Colorado Center for Diabetes Translation Research
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are at greater risk of being diagnosed with diabetes than any other segment of the U.S. population, suffer high rates of serious complications due to diabetes, and die prematurely as a consequence. The Colorado Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CO-CDTR) is one of seven NIDDK-funded Diabetes Translation Research Centers to support and enhance diabetes translation research.
Mission
CO-CDTR's mission is to translate research of proven efficacy into practice in both clinical and community settings, with the goal of improving the diabetes-related health
of Native people. CO-CDTR builds directly upon our decade-long coordination of the Indian Health Service’s Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI).
Specific aims
CO-CDTR provides resources locally, regionally, and nationally in areas relevant to the NIDDK's translation research agenda. Our work is specific to AI/ANs, but is generalizable to other segments of the population. CO-CDTR's specific aims are to:
- Provide an administrative structure that promotes excellence in translation research and research capacity-building specific to improving diabetes-related health among AI/ANs;
- Evaluate the impact of training, technical assistance, and consultation activities on the capacity of other investigators to pursue scientifically meritorious diabetes translation research specific to AI/ANs;
- Expand training, technical assistance, and consultation activities, delivered through a Research Base of funded faculty, whose research either targets diabetes or is translational in nature with clear potential for application to diabetes. Services focus on the following emphasis areas:
- Community outreach and engagement
- Adaptation of interventions
- Health literacy
- Health information technologies
- Dissemination and implementation
- Sustainability
- Qualitative methods
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As depicted in the graphic, CO-CDTR includes five cores that work together to promote translation research.