Strategic Plan - University of Colorado Denver

I. INTRODUCTION
Our Research
Our current funded research totals $373 million. Our School of Medicine ranks 9th
among the 75 public medical schools for NIH research expenditures. The research
performed by the faculty is unlocking the fundamental mechanisms of adult and
children’s diabetes, obesity, alcoholism, cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and organ
transplants, among others. The university also exercises national leadership in such
interdisciplinary signature areas as the study of altitude and its impact on people as
well as in education policy and research and sustainability.
Health Care
The impact of the university’s health care delivery to the citizens of Colorado is
exemplified by the more than 725,000 outpatient office visits and consultations
that are performed each year by our faculty, staff, and students. Each year our graduates
include approximately 150 MDs, 200 MD residents and fellows, 40 physical therapists,
40 physician assistants, 70 dentists, 25 DDS residents, 20 dental hygienists, 200 nurses,
and 143 pharmacists. The majority of these graduates continue to practice health
care in Colorado.
Economic Impact
In 2006-2007 the Technology Transfer Office entered into 15 technology and patent
licenses with industry and filed 84 U.S. patent applications. In addition to such
entrepreneurial activities and our contribution to training a workforce for Colorado,
the university also has a major impact on the state’s economy. The university currently
employs more than 10,000 faculty and staff, including those employed by University
Physicians, Incorporated. In fiscal year 2005, an economic impact study estimated that
our purchases of goods and services, including research subcontracts and consumer
spending by faculty, staff, and students, support an additional 10,624 jobs in Colorado.
This study estimated on average that for every $10,000 in state appropriations
invested, the university helped support 2.7 jobs in Colorado. Additionally, UC
Denver operations and associated student spending supported total personal incomes
of nearly $973 million in Colorado in fiscal year 2005.
Our Facilities
The AMC is the largest health sciences and health care development in the country.
By July 2010, the AMC space inventory will be approximately 4.8 million gross square
feet, and UC Denver will have a total of approximately 3 million gross square feet
devoted to research, education, clinical activities, library, and administrative space at
the AMC. The University of Colorado Hospital occupies the remaining approximately
1.8 million gross square feet of space at AMC. As of this writing, The Children’s Hospital
(TCH), although contiguous to the AMC is not officially a part of it. The space
inventory figure above does not include TCH. As of December 2007, the Downtown
Campus had approximately 1.2 million gross square feet devoted to research, education,
library, and administrative space. This space is located in 17 buildings—15 that belong
to the Auraria Higher Education Center and two that belong to UC Denver.
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