Research News

Oct 9, 2020

Immediate actions are needed to limit the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change that helps fuel wildfires, and ultimately affects human physical and psychological health according to a new report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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 20, 2020

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Jul 16, 2020

ColoradoSPH Professor of Epidemiology May Chu has a long history of studying PPE. When the coronavirus pandemic left healthcare workers unprotected, she redirected her research to ensure there was enough to go around.

Jul 9, 2020

A new grant from the CDC will continue to fund research and training to improve worker health, safety, and well-being.

Jul 6, 2020

A new study from faculty in the Department of Epidemiology looked at the complex relationships between pain levels, opioid use, socioeconomic factors, and driving behaviors in drivers over the age of 65.

Jul 1, 2020

A new research grant from Systems for Action will fund a study looking at the alignment of health care and social services with evidence-based nurse-home visiting to enhance maternal and child health.

Jun 16, 2020

A new research study led by Dana Dabelea studied trends in glycemic control over time suggests that diabetic youth and young adults may not be benefitting from increased diabetes technology.

Jun 9, 2020

A new grant will study the environmental justice impact of a Colorado Senate bill regulating oil and gas development.

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 18, 2020

ColoradoSPH is now home to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Systems for Action, a research program that's bringing research and learning opportunities to the campus and community.

May 5, 2020

A new study by investigators from the Program for Injury Prevention, Education and Research showed that efforts by hospitals to counsel parents on safe storage of guns and medications were successful in preventing youth suicide.

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 9, 2020

A new study from the Center for Health, Work and Environment suggests that the interaction between occupation and pre-existing risk factors put sugarcane workers at risk for Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin.

Feb 3, 2020 by Colorado School of Public Health

As newly diagnosed cases of type 1 diabetes skyrocket, a new study suggests that no currently-identified environmental factor is solely responsible for the increase in diagnosis doctors are seeing.

Jan 3, 2020

A new, internally-funded grant program teams up Colorado School of Public Health researchers from multiple campuses to ask the questions that will inspire larger, long-term research projects.

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.