CSU partners with UCHealth’s hospitals in Loveland, Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University, Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins and the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland announced on Tuesday a major research partnership.

As part of the agreement, the CSU and the two University of Colorado Health hospitals will collaborate in clinical trials, funding opportunities, technology transfer, employee education and training and marketing.

The joint research among these institutions has already spawned development of several medical improvements, including a new arterial stent that helps prevent blood clotting and a hernia patch that fights infection.

Julie Dunn, trauma medical director of research at MCR, said that the partnership helps…