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Mirella Castaneda BS

Evaluation Specialist
  • Colorado School of Public Health
  • Injury & Violence Prevention Center

Mirella Castaneda, a bilingual evaluation specialist, joined the Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health in 2024. She grew up in Kansas and graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a Bachelors in Biochemistry and is a currently a MPH student in a Biostatistics program at ColoradoSPH. Her professional interests center on suicide and firearm injury research, with an emphasis on advancing evaluation and research to reduce firearm-related harms locally and nationally. She enjoys solving problems, learning from people, and is passionate about helping make science more inclusive for the Spanish speaking community.

Areas of Expertise

  • Biostatistics
  • Gun violence prevention
  • Mental health

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • BS, Biochemistry/minor in Mathematics, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 2019

Injury & Violence Prevention Center (IVPC)

Colorado School of Public Health

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

3rd Floor West , Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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