Faculty & Staff

Director

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Professor, Director (mHealth Impact Lab)

Center for Global Health
Department of Community & Behavioral Health
Health and Behavioral Sciences (CLAS)
mHealth Impact Lab

Sheana Salyers Bull is a tenured professor and past chair of the Department of Community & Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Bull has substantive experience leading digital education initiatives including designing and implementing the first online MPH program at ColoradoSPH and developing and teaching fully online graduate level courses and programs.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

PhD, Sociology, Georgia State University, 1997
MPH, Population Studies, Tulane University School of Public Health, 1992
BA, International Relations, University of California Davis, 1987

Awards

Latino Research and Policy Center Tim Byers Mentoring Excellence Award, Colorado School of Public Health, 2018
Fellow, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, 2018
Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Colorado Denver & Anschutz Medical Campus, 2017
Lawrence W. Green Paper of the Year Award for the publication of “From Foucault to Freire Through Facebook: Toward an Integrated Theory of mHealth” in Health Education & Behavior. Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE), 2017

Research

Evaluation of automated text messaging to support medication refill reminders: The Nudge Study (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Evaluation of an enhanced mobile application to support rehabilitation for cardiac patients (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Promoting healthy pregnancy among American Indian/Alaska Native Health (grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health)

Publications and Presentations

Daly, K., Bull, S., Thomas, D. 2020. Health Worker Acceptability of an mHealth Platform to Facilitate and Document Delivery of Option B/B+ Protocol for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Tanzania. Digital Health. In Press.; Portz, J.D., Ford, K., Elsbernd, K., Plys, E., Bekelman, D.B., Boxer, R.S., Bull, S. Elements of Family, Social Relationships, and Caregiving in Palliative Care mHealth: A Scoping Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. In press.
Ford, K.*, Dunn, T., Crawford, K., Neuwirth, J., Albritton, T., Bull, S. 2019. A Paid Advertising Approach to Youth Study Recruitment using Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. Journal of Medical Internet Research. In Press.
Domek, G., Contreras, I., O’Leary, S., Bull, S., Furniss, A., Kempe, A., Asturias, E. 2019. Text message reminders to improve infant vaccination coverage in Guatemala: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 34(21):2437-2443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.065
Ford, K.*, Portz, J., Moore, S., Shuo, Z., Xiang, X., Zane, R., Wiler, J. Gore, M., Bull, S. 2019. Advancing evidence-based digital health through an innovative research environment: An academic-industry partnership case report. mHealth. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.08.08
Gamboa, J.,* Bull, S., Lamb, M., De La Cruz, P., Olsen, D. 2019. Using Social Media to increase preventive behaviors against arboviral diseases: A pilot study among teens in the Dominican Republic. mHealth. 27; 5:30. http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2019.07.03
Bull, S. Ybarra, M., Prescott, T., Mustanski, B., Parsons, J. 2019. Feasibility, acceptability, and process indicators for Guy2Guy, an mHealth HIV prevention program for sexual minority adolescent boys. Journal of Adolescent Health. 65(3):417-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.025

Leadership and admin

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Professor, Director (mHealth Impact Lab)

Center for Global Health
Department of Community & Behavioral Health
Health and Behavioral Sciences (CLAS)
mHealth Impact Lab

Email Address:sheana.bull@ucdenver.edu

Primary Phone:303-724-1238

View Research Profile

Sheana Salyers Bull is a tenured professor and past chair of the Department of Community & Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Bull has substantive experience leading digital education initiatives including designing and implementing the first online MPH program at ColoradoSPH and developing and teaching fully online graduate level courses and programs.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

PhD, Sociology, Georgia State University, 1997
MPH, Population Studies, Tulane University School of Public Health, 1992
BA, International Relations, University of California Davis, 1987

Awards

Latino Research and Policy Center Tim Byers Mentoring Excellence Award, Colorado School of Public Health, 2018
Fellow, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, 2018
Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Colorado Denver & Anschutz Medical Campus, 2017
Lawrence W. Green Paper of the Year Award for the publication of “From Foucault to Freire Through Facebook: Toward an Integrated Theory of mHealth” in Health Education & Behavior. Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE), 2017

Research

Evaluation of automated text messaging to support medication refill reminders: The Nudge Study (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Evaluation of an enhanced mobile application to support rehabilitation for cardiac patients (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Promoting healthy pregnancy among American Indian/Alaska Native Health (grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health)

