Our Team
Directors
Charlotte Farewell PhD, MPH
Director (PMHW), Research Assistant Professor
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Farewell is an assistant professor and the director of the MPH in Population Mental Health & Wellbeing (PMHW) program. Her PhD is in health and behavioral sciences from the University of Colorado. Her research is focused on using mixed-methods to analyze developmental research questions, with a specific focus on maternal mental health (depression, stress, and anxiety) during the perinatal period in global contexts, the investigation of non-pharmaceutical methods that can be targeted and/or mobilized to promote maternal resilience in multi-ethnic and low resourced communities, and promoting mental and physical health among formal and informal caregivers and children in early childhood education settings.
Areas of Expertise
- Maternal stress
- Perinatal mental health
- Resilience
- Mind-body interventions
- Early childhood development
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, 2019
- MPH, Community and Behavioral Health, Tulane University, 2012
- BS, Biology, University of Richmond
Resumes/CV:
Awards
- Lorna Grindlay Moore Faculty Launch Award, University of Colorado, 2020
Core directors and advisors
Charlotte Farewell PhD, MPH
Director (PMHW), Research Assistant Professor
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Farewell is an assistant professor and the director of the MPH in Population Mental Health & Wellbeing (PMHW) program. Her PhD is in health and behavioral sciences from the University of Colorado. Her research is focused on using mixed-methods to analyze developmental research questions, with a specific focus on maternal mental health (depression, stress, and anxiety) during the perinatal period in global contexts, the investigation of non-pharmaceutical methods that can be targeted and/or mobilized to promote maternal resilience in multi-ethnic and low resourced communities, and promoting mental and physical health among formal and informal caregivers and children in early childhood education settings.
Areas of Expertise
- Maternal stress
- Perinatal mental health
- Resilience
- Mind-body interventions
- Early childhood development
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, 2019
- MPH, Community and Behavioral Health, Tulane University, 2012
- BS, Biology, University of Richmond
Resumes/CV:
Awards
- Lorna Grindlay Moore Faculty Launch Award, University of Colorado, 2020
Affiliated faculty
Charlotte Farewell PhD, MPH
Director (PMHW), Research Assistant Professor
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Farewell is an assistant professor and the director of the MPH in Population Mental Health & Wellbeing (PMHW) program. Her PhD is in health and behavioral sciences from the University of Colorado. Her research is focused on using mixed-methods to analyze developmental research questions, with a specific focus on maternal mental health (depression, stress, and anxiety) during the perinatal period in global contexts, the investigation of non-pharmaceutical methods that can be targeted and/or mobilized to promote maternal resilience in multi-ethnic and low resourced communities, and promoting mental and physical health among formal and informal caregivers and children in early childhood education settings.
Areas of Expertise
- Maternal stress
- Perinatal mental health
- Resilience
- Mind-body interventions
- Early childhood development
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, 2019
- MPH, Community and Behavioral Health, Tulane University, 2012
- BS, Biology, University of Richmond
Resumes/CV:
Awards
- Lorna Grindlay Moore Faculty Launch Award, University of Colorado, 2020
Center administration and project staff
Charlotte Farewell PhD, MPH
Director (PMHW), Research Assistant Professor
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Farewell is an assistant professor and the director of the MPH in Population Mental Health & Wellbeing (PMHW) program. Her PhD is in health and behavioral sciences from the University of Colorado. Her research is focused on using mixed-methods to analyze developmental research questions, with a specific focus on maternal mental health (depression, stress, and anxiety) during the perinatal period in global contexts, the investigation of non-pharmaceutical methods that can be targeted and/or mobilized to promote maternal resilience in multi-ethnic and low resourced communities, and promoting mental and physical health among formal and informal caregivers and children in early childhood education settings.
Areas of Expertise
- Maternal stress
- Perinatal mental health
- Resilience
- Mind-body interventions
- Early childhood development
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, 2019
- MPH, Community and Behavioral Health, Tulane University, 2012
- BS, Biology, University of Richmond
Resumes/CV:
Awards
- Lorna Grindlay Moore Faculty Launch Award, University of Colorado, 2020
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Denver Team Member Highlight
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Charlotte Farewell, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor - Research, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Tell me a little about your background and previous experience.
I am an Assistant Professor with the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center and Director of the Population Mental Health and Well-being concentration at the Colorado School of Public Health. After receiving my MPH from the Tulane School of Global Health and Tropical Medicine with a focus on maternal and child health.
Why did you decide to work at CU and with the RMPRC?
I started working with the RMPRC as a Professional Research Assistant because of their focus on community-based participatory research and well-being promotion.
What are you currently working on?
I am now a Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator on intervention projects which seek to promote the well-being of low-resourced populations (e.g., pregnant and postpartum individuals, early care and education caregivers). I am currently PI of a training grant funded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (Mothers Optimizing Resources Everyday (MORE)) where the primary research objective is to integrate advanced analytical modeling with qualitative data to inform the timing, duration, content and delivery modalities of a multi-level psychological capital intervention rooted in mindfulness-based best practices to promote perinatal well-being among specific low-resourced sub-groups. Her research experience, to date, is centered around three overarching goals: (1) to build expertise related to the analysis of developmental research questions using quantitative and qualitative methods, with specific focus on mental health (depression, stress, and anxiety) during sensitive periods (prenatal, postpartum, early childhood), (2) to investigate non-pharmacological methods (e.g. mindfulness and positive psychology interventions) that can be targeted and/or mobilized to optimize population mental health and resilience, and (3) to advance research in the field of dissemination science to identify core constructs that are most critical to enhance the uptake of evidence-based behavioral interventions into community and clinical settings. She enjoys collaborating with, and learning from, the excellent interdisciplinary researchers at the RMPRC, using mixed methods to investigate novel research questions, and partnering with local, national, and international communities.