健康 & 健康

Community focus, global reach

At DU, we’re committed to enriching communities by improving healthcare. Our wellness 和 public health research covers a range of topics, from evaluating 3D printing in heart valve replacement to considering cultural perspectives for more effective psychotherapy.

Some of the research our students conduct addresses health disparities at a local level, as seen in our work with Denver schools to develop 项目 to improve peer relationships. Other research efforts focus on global concerns involving the psychological effects of trauma 和 disaster recovery. With options for both undergraduate 和 graduate students, you’ll have the chance to engage in these activities the day you arrive.

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    Options at All Levels

    In addition to graduate opportunities, we offer undergraduate students the chance to participate in our health 和 wellness research.

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    不同的主题

    From biomechanics to psychotherapy, we host a variety of 项目 appealing to students interested in health 和 wellness fields.

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    Widespread Involvement

    60 percent of our faculty are involved in research, with 422 individual faculty members contributing to published works.

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Innovation Bootcamp at DU

The University of Denver’s Project X-ITE hosted Flight to Denver, a three-day bootcamp for technologists, 工程师, scientists 和 other innovators. 在一起, they worked with experts from universities, the private sector, nonprofits 和 public sector groups to solve global problems like hunger 和 poverty.

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Alums Fight Poverty

A 2006 service learning project inspired two University of Denver students to fight poverty at home in the Westwood neighborhood, one of Denver's poorest. When they found a major problem in limited access to healthy food, they developed a nonprofit that works with residents to build gardens 和 community urban farms.

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University of Denver students research spinal cord 和 brain injuries.
Access via Design

Three engineering students spent a year working to design 和 build an adaptive seat so a patient with paraplegia could participate in Denver's Dragon Boat Festival. The seat is the product of a long-running partnership between DU 和 Craig Hospital to provide options for people with spinal cord 和 brain injuries.

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Community Engagement

We have a balanced focus between basic science 和 the application of research to communities. Our faculty 和 students are active in the community, seeing how their work can benefit individual outcomes like working to underst和 the mental health effects of domestic violence 和 partnering with local law enforcement to help victims. We're also putting numbers to the effectiveness of chiropractic work.

Another major effort began when student researchers from our Graduate School of Professional Psychology found that 96 percent of prisoners in the Denver County Jail had a history of traumatic brain injury. This led to the creation of an ongoing therapy program spanning the Front Range, providing mental health assistance, community resources, 和 classes for correctional officers 和 family members. The goal of this work is to give communities the support necessary to re-integrate these individuals when they're released 和 reduce rates of repeated offense.

中心, 研究院 & 实验室

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Knoebel Institute For 健康y Aging

The Knoebel Institute creates 和 implements solutions for issues related to aging. It takes a holistic approach to problem solving, incorporating engineering, 自然科学, social work 和 psychology. Current research efforts range from underst和ing the impact concussions during youth have on the development of Alzheimer's later in life to improving public attitudes towards aging.

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Professor Todd Blankenship examines test tube samples in a research lab.

Professor Todd Blankenship

Dr. Blankenship uses imaging 和 genetic techniques to study the reshaping of epithelial cells, which are the architecture of our skin 和 our organs. A loss of defined tissue architecture is the hallmark of many human diseases. He 和 his team seek to fully explore this connection with the help of graduate 和 undergraduate students in the biological sciences, biochemistry 和 physics.

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Human Dynamics Lab

Our Human Dynamics Lab works to develop new ways to underst和 human movement 和 its relation to injury 和 recovery. Using cameras 和 the motion tracking technology typically associated with video game design 和 computer animation, we're finding new ways to improve rehabilitation techniques 和 help athletes avoid injury.

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Office of 研究 & Sponsored Programs

2601 E Colorado Avenue
Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Corinne Lengsfeld

Senior Vice Provost for 研究 & Graduate Education