Behavioral Medicine Core Lab (BMCL)

The Behavioral Medicine Core Lab (BMCL) located in the Clinical Research Unit at National Jewish Health is a part of the Colorado Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CCTSI).

The BMCL allows investigators to conduct standardized behavioral medicine questionnaires from any CCTSI Network site. It includes a lab area (work stations, data and device storage) and an audio and video-equipped interview room.

  

Our Services

  • Psychiatric Diagnosis and Assessment (including structure psychiatric interviews and assessments)
  • Interpersonal Assessment (including observational coding and questionnaire based measures of marital, family, parent-child and patient-provider interaction
  • Treatment Adherence Assessment (including support for electronic adherence monitoring for pill bottles and inhalers)
  • Health Outcomes Assessment (e.g., quality of life, illness severity)

Featured Research

Genome Study Suggests New Strategies for Understanding and Treating Pulmonary Fibrosis

In findings published online in Nature Genetics on April 14, 2013, researchers at National Jewish Health, the University of Colorado and several other institutions found a number of genes associated with host defense, cell-cell adhesion and DNA repair, which provide clues to possible mechanisms underlying this currently untreatable disease. Read more.

Faculty by Research

The discoveries made in the laboratories at National Jewish Health have a profound impact on the understanding and treatment of human disease.

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