It is a pleasure to be here at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. I am so impressed with what you re doing here. When this renovation is complete, I m told that you will be the proud owners of the largest building between here and Kansas City. It will feature 2 hospitals and 5 schools.
Innovation is a way of life here.
My compliments to the faculty and the student body, particularly Hanna Kraus, Laurie Schmitt, Maryjo Coast, and Tina Le who made such outstanding presentations yesterday on providing critical health care services in underserved community clinics. Dr. Gershen asked me to give you a brief overview of my agency the Health Resources and Services and Administration before we begin our Roundtable discussions. HRSA is a name familiar to many of you, because we and the University Colorado Health Sciences Center are partners of longstanding. You were one of ten schools that successfully completed our Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum Project a program designed to look at new and different ways to implement a high impact primary care curriculum. We are 1800 people strong with our headquarters in Rockville, MD and 10 field offices scattered around the country.