ColoradoSPH offers its students countless opportunities to engage with all facets of public health and people within the CSU community. One of the many aspects…
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New Year, New Club
The start of a new semester calls for new clubs at the ColoradoSPH at CSU! The new Journal Club is looking for members. Journal Club…
Full ArticleFall 2021 Capstone Presentations: Complete!
Recently, several ColoradoSPH at CSU MPH students presented their capstone projects to an online audience. Highlighted here are projects completed by Katie and Sierra, two…
Full ArticlePublic Health Events Educate Students and Faculty
Public Health is everywhere including right here in Colorado! Earlier this semester, two major public health events—American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo…
Full ArticleMPH Students Present Their Capstones
Meeting people where they are was a common theme of this years’ capstone projects. Two students, Hannah and Yosely, share their interests, lessons, and future…
Full Article4 MPH Students Share Diverse Practicum Experiences
Every semester, MPH students at the Colorado School of Public Health complete practicums that assist in the application of their public health education. This year’s…
Full ArticleNewsflash: Dr. Nelson’s new COVID-19 research published in JAMA
Dr. Tracy Nelson, who is the director of the ColoradoSPH at CSU, is a co-author in published new research on COVID-19 in the prestigious Journal…
Full ArticleGraduating MPH students present their capstone projects at the virtual Public Health Forum
MPH students prepare all semester long to present their capstone projects at the Public Health Forum. Held virtually again this semester due to the COVID-19…
Full ArticleNewsflash: CSU veterinarians provide COVID-19 vaccinations in northern Colorado
More than 40 Colorado State University veterinarians have volunteered in recent weeks to provide COVID-19 vaccinations in Larimer County, including at The Ranch Events Complex,…
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Danielle Lagana has always been drawn to public health. She majored in environmental studies as an undergraduate and worked with the National Park Service for…
Full ArticleColoradoSPH at CSU faculty help fight the pandemic with groundbreaking research
The ColoradoSPH at CSU faculty have stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide important research and essential work in understanding the virus, how to…
Full ArticleMPH students present at the virtual Public Health Forum
MPH students powered up their laptops and tuned in from their living rooms, kitchens, and home offices for this fall’s virtual Public Health Forum. The…
Full ArticleMPH student works with city to improve transportation equity
Morgan Turner, a second year MPH student in the Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles concentration at CSU, wanted to pursue public health because of its…
Full ArticleStudents continue to help their communities by working as contact tracers
Many students in the Colorado School of Public Health have taken on the role of contact tracer and case investigators for COVID-19. It has allowed…
Full ArticleVirtual PHiR Conference showcased vast areas of public health practice for students
With many conferences being cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers of the annual Public Health in the Rockies (PHiR) conference were…
Full ArticleMeet Christina Pasana: Graduate Advisor & Academic Coordinator
Christina Pasana is the new Graduate Advisor and Academic Coordinator for ColoradoSPH at CSU. She is a San Diego native who decided it was time…
Full ArticleMPH students volunteer in the COVID-19 response to help community
Students and faculty in the Colorado School of Public Health at CSU have stepped up to help their community during the coronavirus pandemic. They jumped…
Full ArticleColoradoSPH faculty seek MPH GRAs for unique skill sets and expertise
The opportunities to get involved, contribute to cutting-edge research, and partake in practice-based learning are nearly endless for Colorado School of Public Health students at…
Full ArticleCSU undergrads go on to graduate program in public health
Many Colorado State University students don’t want to leave Fort Collins after they graduate, and who can blame them? With the charm of Old Town,…
Full ArticleNewsflash: CSU & CU Anschutz team up to fund inter-institutional health innovation projects
The Colorado School of Public Health has launched a new grant program to fund research projects that cross the boundaries of its three institutions: Colorado State University,…
Full ArticleStudents share experience and skills gained during their capstone projects
Each semester, the Public Health Forum brings MPH students together to present their capstone projects. They spend months researching, creating, and perfecting their projects, and…
Full ArticleMPH/MSW student helps to better his community
Fred Palmer might seem like an ordinary graduate student, but he wears many different hats in his community. He is a substance use counselor, advocate…
Full ArticleWhat is public health? From a statistician perspective
What is public health? Some people may say it’s the prevention and management of infectious diseases, others might say it has to do with pollution,…
Full ArticleNewsflash: MPH student presents at CSU Grad Show
The Colorado State University Graduate Showcase is a one-day conference for students to present their research, work and talents, and to connect with other graduate…
Full ArticleColoradoSPH alumni now contributing to stricter tobacco regulations in Colorado
Faire Holliday is a Colorado School of Public Health at CSU alumni, and her concentration was in Global Health and Health Disparities. Before pursuing a…
Full ArticleMPH student travels to South Africa for research
Samantha Loh is a second-year MPH student in the epidemiology concentration at Colorado State University. Her favorite course, which confirmed that she had made the…
Full ArticleLocal public health superstar joins class as a Lifelong Learner
During the first day of the fall 2019 semester, Dr. Molly Gutilla asked her students in her Epidemiology for Public Health class to introduce themselves….
Full ArticleStudents attend Public Health in the Rockies and gain valuable insights
Each year the Public Health in the Rockies Conference provides an opportunity for education, networking and skill development for public health professionals in Colorado and neighboring…
Full ArticleNewsflash: Dean Samet stops by CSU to give talk
Colorado State University welcomed the Dean of the Colorado School of Public Health, Jonathan Samet, MD, MS, who visited Dr. Molly Gutilla’s SAS Database Design…
Full ArticleNewsflash: Alumni continues important work in public health
Brittney Sly earned her MPH in global health and health disparities from the Colorado School of Public Health and is now a doctoral student in the…
Full ArticleTen MPH students present at the Summer 2019 Public Health Forum
Within each of the Master of Public Health concentrations at Colorado State University, students complete a capstone project which allows them to apply their learnings…
Full ArticleMPH student’s practicum inspires capstone project to help refugees with disabilities
Last summer, Amanda Tyler lived and worked in a rural village in Uganda. She was there for 2 months while doing her practicum with the…
Full ArticleProduce safety fellowship gives MPH students hands-on experience
Carolina Mariano Ferraz had her first experience with foodborne health risks in her home country of Brazil. There she worked as a food safety apprentice…
Full ArticleNewsflash: Dr. Tracy Nelson named new director of ColoradoSPH at CSU
Dr. