Newsroom

May 30, 2023

One of the many ways we work to protect workers is through educating and training future leaders in occupational safety and health. As part of our Student Spotlight series highlighting our trainees, we interviewed Phillip Stepherson, a Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center trainee earning a Master's in Industrial Hygiene from Colorado State University.

May 22, 2023

The study, led by Kathy James, ColoradoSPH associate professor, focuses on arsenic in private drinking wells in San Luis Valley groundwater, which she says has been gradually increasing in drinking wells over the past 50 years.

May 12, 2023

Centers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are partnering with state leaders and employers to help employees in recovery through the Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative.

May 8, 2023

Researchers from the ColoradoSPH received a $3 million research grant from the NIH. The R01 grant will assess Guatemalan womens’ exposure to air pollution, heat, and kidney toxins in both work and non-work settings.

Apr 27, 2023

Oil and gas extraction workers face many risk factors for workplace substance use. These include insecure employment, long work hours, fatigue, physically demanding work conditions and environment. While hosting and attending the NORA Oil & Gas Extraction Council 2023 Spring Health and Safety Summit, Cortney Cuff summarizes two days of impactful presentations.

Apr 26, 2023

If you are looking for Stephen Brindley, MS, the lab might be the only place you find him sitting. 15,900 steps a day. 111,400 steps a week. 200 miles a month. Brindley is on the move. Working as a senior professional research assistant, Brindley is a sought after “lab guy.”

Apr 25, 2023

Our center released the Total Worker Health Professional Program six months ago and have since wondered, what has been the impact of this course? How are our learners using their knowledge to create change in the workplace?

Apr 17, 2023

The Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center and the Environmental and Occupational Health Department of the Colorado School of Public Health hosted its 14th Annual Research Day Symposium. What are we taking away from that event? Hope.

Mar 31, 2023

With a recent series of methamphetamine contamination cases at Colorado public libraries making the news nationally, Colorado School of Public Health expert Mike Van Dyke provides context on the public health risk.

Mar 21, 2023

The newly-established Mountain West Alliance for Community Engagement-Climate and Health (ACE-CH) Hub, led by ColoradoSPH researchers, has been awarded $600,000 from the National Institutes of Health to identify evidence-based and community-driven action in the face of the climate crisis.