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Nov 9, 2020

In a recent article in 5280 Magazine, Dr. Jenn Lieferman, professor and chair of the Department of Community & Behavioral Health, and other mental health experts share practical advice for coping during the challenging winter months ahead.

Oct 26, 2020

More than three-fourths of the country's states have higher cigarette taxes and prices than Colorado. Proposition EE would increase our tobacco taxes and use the revenues to restore public school funding, make free preschool more widely available, and support programs that prevent smoking and help smokers quit.

Oct 4, 2020

Patricia Valverde, a faculty member at ColoradoSPH’s Latino Research & Policy Center, weighs in on why Latinos in Colorado are more likely to die prematurely compared to white residents in a recent Denver Post article. Reasons include: working lower paying and more dangerous jobs, lacking health insurance, and having limited free-time.

Sep 18, 2020

In a report published in the highly influential American Journal of Bioethics, CU researchers describe a student health survey team that discovered a Colorado school with extremely high rates of suicide risk, and a lack of ethical guidance on whether or how to intervene.

Aug 28, 2020

A recent survey conducted by Colorado researchers sheds light on how severely COVID-19 is affecting the region’s most economically vulnerable families — and the most effective ways for them to cope with it.

Aug 21, 2020

The Colorado Cancer Screening Program (CCSP) has navigated more than 30,000 people into preventive screening and prevented hundreds of cancers, catching cancers in early stages when they are easier to treat.

Aug 6, 2020

Jun 5, 2020

DrPH candidate Jennifer Jewell is interested in pediatric epidemiology—specifically in the arena of mental health. Her latest project has been studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression, anxiety, and resilience.

Apr 17, 2020

Two different surveys at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, including one by ColoradoSPH's Population Mental Health and Wellbeing Program, are seeking to assess Coloradans' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mar 26, 2020

Jenn Leiferman, associate professor of Community and Behavioral Health and Director of the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, was interviewed by Healthline about the stressful conversation trying to convince your parents to stay home.

Mar 20, 2020

Despite working to mitigate the impact of the virus, Asian American students like June Homdayjanakul are facing increasing discrimination in the face of COVID-19.

Feb 19, 2020

Dr. Katie Lohmiller and her sister Halley Gruber teamed up with local schools to develop a scientifically-based program that helps teachers better interact with both students and each other.

Jan 2, 2020

A lack of research on transgender and nonbinary (TNB) health needs and narrow definitions of women's and men's health often result in TNB individuals facing gender-based discrimination or having difficulty obtaining health services.

Dec 13, 2019

ColoradoSPH at UNC teamed up with the City of Greeley to host a community forum highlighting local Latinx-serving health organizations. The night was a case study in resilience as it morphed into a conversation about engaging non-dominant communities.

Nov 12, 2019

Spero Manson, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, has been awarded the Carl Taube Award by the Mental Health Section of APHA.

Oct 30, 2019

MPH alum Reese Garcia is the Research Advocacy Manager for Fight Colorectal Cancer, a position where she empowers patients and families to take an active role in studying causes and treatments of the disease.

Oct 30, 2019

The Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center at ColoradoSPH has received $3.7 million from the CDC to address intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences in the San Luis Valley.

Oct 23, 2019

Beginning with the 2019-2020 application cycle, ColoradoSPH is eliminating the GRE as an admissions requirement for the MPH and DrPH graduate programs in an effort to recruit the most diverse student body possible.

Sep 30, 2019

The Center for Public Health Practice's Youth Project Manager talks power, it's relationship to tobacco use, and how to engage young people in social action programs that empower them to change their worlds.

Jun 3, 2019

Initially, the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center was largely focused on physical health, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but over the last 20 years that focus has expanded to a much broader definition of health that includes mental and emotional well-being, as well as physical health.