Our Advisory Committees were developed to enhance the Center's ability to achieve its goals in reducing injury and violence in Colorado, the Mountain West, and around the nation. The committees support innovation and help to guide new strategic directions for the center.
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External Advisory Committee
Our committee includes injury and violence prevention experts from Colorado and the Mountain West region. Members are from local health departments, clinical settings, and national organizations, all focused on enhancing safety and well-being.
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Internal Advisory Committee
The IAC supports IVPC's leadership in strategic initiatives, identifies solutions, and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration with other university partners. Composed of a diverse group of public health researchers and faculty, the committee offers insights to enhance resource allocation and evaluate impact.
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Spero M. Manson, PhD (Little Shell Chippewa) is a distinguished professor of public health and psychiatry, directs the Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health, and occupies the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health within the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. A medical anthropologist, he completed his training at the University of Minnesota (1980) and a psychiatric internship at the Oregon Health Sciences University. His programs include 10 national centers, which pursue research, program development, training, and collaboration with 250 Native communities, spanning rural, reservation, urban, and village settings across the country. Dr. Manson has acquired over $260 million in sponsored research to support this work and published 300+ articles and book chapters on the assessment, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of physical, alcohol, drug, as well as mental health problems over the developmental life span of Native people. Dr. Manson is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading authorities regarding American Indian and Alaska Native health.
