OpenFieldCU Anschutz · Aurora, Colorado, United States
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz) in Aurora, Colorado, is the largest academic health sciences center in the Rocky Mountain region and a world-renowned biomedical research institution. Originating in 1883 and relocated to a cutting-edge 256-acre medical campus, CU Anschutz encompasses the School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, Colorado School of Public Health, and two nationally ranked hospitals: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado.
CU Anschutz generates over $700 million in annual sponsored research funding. It is internationally celebrated for revolutionary cancer clinical trials at the CU Cancer Center, breakthrough neurobiology at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, immunology, and diabetes therapeutics at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes.
Medical admissions are processed via AMCAS with CASPer exams, MCAT scores, and rigorous clinical prerequisites. Biomedical doctoral programs are fully funded through the Graduate School and require extensive bench research experience, academic transcripts, and letters of recommendation.
Elite doctoral training conducting cutting-edge bench research in tumor microenvironments, CAR-T cell immunotherapy, autoimmune pathogenesis, and molecular genetics.
Top-tier LCME-accredited medical doctorate featuring the Trek curriculum, offering longitudinal clinical clerkships across UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado.
ACPE-accredited four-year professional pharmacy doctorate recognized for pharmacogenomics clinical training, inpatient acute care rotations, and infectious disease therapeutics.
Doctoral research program investigating lipid nanoparticle drug formulation, blood-brain barrier transport mechanisms, and pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling.
CEPH-accredited tripartite school (CU, CSU, UNC) offering concentrations in epidemiology, environmental occupational health, global public health, and maternal child health.
Translational doctoral program for clinicians and health researchers focusing on clinical trial epidemiology, health economics, dissemination science, and comparative effectiveness.
Dean & Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
School of Medicine
Dr. Reilly is an internationally renowned pulmonary physician-scientist whose research investigates the genetic determinants of chronic obstructive pulmonary di...
View researcher profile ↗Director of CU Cancer Center & Chair of Surgery
CU Cancer Center
Dr. Schulick directs the NCI-designated CU Cancer Center, leading surgical clinical trials in pancreatic and biliary neoplasms and tumor antigen-specific immuno...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Dr. Restrepo's laboratory explores the sensory neurobiology of the olfactory bulb, optical calcium imaging of neural networks, and decision-making circuit dynam...
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