Student & Alumni News

Jul 12, 2021

ColoradoSPH alum Nnamdi Ezeanochie was recently named Director of Behavior Science at Johnson & Johnson where he and his colleagues aim to discover and apply evidence-based strategies to address health concerns, such as vaccine hesitancy in sub-Saharan Africa.

May 25, 2021

Alexa Hansen graduated in December from the Colorado School of Public Health. She talks about her unique academic journey and the mentors who made it possible.

May 11, 2021

A recommendation from a boyhood friend brought Papy Bawongo from the Congo to Colorado. Now, after applying coursework theories to a real-world pandemic, Bawongo envisions a career in epidemiology in a high-need, low-income country.

May 4, 2021

Prospective ColoradoSPH student Rosie Glaser spearheads a program that promotes menstrual equity both on the University of Northern Colorado campus and off campus.

Apr 9, 2021

Grace Franklin, public health director of San Miguel County and ColoradoSPH alum, has helped lead the charge to vaccinate 70% of San Miguel—the highest of any county in the state.

Apr 2, 2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Northern Colorado (UNC) students in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program would typically spend their first year attending night classes, in study groups with friends or cramming for an exam at a coffee shop. For the incoming cohort of 2020, the largest in recent years, earning a graduate degree online in a global pandemic has been anything but typical.

Feb 24, 2021

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.

Jan 8, 2021

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.

Jan 3, 2021

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.

Dec 21, 2020

Grace Franklin, a ColoradoSPH at UNC alum, shares how her education prepared her to meet the challenges she’s faced as the public health director for San Miguel County, a job she started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nov 14, 2020

As a part of her practicum and capstone experience, MPH student Morgan Turner is working with the City of Fort Collins to improve public transportation for options underrepresented groups.

Oct 15, 2020

While watching events unfold across the country over recent months, Professor Dawn Comstock was left feeling like she needed to do something tangible to address the ongoing systemic racial and ethic disparities. That’s when she decided to help establish a new scholarship fund to accelerate ColoradoSPH's efforts to increase the diversity and inclusive excellence of the school’s student body.

Sep 10, 2020

ColoardoSPH at UNC alumna Kristin Christensen, MPH '18, talked with her hometown newspaper about her experiences working for the Peace Corps in Madagascar, and having to be evacuated as COVID-19 began to spread worldwide in early 2020.

Aug 14, 2020

Olivia Zarella, a PRA and DrPH student in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, partners with the CU Environmental Health & Safety team to create a COVID-19 contact tracing program.

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.

May 29, 2020

Students and faculty from ColoradoSPH@CSU have been volunteering with Larimer County to assist with calling positive patients, creating informational materials, finding alternate locations for patients, and analyzing data.

May 21, 2020

Epideimiology MPH Rachel Steinberg got bitten by the public health bug while working with AmeriCorps. Now, she's graduating ready to continue her work in preventing chronic diseases, like diabetes, in vulnerable rural populations.

May 15, 2020

In just two years, Jessica Stubblefield, MPH '20, has studied the epidemiology of human trafficking, started the CU Anschutz chapter of Student Veterans of America, and was the second ever ColoradoSPH student to be named a Tillman Scholar.

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 29, 2020

ColoradoSPH alum Natalia Gayou sat down with CU Anschutz Today to talk about her work as a communicable disease epidemiologist at El Paso County Public Health and love of world travel.