CU Innovations

Innovation in Action—Built for When it Matters Most

Written by Kallie Knop | January 14, 2026

Dr. Vik Bebarta and the CU Anschutz COMBAT Center embed innovation directly into military, trauma and emergency care, transforming frontline challenges into scalable patient impact.

"If you have a real-world problem, you can use science to address it immediately... What’s powerful about HIE Impact is that it shows our entire campus how to take science and turn it into impact—faster than ever before"

 

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