The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and ColoradoSPH released an updated modeling report showing that the effective reproduction number for SARS-CoV-2 statewide is just below one, and transmission control dropped from 83% to 76% over the last week.
In a recent study published by the CDC, Dr. Molly Gutilla, assistant professor of epidemiology at ColoradoSPH at CSU, and researchers from six universities studied face mask use on campuses.
The COVID-19 Modeling Team, led by ColoradoSPH researchers, monitors and models data and provides that information to the state, helping to guide decision making.
The news this week on the pandemic can be easily summarized: vaccines and variants—encouraging and discouraging. The pandemic’s toll reaches beyond disease and death to our economy, harming so many sectors that are integral to our world, like restaurants and the performing arts.
Herd immunity has been controversial and in the news since the start of the pandemic. In some higher vaccine delivery scenarios, the threshold range for herd immunity is reached across the summer. Modeling suggests that herd immunity can be reached at the state level as the fall begins. Undoubtedly, many groups within the state will not be adequately protected and I anticipate that distancing and mask mandates will still be in place.
William Lowrance defined safety as: “a thing is safe if its risks are judged to be acceptable.” I have long used this definition in framing problems in risk for its universality. It fits well with dilemmas posed by the challenges in decision-making around the pandemic, as we make efforts to reopen and edge towards “normalcy.”
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and ColoradoSPH released an updated modeling report showing that the effective reproduction number for SARS-CoV-2 statewide is just below one, and transmission control dropped from 83% to 76% over the last week.
The COVID-19 Modeling Team, led by ColoradoSPH researchers, monitors and models data and provides that information to the state, helping to guide decision making.
Cathy Bradley, PhD, deputy director at the CU Cancer Center and Associate Dean for Research at ColoradoSPH, discusses her work to increase access to advanced cancer treatments in rural and minority populations on the CU Anschutz 360 podcast.
In a recent study published by the CDC, Dr. Molly Gutilla, assistant professor of epidemiology at ColoradoSPH at CSU, and researchers from six universities studied face mask use on campuses.
Systems for Action, based in the Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy, has awarded grants totaling $1 million to five institutions across the country, funding research to address social and healthcare inequities exacerbated by COVID-19.
Through the RESTARtT study, Tracy Nelson, PhD, director of the Colorado School of Public Health at CSU, led efforts to develop a survey and coordinate implementation to minimize the risk of outbreaks while pursuing a return to normal workforce productivity and function.
In an op-ed in Westword, a group of ColoradoSPH and CU Anschutz students urge Denver Mayor Hancock to stop the sweeps of outdoor encampments and invest in public health resources for people experiencing homelessness.
ColoradoSPH alumna Dr. Cynthia Hazel, DrPH ’19, and her husband, Dr. Kweku Hazel, are working to build trust within the Black community about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Jessica Guerra is on the verge of completing the 4+1 public health bachelor’s degree plus MPH program with CU Denver and ColoradoSPH, all while working as a full-time EMT.