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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.