A view of the Anschutz Medical Campus from the 7th floor of the Anschutz Outpatient Pavillon, looking northeast

The Anschutz Medical Campus is one of two campuses of the University of Colorado Denver. It is located in Aurora, Colorado. The campus houses the University's health sciences-related schools and colleges, such as the School of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the School of Dental Medicine, and the Colorado School of Public Health as well as the Graduate School for various biological scientific fields.^[1] The Anschutz Medical Campus is often referred to by its initials, AMC. The University of Colorado Denver's other campus is its Downtown Denver Campus, which is located on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver.

The campus is located on a portion of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. After the base was decommissioned in 1999, the campus became known as the Fitzsimons Medical Campus, or simply "Fitzsimons." The name of the portion of Fitzsimons that houses the university facilities was changed to its current name in 2006 after the Anschutz family donated $91 million^[2] to construct the Anschutz Centers for Advanced Medicine, which include the Anschutz Outpatient and Cancer Pavilions, and the Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion all located on the campus. The remainder of the former base is now called the Fitzsimons Life Science District and includes a 184-acre Colorado Science+Technology Park, The Children's Hospital, the future Veterans Affairs hospital and a Residential/retail town center known as 21 Fitzsimons.

Biological and medical research at UC Denver has led to a number of medical breakthroughs^[3]:

-First to develop a classification and numbering system for human chromosomes.

-First to identify a genetic factor that converts normal cells into cancer cells.

-First to learn that lymphocytes are preprogrammed to respond to antigens, the foundation of modern immunology.

-First to learn how a human cancer gene functions.

-First to learn that naturally occurring proteins in the blood prevent the AIDS virus from reproducing and spreading to healthy cells.

-Identifier of the first gene that carries the risk of schizophrenia.

-Identifier of key molecular mechanisms in the failing human heart that have led to successful development of effective therapies.

In 2007, more than $373 million in research and training grants and contracts was awarded to University of Colorado Denver researchers.

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• University of Colorado Denver
• Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons
• Anschutz Medical Campus

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