Event Summary
Watch the latest seminar in the Business of Science series, hosted by CU Innovations and the NEW Healthcare Innovation & Entrepreneurship (HIE) Initiative at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The goal of this webinar is to discuss examples of successful research collaboration and present and inspire opportunities for future collaboration. Three faculty members of the Colorado State University (CSU) Translational Medicine Institute (TMI) highlight successful interdisciplinary projects, including studies on osteoarthritis, animal models, and clinical trials, while emphasizing the importance of collaboration and networking to advance medical research.
CSU TMI Panelists
CU Innovations Speakers
- Jake Miller, MBA, Director of Ventures & Product Development, CU Innovations
- Gali Baler, PhD, MBA, Managing Director, Strategy and Operations, CU Innovations; Partner, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund
Key Takeaways
CSU Translational Medicine Institute (TMI) is a top-ranked research partner
CSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - which includes the Translational Medicine Institute (TMI) - is ranked No. 1 among veterinary schools by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research in 2024. TMI has numerous examples of successful collaboration on translational medicine projects between academic institutions, with several focused on exploring the overlap between human and animal science.
Reach out as soon as you have a problem to solve
CSU faculty emphasized that “science is a team sport” and translational medicine is essentially problem solving, where researchers, clinicians and scientists collaborate to answer critical questions about human medicine. The right time to reach out is as early as possible, once you have an identified problem, idea or research question. Interested CU faculty can reach out to Tracy Webb at tracy.webb@colostate.edu to explore opportunities.
CSU TMI has expansive facilities and industry partnerships
There are several collaboration opportunities with TMI that can help advance CU research, including TMI’s new Next Gen Core facility for genetics research and their collaboration with major pharmaceutical companies like Zoetis and Boehringer Ingelheim.
While CSU has a big focus on orthopedics, the team is expanding into other key areas including: cardiovascular research, immunology, oncology and AI/big data analysis.
Webinar Time Stamps
Collaboration Example: Pet Health Data Integration Project (05:11)
Tracy Webb, DVM, PhD, presented a project involving data linkage between veterinary and human health records at CU Denver and CSU, aiming to create a pet patient registry to explore shared health questions and potential household-level differences.
Collaboration Example: Equine-Human Osteoarthritis Research (19:06)
Laurie Goodrich, DVM, PhD, shared her team’s research on human and equine osteoarthritis, focusing on joint pain and post-traumatic osteoarthritis in both war veterans and sport horses.
Collaboration Examples: Three Collaboration Stories with CU (33:36)
Lynn Pezzanite, DVM, MS, PhD, has a dual role working with both human and animal tissues to inform clinical surgical interventions. Lynn’s team has collaborated on several research projects with the CU Orthopedics team and the Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research at CU Anschutz, with one project resulting in a startup company incorporation (Vitalfoams).
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