Center for Rural Health Care Delivery Science

Center for Rural Health Care Delivery Science Focused on improving healthcare outcomes in rural areas Those living in rural areas—including more than 50% of the 1.9 million people Dartmouth Health serves in northern New England—have higher risks of chronic disease and death than more urban residents. While these poorer health outcomes can be linked to […]
Increasing IDeA state Biomedical Entrepreneurship via Ecosystem, Enterprises & Experts

The proposed DE iRED program consists of university and private sector partnerships to deliver a comprehensive program that will engage and support biomedical innovators in the early stages of technology commercialization by addressing key bottlenecks in the startup process as identified both in the solicitation and by the DRIVEN Accelerator Hub. According to DRIVEN’s Voice […]
Rhode Island Hospital Injury Control Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)

PROJECT SUMMARY (Overall) Injury is the leading cause of death for individuals 1-44 years of age and contributes to over 30 million emergency department visits annually1. There is a tremendous need for greater scientific understanding and strategies to combat the injury epidemic yet injury control research is underfunded compared to other leading causes of […]
Research Expanding Access to Child Health (REACH)

Abstract Text PROJECT SUMMARY The overall goal of this Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) is to strengthen pediatric health care research infrastructure in Delaware, specifically that at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Consistent with this goal, we will establish a thematic, multidisciplinary health research system – The REACH (Research Expanding Access to […]
Extracellular Regulation of Cellular Behavior: Maine COBRE

The long-term goal of this Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) is to help grow the burgeoning biomedical research industry in Maine by positioning the University of Maine (UMaine) as a biomedical research and training hub that supports and recruits outstanding junior faculty while strengthening our unique statewide graduate program. This COBRE is focused on Regulation […]
Injury Control COBRE

Injury occurrence is typically thought of as “bad luck” or fatalistic; however, over the last fifty years the field of injury control science has grown to demonstrate that injuries can be controlled. Many injuries can be prevented through behavioral interventions, engineering strategies, dissemination of education, and policy implementation. Mission: The Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) Injury […]
COBRE- Vermont Center on Behavior and Health

The Vermont Center on Behavior and Health (VCBH) was established in 2013 to study the relationship between behavior and health. The VCBH has become a vibrant research center supported by multiple federal grants including a Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a Centers of […]
COBRE for Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR)

The Initiative on Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) was formed in 2019 with support from the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. The STAR Initiative aims to foster transdisciplinary collaborations within Brown University, to provide training opportunities for researchers and clinicians who want to address stress and trauma, to enhance partnerships with local and community stakeholders, and to affect policy […]
COBRE: Stem Cells and Aging

This Phase II COBRE application entitled ‘Stem Cells and Aging’ focuses on neural and hematopoietic stem cells, their microenvironments and the impact of aging, fibrosis, and senescence on their regulation and evolution to diseases of the central nervous system and bone marrow. The COBRE continues to be led by Dr. Peter Quesenberry, but now adds […]
Delaware Clinical and Translational Research ACCEL Program

Administrative The DE-CTR ACCEL Program (ACCEL), was launched in September of 2013 and brought together four institutions with complementary missions to dramatically strengthen the clinical and translational research capabilities within and across all of our partner institutions. These institutions are: the University of Delaware (lead institution) (UD), Christiana Care Health System (CCHS), and Nemours/ Alfred […]