Feb 28, 2017 — Dr. Dana Dabelea, director of the LEAD Center and professor in epidemiology at ColoradoSPH, is the lead author on research that points to a higher burden of diabetes-related complications in adolescents and young adults with type 2 diabetes compared to type 1 diabetes.
Sep 20, 2016 — ColoradoSPH has been awarded $15 million for research on environmental influences on child health, as part of the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO).
Apr 18, 2016 — Dana Dabelea, professor and director of the LEAD center at CU Anschutz, is lead author on a new study that affirms prenatal exercise may reduce the amount of glucose and fats mothers make available to their babies, helping them grow more optimally.
Feb 4, 2016 — The Healthy Start study, led by Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD, at ColoradoSPH, follows more than 1,400 ethnically diverse pregnant women to assess the impact of intrauterine exposures on neonatal outcomes.
The Colorado School of Public Health and partners at CU Anschutz created the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center in 2015, where scientists work to help understand the causes and population approaches to preventing obesity and diabetes.