Research has shown that animals are good for your mental health. Merely petting a dog causes the release of dopamine and serotonin, and the mere presence of them can help with depression and anxiety.
At the University of Denver, the Stress, Early Experiences, and Development (SEED) Research Institute is tackling big issues affecting small children. Founded in 2014 as the SEED Research Center, it became the SEED Research Institute in early 2024.
Founded in the late 1990s by University of Denver faculty members Paul Rullkoetter, Ph.D., and Peter Laz, Ph.D., the Center for Orthopaedic Biomechanics has helped catalyze a wide range of innovations in implants and relevant surgeries in the years since.
Research at the University of Denver is showing promise for the treatment of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Sunil Kumar, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at DU and its Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, is leading the research.
Researchers from the University of Denver and National Jewish Health have teamed up to study how pollutants move around the Denver metro area and develop better forecasting models and more-actionable warning systems.
Colorado’s top universities have contributed to the state’s life-sciences cluster by churning out new life sciences companies based on related research and attracting companies to the area that want to take advantage of the research. Here’s a snapshot of the different types of life-sciences research going on at the state’s premier research institutions.
Through the Diplometrics program at the University of Denver’s Frederick S. Pardee Institute for International Futures, with the help of roughly 40 part-time graduate and undergraduate research assistants and four full time staff, DU builds data on diplomatic exchanges, security related interactions, economic interaction such as trade, and we try to find out what all that means for shifting geopolitical dynamics usually related to power and influence in the international system.
Research at the University of Denver is on a notably steep trajectory. In the last decade, the amount of external funding has tripled.
Quantum-technology research efforts in Colorado received a major shot in the arm this summer thanks to a massive funding boost from the U.S. Department Of Commerce’s Tech Hub program.