people who use wheelchairs.

President Hank Brown resigns
University of Colorado President Hank Brown recently announced that he will resign from the presidency, effective Feb. 1, 2008. Brown, 66, is CU’s 21st president.

Water information available on web site
Over the past several months, there has been a great deal of investigation and analysis to determine areas of water quality concern at the UCD facilities at the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Collaboration funded to develop nanotechnology for
diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of melanoma
A unique collaboration between electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and cancer researchers may be the perfect combination to improve diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with melanoma.

Rosemary Najera makes a difference by doing
If you have called 724-4444, then you have probably talked to Rosemary Najera, who has been a police communications technician for the Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons since July 1999.

International Student Program at the School of Dentistry
graduates students from around the world
An even dozen students recently graduated from the School of Dentistry’s International Student Program (ISP).

Study finds that people with diabetes
get far less exercise than others
Though numerous studies have shown that increasing physical activity helps to prevent diabetes and its many complications, a new survey in the February issue of Diabetes Care shows that people with diabetes or at high risk for this disease remain far less active than the rest of the nation.

Physician calls for shift in research
methods to improve patient care
A shift in emphasis from clinical trials to practice-based research could significantly improve the speed and quality with which new medical findings are incorporated into patient care

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