News

May 27, 2020

According to the authors of the paper, the goal is to open a broad community dialogue about the training and education needed for a new brand of occupational safety and health professional. Several major universities have begun implementing TWH certificate programs, graduate degree tracks, and professional development opportunities, heightening the need for standardized competencies for students.

May 27, 2020

Elizabeth Carlton, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, was interviewed by the New York Times about guidelines for safety food delivery.

May 20, 2020

Amanda Kujawa, our Center's resident green thumb, gives her perspective for the positive impact indoor plants can have during self-isolation and her recommendations for plant types and care.

May 20, 2020

A new study by researchers in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health highlights the severity of mosquito-borne viral diseases in West Africa and how urbanization and climate change are impacting transmission.

May 19, 2020

Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Mike Van Dyke was interviewed by Vox about worker safety when establishments can't control customer behavior.

May 19, 2020

University of Colorado Distinguished Professor Lee Newman, MD and his wife, Lori Szczukowski, MD have committed $1.4 million to establish the Endowed Fund for Worker Health.

May 15, 2020

Senior Instructor of Environmental and Occupational Health Lili Tenney was interviewed by The Verge about how to mitigate risk as factories reopen.

May 7, 2020

Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Elizabeth Carlton was interviewed by The Atlantic about how to slow the spread of COVID-19 as states begin to reopen.

May 6, 2020

How the Center for Health, Work & Environment's Outreach Director Lili Tenney found public health.

May 5, 2020

Elizabeth Carton, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health, was interviewed by Live Science about the possibility that more people actually had coronavirus early in the year.

May 5, 2020

Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Mechanical Engineering John Volckens is working with a team of research to design new medical masks for frontline health workers.

May 4, 2020

As part of earning my Master’s in Public Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, I created and performed a sustainability audit of the Center for Health, Work & Environment. Based on the results of my project, I’ve created the following tips for ways academic organizations can decrease their carbon footprint, specifically regarding travel practices.

Apr 29, 2020

Almost as soon as coronavirus appeared in Colorado, students from the School of Public Health stepped up to create PPE, create social media messages, and help keep health departments functioning.

Apr 28, 2020

ColoradoSPH Center for Health, Work & Environment Director Lee Newman discusses how some areas of the state are doing better than others and are more ready to start to gradually reopen. Eagle County, home to the Vail Ski Resort, he said, has been particularly successful at bending down its curve after an early outbreak.

Apr 26, 2020

ColoradoSPH Center for Health, Work & Environment Director Lee Newman explains the tension between stay-at-home orders and the need to allow Colorado citizens to return to work. “We don’t have enough tests being done to know how long we need to wait, how long we need to keep the society at the same level as we’re at now in terms of closures,” said Newman.

Apr 26, 2020

Lee Newman, professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and director of the Center for Health, Work and Environment, was interviewed by Reuters about the uncertainties surrounding Colorado businesses beginning to reopen.

Apr 25, 2020

A new study led by Daniel Salkeld, an instructor in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, finds disease-carrying ticks are more common in coastal areas than previously known.

Apr 16, 2020

Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Elizabeth Carlton was interviewed by The Atlantic about how to grocery shop safely.

Apr 8, 2020

A wave of emotions swept over me as I read the University’s notice that we would no longer be able to hold in-person events larger than 75 people due to COVID-19. This news would inevitably threaten the long-anticipated 12th annual Research Day Symposium, an event that the Center for Health, Work & Environment had been planning for an entire year.

Apr 7, 2020

An estimated 9.6 million American adults suffer from a serious mental illness —that is 1 in 5 adults. Mountain and rural communities, ski towns specifically, have significantly higher rates of suicide compared to the national average.