Evaluating Risk Factors for Viral Acquisition and Severe Disease

• Project title: Evaluating Risk Factors for Viral Acquisition and Severe Disease (The CCC Study)
• Timeline: August  1, 2020 - July 31, 2021
• Funder: Child Health Research Award
• Faculty lead: Drs. Abuogi & Smith
• Funding amount: $75,000
• Project overview: Study aims to document demographic and clinical outcome data as well as racial and ethical disparities among children and young adults diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 in Colorado.

Healthcare Worker SARS- CoV-2 Prevalence Study

• Project Title: Healthcare Worker SARS- CoV-2 Prevalence Study
  
• Timeline: October 2, 2020- June 14, 2021
  
• Funder: Colorado Department for Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
  
• Faculty lead: Drs. Berman and Jaenisch
  
• Funding amount: $125,205
  
• Project overview: To determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease course in healthcare workers in Denver, Colorado.

Asymptomatic & Pre-symptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a Community Congregant Setting

• Project title: Asymptomatic and Pre-symptomatic transmission of SARS- CoV-2 in a community congregant setting: A study to understand how infection control practices can mitigate exposure risks
• Timeline: Sept 30, 2019 - Sept 30, 2021
• Funder: World Health Organization (WHO)
• Faculty lead: Dr. Chu
• Funding amount: $519,904
• Project overview: To measure how transmission of COVID-19 occurs in communities using an innovative SARS-CoV2 capture system through face mask sampling (FMS, with polyvinyl alcohol capture strips.)

The DeMaND 2 Package of PPE Related Studies to Improve IPC Practice and Safety

• Project title: The DeMaND 2 Package of PPE related studies to improve IPC practice and safety
• Timeline: November 23, 2020 - Pending                                  
• Funder: World Health Organization (WHO)
• Faculty lead: Dr. Chu
• Funding amount: $805,081
• Project overview: DeMaND2 is a suite of 8 proposals that are proposed to advance the findings of the Development of methods for Masks and N95 respirators Decontamination (DeMaND) study. This bundle of studies provides knowledge and facts to the World Health Organization (WHO) on improving overall infection prevention control (IPC) to make informed decision in their guidance for safety and care.

Reconciliation of Cohort Data in Infectious Diseases (ReCODID)

• Project title: Reconciliation of Cohort data in Infectious Diseases (ReCODID)
• Timeline: July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022                             
• Funder: European Commission
• Faculty lead: Dr. Jaenisch
• Funding amount: $757,269
• Project overview: To curate and make available pooled clinical and genomic data from COVID-19 cohorts around the world.

Arapahoe County SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Prevalence

• Project title: Arapahoe County SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Prevalence
• Timeline: June 15, 2020 - November 30, 2020    
• Funder: CARES Act via Arapahoe County
• Faculty lead: Drs. Lamb & Rochford           
• Funding amount: $125,000
• Project overview: To determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in the general population of Arapahoe County, Colorado.
  

Community-Based Natural History and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Rural Guatemala

• Project Title: Community-Based Natural History and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Rural Guatemala
  
• Timeline: Oct 1, 2020- Dec 31, 2021
  
• Funder: CARES Act Global- CDC
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Olson
  
• Funding amount: $1,058,477
  
• Project overview: Using existing population-based cohorts of pregnant women, young children, and agricultural workers with underlying medical conditions in rural Guatemala, we aim to implement prospective surveillance for COVID-like illness (CLI), perform SARS CoV-2 RT-PCR testing, and then complete comprehensive household investigations to characterize clinical outcomes, identify risk groups, and evaluate household transmission, including among asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and symptomatic adults and children.

Clinical and Economic Impact of Respiratory Infections in a Cohort of Guatemalan Agricultural Workers

• Project title: Clinical and economic impact of respiratory infections in a cohort of Guatemalan agricultural workers, and the natural history and protection of the SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal coronavirus antibody response
• Timeline: October 30, 2020 - October 29, 2024                      
• Funder: Roche Diagnostics
• Faculty lead: Dr. Olson
• Funding amount: $296,609
• Project overview: To assess annual seroprevalence and evaluate persistence of serologic immunity in 3K23AI143967-01, we propose a laboratory-based study on the CU campus, using well-characterized samples collected from Guatemala. All annual serum samples (est. 2,500/year) and PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 samples (est. 200/year) will be tested on the anti-SARS-CoV-2 Elecsys IgG assay in the Beckham Laboratory.

Open Philanthropy Project CSPH Support Fund

• Project Title: Open Philanthropy Project CSPH Support Fund
  
• Timeline: Apr 1, 2020- Ongoing
  
• Funder: Open Philanthropy
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Chu
  
• Funding amount: $250,000
  
• Project overview: To support research related to personal protective equipment for health care workers, including decontamination and safe reuse of face masks and respirators.

