Department of Pediatrics

Federal grant cuts hit Colorado studies to make healthcare more efficient

Written by The Denver Post | August 31, 2026

Lisa DeCamp thought she might have a win-win idea that would improve health for kids with asthma while saving Medicaid money. DeCamp, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, may never know whether it would have worked after the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ended her funding two years into a five-year project.