University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Clinical and Translational Research Centers (CTRC)

Locations

Woman checking on patient Provide infrastructure, resources, and dedicated space to conduct clinical research. Available resources include research nursing, nutrition, informatics, statistics, regulatory and compliance support and core laboratory services. Supporting both investigator-initiated studies including multi-center NIH studies and industry-initiated protocols. All services are provided as fee-for-service resources with federally-funded studies receiving subsidized rates. Only IRB-approved protocols can request CTRC services.

CTRC units are available at:

University of Colorado Hospital
Children's Hospital Colorado
National Jewish Health
University of Colorado Boulder

Outpatient CTRC Hours of Operation

Monday - Thursday, 7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday - 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

Inpatient CTRC Hours of Operation

Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week except as listed below

Clinic, Nursing and Laboratory Closure Schedules
Inpatient		Outpatient and Laboratory
Holiday schedule		Dates for holiday closures
New Year's Day	1/1/21	New Year's Day	1/1/21
Thanksgiving Day	11/25/21	Martin Luther King Jr. Day	1/18/21
Christmas Day	12/25/21	Presidents' Day	2/15/21
		Memorial Day	5/31/21
		Independence Day	7/5/21
		Labor Day	9/6/21
		Thanksgiving Day	11/25/21 - 11/26/21
		Christmas Day	12/23/21 - 12/24/21

Supports research visits in dedicated inpatient and outpatient research facilities as well as limited mobile services to conduct research visits within the University of Colorado Hospital.

Facilities and Services

Core Laboratory
Nutrition Services
Nursing Services
Whole room Calorimeter
Sleep laboratory
Metabolic and exercise testing facilities including RMR and vO2max
Exam rooms
Echocardiogram & Vascular Imaging
Chemotherapy Infusion Center
Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA)

Outpatient CTRC Hours of Operation

Monday - Thursday: 7:00 am - 5:30 pm
Friday: 7:00 am - 1:30 pm

Inpatient CTRC by request

Clinic, Nursing and Laboratory Closure Schedules
Thanksgiving Day	11/25/21 - 11/26/21
Christmas Day	12/23/21 - 12/24/21
New Year's Eve	12/31/21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	1/17/22
Memorial Day	5/30/2022

Supports research visits in inpatient and outpatient research facilities within Children's Hospital Colorado.

Facilities and Services

Children’s Hospital Colorado CTRC Core Lab
Nutrition Services
Nursing Services
Infusion Center
Exam rooms
Procedure room
Body composition measurement via DEXA, BOD POD, and PEA POD
Metabolic and exercise testing including RMR and vO2max
Bronchoscopy
Cardiac monitoring equipment
Echocardiogram & vascular imaging

The National Jewish Health CTRC includes an Outpatient Clinic, expert research Nursing Services and a Core Laboratory offering a menu of specialized assays. In addition, the CTRC provides specialized research services such as regulatory support and ECG testing.

All services are provided as fee-for-service resources.

Facilities & Services

NJH CTRC Inflammation & Immunology Core Lab
Nursing Services
Exam rooms
Procedure room
Interview room
ECG machines
Allergy skin prick testing
Skin biopsies
Physical exams
Spirometry
Phlebotomy
Skin epithelial barrier measurements
Interviews for structured questionnaires
Skin microbiome collections
Medication administration (topical, oral, IV)
Sweat chloride testing

National Jewish Health CTRC Inflammation & Immunology Core Lab

Our focus is specialized immunologic assays relevant to immunity and inflammation and not clinical diagnostic assays. We have access to coordinate with the National Jewish Health clinical immunology labs with in-house pricing, providing investigators access to unique immunology and inflammation assays.

All services are provided as fee-for-service resources.

Procedures

Immunofluorescent Cell Staining (PBMCs, lymphyocytes, RBCs, BAL and induced sputum)
Flow Cytometry Analysis (Cell Quest Pro and Flowjo)
Lymphocyte Proliferation Assays (including responses to beryllium and various steroids)
Proliferation Assays using cancer cell lines to determine the effectiveness of drug therapy
Cell Culturing +/- various stimulation
DNA extraction from whole blood and various tissues and skin swabs
Cell isolations (PBMC, BAL, sputum, CD4+ selection)
RNA extraction from whole blood and various tissues
ELISA
Isolation and storage of serum, plasma, PBMCs, BAL, and sputum; cryopreserve and snap freeze cells; prepare slides and perform differential cell counts; prepare and store urine samples; extract and store/assay supernatants from cell culture; extract buffy coat for storage or DNA extraction; prepare lung biopsies for analysis; prepare lung brushings for analysis; prepare and store whole blood; perform colony forming assays on cell lines; develop new assays as needed.

The University of Colorado Boulder CTRC includes an outpatient clinic located in Wardenburg Health Center, access to expert nursing and nutrition services, and an Integrative Physiology Laboratory.

All services are provided as fee-for-service resources.

Facilities and Services