Ensuring Quality Management of COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing

• Project Title: Ensuring Quality Management of COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing
  
• Timeline: Mar 16, 2020- May 31, 2021
  
• Funder: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Chu
  
• Funding amount: $386,838
  
• Project overview: To enable quality management and equitable access to diagnostic test materials for the novel 2019 coronavirus

Pathway to Scale for Zika Diagnostic Tests

• Project title: Pathway to Scale: A Feasibility Study on the uses of Zika Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests
• Timeline: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021
• Funder: UNICEF
• Faculty lead: Dr. Chu
• Funding amount: $696,308
  
• Project overview: To coordinate a harmonized diagnostic test implementation strategy scaled to meet regional specifications.

Expanding Xenosurveillance Capabilities in Latin America

• Project title: Expanding xenosurveillance capabilities in Latin America
• Timeline: July 1, 2020- May 31, 2022
  
• Funder: Colorado State University and National Institutes of Health (NIH)              
  
• Faculty leads:  Drs. Ebel, Lamb & Olson    
• Funding amount: $150,545
• Project overview: To validate xenosurveillance through a direct comparison to human-based syndromic surveillance.

Predictors of Influenza-Associated Absenteeism and Impact of Vaccination

• Project Title: Predictors of Influenza-Associated Absenteeism and Impact of Vaccination in a Cohort of Guatemalan Agricultural Workers
  
• Timeline: Sept 1, 2019- Aug 31, 2024
  
• Funder: NIAID
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Olson
  
• Funding amount: $969,845
  
• Project overview: PA 18-375: Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23): Predictors of Influenza-Associated Absenteeism and Impact of Vaccination in a Cohort of Guatemalan Agricultural Workers.

Consortium of Respiratory Infectious Diseases Study & Prevention

• Project title: Universitas Padjadjaran, Consortium of Respiratory Infectious Diseases Study & Prevention
• Timeline: June 15, 2017 - May 31, 2021
• Funder: IIE USAID
• Faculty lead: Dr. Simoes
• Funding amount: $1,000,000

University of Colorado Forum on Seasonal Influenza Infections

• Project title: University of Colorado Forum on Seasonal Influenza Infections
• Timeline: Nov 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021
  
• Funder: Sanofi US Services Inc.
• Faculty lead: Dr. Andrus
• Funding amount: $100,000
• Project overview: To review available evidence and develop a white paper on seasonal influenza vaccination, prevention, and control strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Summit Foundation Guatemala Site Support

• Project Title: Summit Foundation Guatemala Site Support
  
• Timeline: Jan 1, 2021- Ongoing
  
• Funder: The Summit Foundation
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Berman
  
• Funding amount: $50,000
  
• Project overview: To provide support for the Center for Human Development in Guatemala, to be managed by the Director of the Center for Global Health, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

ASPR - Mountain Plains Regional Disaster Health Response System

• Project title: ASPR - Mountain Plains Regional Disaster Health Response System
• Timeline: October 1, 2020 - October 31, 2021                      
• Funder: FEMA
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Wathen
• Funding amount: $3,000,000
• Project overview: To develop regional coordination for disasters across the state of Colorado and eventually across FEMA region 8.
  

Towards an African Platform for Congenital Malformations and Birth Defects

• Project title: Towards an African platform for congenital malformations and birth defects
• Funder: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Pilot Grant
• Faculty lead: Dr. Jaenisch
• Funding amount: Pending
• Project overview: To demonstrate the feasibility of collecting baseline data on the frequency of congenital anomalies in rural Africa, including on the variability of head circumference measurements.

Expand Services, Education, and Outreach for State Refugee Population

• Project title: Expand services, education and outreach for state refugee population
• Timeline: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023                      
• Funder: US Department of Justice
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Heinrichs
• Funding amount: $300,000
• Project overview: This three-year grant is to expand services, education and outreach on FGM/C to community members and medical professional.