Publications and Presentations

Daly, K., Bull, S., Thomas, D. 2020. Health Worker Acceptability of an mHealth Platform to Facilitate and Document Delivery of Option B/B+ Protocol for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Tanzania. Digital Health. In Press.; Portz, J.D., Ford, K., Elsbernd, K., Plys, E., Bekelman, D.B., Boxer, R.S., Bull, S. Elements of Family, Social Relationships, and Caregiving in Palliative Care mHealth: A Scoping Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. In press.
Ford, K.*, Dunn, T., Crawford, K., Neuwirth, J., Albritton, T., Bull, S. 2019. A Paid Advertising Approach to Youth Study Recruitment using Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. Journal of Medical Internet Research. In Press.
Domek, G., Contreras, I., O’Leary, S., Bull, S., Furniss, A., Kempe, A., Asturias, E. 2019. Text message reminders to improve infant vaccination coverage in Guatemala: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 34(21):2437-2443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.065
Ford, K.*, Portz, J., Moore, S., Shuo, Z., Xiang, X., Zane, R., Wiler, J. Gore, M., Bull, S. 2019. Advancing evidence-based digital health through an innovative research environment: An academic-industry partnership case report. mHealth. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.08.08
Gamboa, J.,* Bull, S., Lamb, M., De La Cruz, P., Olsen, D. 2019. Using Social Media to increase preventive behaviors against arboviral diseases: A pilot study among teens in the Dominican Republic. mHealth. 27; 5:30. http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2019.07.03
Bull, S. Ybarra, M., Prescott, T., Mustanski, B., Parsons, J. 2019. Feasibility, acceptability, and process indicators for Guy2Guy, an mHealth HIV prevention program for sexual minority adolescent boys. Journal of Adolescent Health. 65(3):417-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.025

Senior investigators

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Professor, Director (mHealth Impact Lab)

Center for Global Health
Department of Community & Behavioral Health
Health and Behavioral Sciences (CLAS)
mHealth Impact Lab

Email Address:sheana.bull@ucdenver.edu

Primary Phone:303-724-1238

View Research Profile

Sheana Salyers Bull is a tenured professor and past chair of the Department of Community & Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Bull has substantive experience leading digital education initiatives including designing and implementing the first online MPH program at ColoradoSPH and developing and teaching fully online graduate level courses and programs.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

PhD, Sociology, Georgia State University, 1997
MPH, Population Studies, Tulane University School of Public Health, 1992
BA, International Relations, University of California Davis, 1987

Awards

Latino Research and Policy Center Tim Byers Mentoring Excellence Award, Colorado School of Public Health, 2018
Fellow, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, 2018
Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Colorado Denver & Anschutz Medical Campus, 2017
Lawrence W. Green Paper of the Year Award for the publication of “From Foucault to Freire Through Facebook: Toward an Integrated Theory of mHealth” in Health Education & Behavior. Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE), 2017

Research

Evaluation of automated text messaging to support medication refill reminders: The Nudge Study (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Evaluation of an enhanced mobile application to support rehabilitation for cardiac patients (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Promoting healthy pregnancy among American Indian/Alaska Native Health (grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health)

Publications and Presentations

Daly, K., Bull, S., Thomas, D. 2020. Health Worker Acceptability of an mHealth Platform to Facilitate and Document Delivery of Option B/B+ Protocol for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Tanzania. Digital Health. In Press.; Portz, J.D., Ford, K., Elsbernd, K., Plys, E., Bekelman, D.B., Boxer, R.S., Bull, S. Elements of Family, Social Relationships, and Caregiving in Palliative Care mHealth: A Scoping Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. In press.
Ford, K.*, Dunn, T., Crawford, K., Neuwirth, J., Albritton, T., Bull, S. 2019. A Paid Advertising Approach to Youth Study Recruitment using Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. Journal of Medical Internet Research. In Press.
Domek, G., Contreras, I., O’Leary, S., Bull, S., Furniss, A., Kempe, A., Asturias, E. 2019. Text message reminders to improve infant vaccination coverage in Guatemala: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 34(21):2437-2443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.065
Ford, K.*, Portz, J., Moore, S., Shuo, Z., Xiang, X., Zane, R., Wiler, J. Gore, M., Bull, S. 2019. Advancing evidence-based digital health through an innovative research environment: An academic-industry partnership case report. mHealth. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.08.08
Gamboa, J.,* Bull, S., Lamb, M., De La Cruz, P., Olsen, D. 2019. Using Social Media to increase preventive behaviors against arboviral diseases: A pilot study among teens in the Dominican Republic. mHealth. 27; 5:30. http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2019.07.03
Bull, S. Ybarra, M., Prescott, T., Mustanski, B., Parsons, J. 2019. Feasibility, acceptability, and process indicators for Guy2Guy, an mHealth HIV prevention program for sexual minority adolescent boys. Journal of Adolescent Health. 65(3):417-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.025

