Operations
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Information and resources for the ColoradoSPH community.
Critical update: Research activities
ColoradoSPH recognizes that our community is eager to increase on- and off-campus research. While we continue to recommend telework and remote human subjects research as the preferred option, the campus is beginning a measured approach to ramping up research activities that cannot be completed remotely.
Dean Samet's commentary
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Do tobacco smoking and SARS-CoV-2 team up?
Aug 3, 2020The global tobacco pandemic has been in progress for a century, dating to the 1913 release of Camel, the first mass-marketed cigarette brand. In the United States, the Surgeon General attributes 480,000 premature deaths annually to tobacco, a number greatly exceeding the current death toll from COVID-19 of over 150,000 deaths. But, this is a comparison that should not be made.Full story
School operations updates
August 7, 2020 Internal operations update
July 24, 2020 Internal operations & updates
July 10, 2020 Internal operations & updates
University operations updates
COVID-19 & the CU Anschutz community
July 31, 2020
The CU Anschutz Medical Campus is continuing with a hybrid model that supports working and learning from both home and the workplace. We continue to invite additional people and areas for a return to select on-campus activity...
COVID updates from President McConnell: Public school plans announced for Fall 2020
July 27, 2020
Several weeks ago, I assured those of you with school-age children or dependents that we were monitoring and accounting for the local public school districts’ (Larimer, Thompson, Weld) schedules and preparing to create flexible options for our own employees and students when the time came for the parents among you to return to work while your children or dependents return to school...
July 15, 2020
The course schedule has now been fully updated and is available to you on Ursa. Thank you for your patience while the faculty worked to identify the most effective ways to deliver their courses, consistent with evolving public health guidelines...
Experts in the news
Media requests
Are you a member of the media looking to get in touch with our experts? Please contact Director of Communications & Marketing, Tonya Ewers at Tonya.Ewers@CUAnschutz.edu or 303.724.8573.
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New modeling data from the Colorado School of Public Health shows decline in social distancing and increasing hospitalizations
Jul 16, 2020The latest modeling report from the ColoradoSPH-led team shows a concerning decrease in social distancing and increase in hospitalizations.Full story -
Governor announces new interactive modeling app from Colorado School of Public Health scientists
Jul 9, 2020Gov. Jared Polis announced a new interactive web app developed by the ColoradoSPH-led COVID-19 modeling team that allows users to test a variety of COVID-19 scenarios.Full story -
STAT News: No one wants to go back to lockdown. Is there a middle ground for containing Covid-19?
Jul 1, 2020Elizabeth Carlton, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, spoke with STAT News about how to respond to a second wave of COVID-19 cases in Colorado.Full story
Modeling results
July 16, 2020 Modeling Report
July 9, 2020 Governor announces new interactive modeling app from Colorado School of Public Health scientists
July 6, 2020 Colorado COVID-19 Boundaries & Mobility-Identified Communities Report
Colorado public health updates
- Wireless emergency alerts scheduled for Friday morning to announce mask order | July 16
- New modeling data from the Colorado School of Public Health shows decline in social distancing and increasing hospitalizations | July 16
- State health department releases information on Protect-Our-Neighbors certification | July 7, 2020
- State health department releases Protect-Our-Neighbors roadmap | June 30, 2020
- State of Colorado receives funding for Crisis Counseling Assistance & Training Program | June 19, 2020
- Risks and benefits of activities during the COVID pandemic | June 16, 2020
- State distributes fourth allocation of experimental anti-viral treatment | June 8, 2020
For the latest information and guidance from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, please visit their website.