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Apr 16, 2020

A social distancing mandate – as people lose their jobs, their savings, their graduation dreams or, worse, their loved ones – adds a new element to a crisis that experts predict will result in a major mental health fallout. Researchers on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have launched two international surveys this month in hopes of building better responses to these unprecedented stressors for the future.

Mar 26, 2020

Jenn Leiferman, associate professor of Community and Behavioral Health and Director of the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center, was interviewed by Healthline about the stressful conversation trying to convince your parents to stay home.

Feb 19, 2020

Dr. Katie Lohmiller and her sister Halley Gruber teamed up with local schools to develop a scientifically-based program that helps teachers better interact with both students and each other.

Dec 20, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

Texting programs aimed at parents of young children have proliferated over the last several years as smart phones have become ubiquitous and health and education groups look for new ways to get kids on track early.

Oct 31, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

The Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center at ColoradoSPH has received $3.7 million from the CDC to address intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences in the San Luis Valley.

Oct 30, 2019

The Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center at ColoradoSPH has received $3.7 million from the CDC to address intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences in the San Luis Valley.

Oct 17, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

ColoradoSPH researchers received a $4.2 million dollar grant to help discover, design, and implement interventions to close the rural/urban gap in cancer outcomes.

Jun 23, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

Initially, the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center was largely focused on physical health, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but over the last 20 years that focus has expanded to a much broader definition of health that includes mental and emotional well-being, as well as physical health.

Mar 15, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

The RMPRC provides an online training of the harmful effects of prenatal depression in an effort to improve provider-patient communication and improve maternal and child outcomes.

Mar 15, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

Culture of Wellness in Preschools (COWP) is our comprehensive and collaborative early childhood obesity program, which aims to promote a “culture of wellness” in preschool settings by increasing fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity levels.

Mar 15, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

Representing the community of the San Luis Valley, the Community Advisory Board (CAB) consists of partners and leaders identifying community needs and concerns.

Mar 15, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

Through active collaboration, we are building local capacity to execute evidence-based public health practice designed to reduce the intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the San Luis Valley (SLV) of Colorado.

Mar 15, 2019 by Colorado School of Public Health

The Integrated Nutrition Education Program is a s a pre-K through 5th grade program consisting of nine hands-on lessons each year. The lessons involve food preparation/tasting while reinforcing literacy, social studies, science and math standards.