Our Team
The Injury and Violence Prevention Center is a collaborative research center between the Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Colorado (CU) School of Medicine.
The center is located at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, which is the largest academic health sciences campus in the Rocky Mountain region. The campus is home to six health professional schools and nationally ranked partner hospitals, research centers, and academic programs. This community of neighbors provides an ideal environment for collaboration and cultural innovation.
Our innovative, interconnected, and highly collaborative approach is at the forefront of advancing research, education, professional training, and community outreach. This makes the Injury and Violence Prevention Center a significant contributor to improving community health outcomes in the Rocky Mountain region.
Administrative Leadership Team
Rebecca Orsi-Hunt PhD
Associate Research Professor
- Department of Epidemiology
- Injury & Violence Prevention Center
- Pediatric Kempe Center General Operations (SOM)
- Department of Epidemiology
Dr. Rebecca Orsi-Hunt is an experienced child welfare and child well-being researcher and evaluator. She holds appointments on the faculty at CU Anschutz in Pediatrics (School of Medicine) and in Epidemiology (Colorado School of Public Health). She has over a decade of experience abstracting administrative data from various sources to support research and evaluation projects. Her interests include reducing involvement of children and families with child protective services (CPS), maltreatment prevention and healthcare for children in out-of-home placement. Dr. Orsi-Hunt has participated in or led numerous large-scale evaluations in on topics including: (1) alternative response in child protective service systems, (2) home visiting, (3) permanency planning and (4) CPS workforce well-being. She collaborates with scholars in numerous fields, including Social Work, Public Health and Medicine.
Areas of Expertise
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Dr. Orsi-Hunt holds an MS in Statistics and a PhD in Human Resource Research Methodology, both from Colorado State University.
Dr. Rebecca Orsi-Hunt is an experienced child welfare and child well-being researcher and evaluator. She holds appointments on the faculty at CU Anschutz in Pediatrics (School of Medicine) and in Epidemiology (Colorado School of Public Health). She has over a decade of experience abstracting administrative data from various sources to support research and evaluation projects. Her interests include reducing involvement of children and families with child protective services (CPS), maltreatment prevention and healthcare for children in out-of-home placement. Dr. Orsi-Hunt has participated in or led numerous large-scale evaluations in on topics including: (1) alternative response in child protective service systems, (2) home visiting, (3) permanency planning and (4) CPS workforce well-being. She collaborates with scholars in numerous fields, including Social Work, Public Health and Medicine.
Areas of Expertise
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Dr. Orsi-Hunt holds an MS in Statistics and a PhD in Human Resource Research Methodology, both from Colorado State University.
Core Faculty
Our core faculty and affiliates come from across the University of Colorado system, including the CU Anschutz and CU Denver campuses. Our faculty dedicates a portion of their time to addressing injury or violence prevention topics.
Their interdisciplinary expertise represents multiple disciplines related to injury research, policy, and practice.
Rebecca Orsi-Hunt PhD
Associate Research Professor
- Department of Epidemiology
- Injury & Violence Prevention Center
- Pediatric Kempe Center General Operations (SOM)
- Department of Epidemiology
Dr. Rebecca Orsi-Hunt is an experienced child welfare and child well-being researcher and evaluator. She holds appointments on the faculty at CU Anschutz in Pediatrics (School of Medicine) and in Epidemiology (Colorado School of Public Health). She has over a decade of experience abstracting administrative data from various sources to support research and evaluation projects. Her interests include reducing involvement of children and families with child protective services (CPS), maltreatment prevention and healthcare for children in out-of-home placement. Dr. Orsi-Hunt has participated in or led numerous large-scale evaluations in on topics including: (1) alternative response in child protective service systems, (2) home visiting, (3) permanency planning and (4) CPS workforce well-being. She collaborates with scholars in numerous fields, including Social Work, Public Health and Medicine.
Areas of Expertise
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Dr. Orsi-Hunt holds an MS in Statistics and a PhD in Human Resource Research Methodology, both from Colorado State University.