Investigators and fellows

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Professor, Director (mHealth Impact Lab)

Center for Global Health
Department of Community & Behavioral Health
Health and Behavioral Sciences (CLAS)
mHealth Impact Lab

Email Address:sheana.bull@ucdenver.edu

Primary Phone:303-724-1238

View Research Profile

Sheana Salyers Bull is a tenured professor and past chair of the Department of Community & Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Bull has substantive experience leading digital education initiatives including designing and implementing the first online MPH program at ColoradoSPH and developing and teaching fully online graduate level courses and programs.

Education, Licensure & Certifications

PhD, Sociology, Georgia State University, 1997
MPH, Population Studies, Tulane University School of Public Health, 1992
BA, International Relations, University of California Davis, 1987

Awards

Latino Research and Policy Center Tim Byers Mentoring Excellence Award, Colorado School of Public Health, 2018
Fellow, Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, 2018
Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Colorado Denver & Anschutz Medical Campus, 2017
Lawrence W. Green Paper of the Year Award for the publication of “From Foucault to Freire Through Facebook: Toward an Integrated Theory of mHealth” in Health Education & Behavior. Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE), 2017

Research

Evaluation of automated text messaging to support medication refill reminders: The Nudge Study (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Evaluation of an enhanced mobile application to support rehabilitation for cardiac patients (grant supported by National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)
Promoting healthy pregnancy among American Indian/Alaska Native Health (grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health)

Publications and Presentations

Daly, K., Bull, S., Thomas, D. 2020. Health Worker Acceptability of an mHealth Platform to Facilitate and Document Delivery of Option B/B+ Protocol for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Tanzania. Digital Health. In Press.; Portz, J.D., Ford, K., Elsbernd, K., Plys, E., Bekelman, D.B., Boxer, R.S., Bull, S. Elements of Family, Social Relationships, and Caregiving in Palliative Care mHealth: A Scoping Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. In press.
Ford, K.*, Dunn, T., Crawford, K., Neuwirth, J., Albritton, T., Bull, S. 2019. A Paid Advertising Approach to Youth Study Recruitment using Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. Journal of Medical Internet Research. In Press.
Domek, G., Contreras, I., O’Leary, S., Bull, S., Furniss, A., Kempe, A., Asturias, E. 2019. Text message reminders to improve infant vaccination coverage in Guatemala: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 34(21):2437-2443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.065
Ford, K.*, Portz, J., Moore, S., Shuo, Z., Xiang, X., Zane, R., Wiler, J. Gore, M., Bull, S. 2019. Advancing evidence-based digital health through an innovative research environment: An academic-industry partnership case report. mHealth. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.08.08
Gamboa, J.,* Bull, S., Lamb, M., De La Cruz, P., Olsen, D. 2019. Using Social Media to increase preventive behaviors against arboviral diseases: A pilot study among teens in the Dominican Republic. mHealth. 27; 5:30. http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth.2019.07.03
Bull, S. Ybarra, M., Prescott, T., Mustanski, B., Parsons, J. 2019. Feasibility, acceptability, and process indicators for Guy2Guy, an mHealth HIV prevention program for sexual minority adolescent boys. Journal of Adolescent Health. 65(3):417-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.025

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Center for Global Health

Faculty & Staff

Director

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Education, Licensure & Certifications

Awards

Courses

Research

Publications and Presentations

Leadership and admin

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Education, Licensure & Certifications

Awards

Courses

Research

Publications and Presentations

Senior investigators

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Education, Licensure & Certifications

Awards

Courses

Research

Publications and Presentations

Investigators and fellows

Sheana Bull PhD, MPH

Education, Licensure & Certifications

Awards

Courses

Research

Publications and Presentations

Center for Global Health

Colorado School of Public Health