Children's Hospital Colorado

Research & Innovation

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Where bold ideas fuel a healthier future for kids

Here, research is embedded in everything we do. We're committed to tackling the biggest challenges in child health from every angle — from basic science to large-scale clinical trials. It's not always about massive, life-changing breakthroughs, but also the smaller wins along the way. All of it adds up to a better, healthier future for kids.

Thanks to an embedded research partnership with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, we are one of the largest university-affiliated healthcare research complexes in the world with our robust support from the Colorado Child Health Research Institute.

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Our research thrives with giving

Scientific progress shouldn’t slow or stop due to lack of financial support. While grants are essential, we can't conduct our critical, lifesaving research without the financial support of generous donors. Child health research grants can be competitive and hard to secure. Thanks to donors, we’re able to fill the funding gap and continually identify promising new therapies.

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Our Precision Medicine Institute

Here, we’ve always taken a personalized approach. Now we have new and better technologies to help us take personalized care to the next level. By offering individualized care based on each child’s genetics, we can help them get better faster — and with fewer side effects.

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