Our Team
Directors
Jenn Leiferman PhD
Professor, Chair (CBH Dept.), Director (RMPRC), Founder (PMHW)
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Jenn Leiferman has spent the last 20 years working in the area of mental health. Her research focuses on developing and testing prevention and treatment strategies for perinatal and child mental health. Recently, her work has also focused on improving access to care for perinatal mood disorders. She is also the director of the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center and the founding director of the Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program at ColoradoSPH.
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Population Studies/Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
- PhD, Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
- MS, Kinesiology, University of North Texas, 1995
- BS, Psychology, Texas A&M University, 1993
Core directors and advisors
Jenn Leiferman PhD
Professor, Chair (CBH Dept.), Director (RMPRC), Founder (PMHW)
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Jenn Leiferman has spent the last 20 years working in the area of mental health. Her research focuses on developing and testing prevention and treatment strategies for perinatal and child mental health. Recently, her work has also focused on improving access to care for perinatal mood disorders. She is also the director of the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center and the founding director of the Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program at ColoradoSPH.
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Population Studies/Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
- PhD, Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
- MS, Kinesiology, University of North Texas, 1995
- BS, Psychology, Texas A&M University, 1993
Affiliated faculty
Jenn Leiferman PhD
Professor, Chair (CBH Dept.), Director (RMPRC), Founder (PMHW)
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Jenn Leiferman has spent the last 20 years working in the area of mental health. Her research focuses on developing and testing prevention and treatment strategies for perinatal and child mental health. Recently, her work has also focused on improving access to care for perinatal mood disorders. She is also the director of the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center and the founding director of the Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program at ColoradoSPH.
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Population Studies/Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
- PhD, Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
- MS, Kinesiology, University of North Texas, 1995
- BS, Psychology, Texas A&M University, 1993
Center administration and project staff
Jenn Leiferman PhD
Professor, Chair (CBH Dept.), Director (RMPRC), Founder (PMHW)
- Department of Community & Behavioral Health
- Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program
- Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
Dr. Jenn Leiferman has spent the last 20 years working in the area of mental health. Her research focuses on developing and testing prevention and treatment strategies for perinatal and child mental health. Recently, her work has also focused on improving access to care for perinatal mood disorders. She is also the director of the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center and the founding director of the Population Mental Health & Wellbeing Program at ColoradoSPH.
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Population Studies/Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
- PhD, Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
- MS, Kinesiology, University of North Texas, 1995
- BS, Psychology, Texas A&M University, 1993
Visit the directory for all members of our team, including affiliated staff. To find out more about our local and academic partnerships, check out our partners page.
Denver Team Member Highlight
/charlotte_biopic4_edited.jpg?sfvrsn=e45232bb_3 "Charlotte Farewell")
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.