The CU Cancer Center is unique among many cancer centers nationwide because women represent half of its leadership in administration and research, including Cathy Bradley, deputy director & ColoradoSPH associate dean for research and Evelinn Borrayo, PhD, associate director of community outreach and engagement and associate director of research for the Latino Research and Policy Center.
In her new role, Jan Lowery, adjunct associate professor of community and behavioral health, will work with communities across Colorado through the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement.
“We’re trying to understand what kind of capacity exists to implement more evidence-based cancer interventions across Colorado regions,” Evelinn Borrayo, associate director of research at the Latino Research & Policy Center and chair of the CU Cancer Center Oncology Underrepresented Minority in Clinical Trials Taskforce, explained.
ColoradoSPH alumni Kristina Brandveen & Hue Phung are among a dozen national public health alumni selected from six participating schools to receive competitive fellowships from the American Public Health Association (APHA) and Kaiser Permanente (KP).
Doctor of Public Health students Makala Carrington and Shenazar (Shane) Esmundo are among the 19 candidates selected for the prestigious scholarship program focused on equity and social justice.
CU Cancer Center members and leaders, including ColoradoSPH Professional Research Assistant Andrea Dywer and Clinical Assistant Professor Patricia Valverde, were key contributors to an American Cancer Society supplement on patient navigation.
New data suggests that people of color continue to be disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic. Many American Indian and Alaska Native communities have insufficient resources to treat substance-use disorder, explains Jerreed Ivanich, assistant professor of community and behavioral health.
Susan Moore, research assistant professor in the Department of Community & Behavioral Health and associate director of the mHealth Impact Lab, is working with researchers across campuses to develop and test mobile technology that can improve patient care.
"We're good in public health about messaging that cigarettes are bad, that tobacco is broadly harmful," said Ashley Brooks-Russell, associate professor and director of the Injury and Violence Prevention Center. “We're really bad at talking about lesser options, like if you're going to smoke, e-cigarettes are less harmful."
The Healthy Kids Colorado survey administered by ColoradoSPH researchers found the rate of youth reporting they stopped doing normal activities because of sadness or hopelessness increased from about 35% in 2019 to almost 40% in 2021.
American Indians and Alaska Natives faced similar population-level health challenges, noted Michelle Sarche, associate professor in the Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health and Department of Community & Behavioral Health, saying many tribal communities face underlying health challenges.
Collaborating to illuminate the increasing mental health issues youth face, Samantha Bertomen, CU Anschutz MPH student along with Lisa Peters, Johns Hopkins MPH student, created a digital campaign proposal, winning the 2022 Student Health Edu-Thon graduate digital competition held by the Society for Public Education (SOPHE).
The Colorado School of Public Health’s scholarships focused on advancing equity, diversity and inclusion have seen an increase in support from the philanthropic community and from faculty, staff and alumni. Here, students Tara Sou and Gilbert Fru share their appreciation for the generosity.
Evelinn Borrayo, professor of community and behavioral health and associate director of community outreach and engagement for the University of Colorado Cancer Center discusses cancer rates in Colorado, why some communities are underserved, and what researchers are doing to help solve the problem.
Longtime University of Colorado benefactors Alan Cogen and Judi Cogen are giving generously to the joint vaccination and education efforts of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Colorado School of Public Health, making a measurable difference toward improving the health of underserved communities in Colorado.
Patrica Valverde, ColoradoSPH assistant professor in the Department of Community & Behavioral Health recently contributed to the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center's “Human Trafficking Community Readiness Guide”, part of a toolkit that has gotten wide distribution throughout Colorado.
Joan O'Connell, associate professor in the Department of Community & Behavioral Health discusses her research on the total treatment costs for American Indian and Alaska Native older adults with dementia. Finding nearly all the cost differences were associated with hospital admissions, O'Connell suggests much could be done to prevent these hospitalizations and improve quality of life.
With rising numbers of fatalities involving impaired drivers, Ashley Brooks-Russell, ColoradoSPH associate professor and director of Injury & Violence Prevention Center, discusses how the mixing of cannabis and alcohol may be contributing to this increase.
Eleven experts from the Colorado School of Public Health and CU Anschutz contributed to the new report, "Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges." The report, the first of its kind in 20 years, provides national guidance on research, education, and access to dental care.
The ColoradoSPH Center for Public Health Practice is partnering with community groups throughout the Rocky Mountain Region to counteract decades of menthol cigarette promotion to America’s Black communities.