Establishing the Epidemiology and Outcomes of Combat-Relevant Prolonged Trauma Care

• Project Title: Establishing the Epidemiology and Outcomes of Combat-Relevant Prolonged Trauma Care: A Prospective Multicenter Prehospital Pilot Study in South Africa
• Timeline: Sept 30, 2019- Sept 30, 2021
  
• Funder: The Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs- Defense Medical Research and Development Program
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Mould-Millman
  
• Funding amount: $1,725,977

Clinical Validation and Determination of Appropriate Cut-offs for Pneumococcal Urine Antigen Test

• Project Title: Clinical validation and determination of appropriate cut-offs for pneumococcal urine antigen test in children <5 years of age with community acquired pneumonia in Guatemala
  
• Timeline: Sept 9, 2018- Jun 30, 2021
  
• Funder: Pfizer, Inc.
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Asturias
  
• Funding amount: $1,389,133

“EMS-TruShoC” – A Prospective Trial of Low-Dose, High-Frequency, On-Site Training to Improve Trauma Field Care in Austere Settings

• Project Title: “EMS-TruShoC” – A Prospective Trial of Low-Dose, High-Frequency, On-Site Training to Improve Trauma Field Care in Austere Settings
  
• Timeline: Jul 20, 2018- Jul 20, 2021
  
• Funder: Defense Health Agency
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Mould-Millman
  
• Funding amount: $1,725,977

Impact of an 11 Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine on School Performance, Hearing and Economic Outcomes

• Project Title: Impact of an 11 Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine on School Performance, Hearing and Economic Outcomes
  
• Timeline: Apr 12, 2016- Apr 30, 2021
  
• Funder: Gates Foundation
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Simoes
  
• Funding amount: $2,723,076

PanTheryx CSPH Center for Global Health Support

• Project Title: PanTheryx CSPH Center for Global Health Support
  
• Timeline: Feb 26, 2019- Ongoing
  
• Funder: PanTheryx, Inc.
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Berman
  
• Funding amount: $50,000
  
• Project overview: To provide general support for the Center for Global Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, currently under the direction of Dr. Stephen Berman.

Creating a Grassroots, Locally Owned, Virtual Biorepository System

• Project Title: Creating a Grassroots, Locally Owned, Virtual Biorepository System
  
• Timeline: 2021 - Ongoing
• Faculty lead: Dr. May Chu
  
• Project overview: We are working to build a virtual biorepository system (VBS) to facilitate access to well characterized specimens and associated metadata for research and development of diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines. Our goal is to build consensus among providers and users of specimens to create a VBS based on principles of ethical sample collection, local ownership of specimens, and equitable benefits sharing.
  
• Contact info: VBiorepository@ucdenver.edu
• Section header: Misc
• See 2023 VBS flyer here.

Adolescent Health: Reproductive Health Education, Clinical Services and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)

• Project Title: Adolescent Health: Reproductive Health Education, Clinical Services and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)
• Timeline: Jan 1, 2018- Dec 31, 2020
• Funder: The Summit Foundation
• Faculty lead: Dr. Asturias
• Funding amount: $55,000

Measles & Rubella Initiative’s Support of Prioritized Middle Income Countries

• Project title: Measles & Rubella Initiative’s Support of Prioritized Middle Income Countries
• Timeline: Jan 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019
• Funder: Red Cross
• Faculty lead: Dr. Andrus
• Funding amount: $30,700

Promoting HIV Health Behaviors Among Pregnant Couples in Zambia

• Project title: Promoting HIV health behaviors among pregnant couples in Zambia using an adaptive relationship strengthening intervention
• Timeline: May 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2020
• Funder: NIMH
• Faculty lead: Dr. Hampanda
• Funding amount: $166,396

Data Analysis and Presentation Relating to the Ongoing Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Malaria Project in Uganda

• Project title: Data Analysis and Presentation Relating to the Ongoing Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Malaria Project in Uganda
• Timeline: Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2019
• Funder: Pilgrim Africa
• Faculty lead: Dr. Colborn
• Funding amount: $54,279

Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unites Protocol Implementation and Assays

• Project title: Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unites (VTEU) Protocol Implementation and Assays
• Timeline: Jan 23, 2017 - Feb 20, 2020
• Funder: Baylor/NIH
• Faculty lead: Dr. Asturias
• Funding amount: $3,133,462

Frankenburg-Camp Projects Program Early Career Award

• Project Title: Frankenburg-Camp Projects Program Early Career Award
  
• Timeline: Jun 1, 2018- Dec 31, 2019
  
• Funder: Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) Child and Maternal
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Domek
  
• Funding amount: $20,000

Promoting Language Development Through a Primary Care-based Intervention in Infancy

• Project Title: Promoting language development through a primary care-based intervention in infancy
  
• Timeline: Jun 1, 2018- Dec 31, 2019
  
• Funder: Health Pilot Program Junior Faculty Award, School of Medicine
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Domek
  
• Funding amount: $24,000

Introduction, Uptake, and Outcomes of the Live-attenuated Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine

• Project Title: Introduction, Uptake, and Outcomes of the Live-attenuated Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine (CYD-TDV-Dengvaxia ®) in a sub-national area of a Central American country
  
• Timeline: Sept 1, 2018- Dec 21, 2019
  
• Funder: Sanofi Pasteur, Inc.
  
• Faculty lead: Dr. Berman
  
• Funding amount: $54,272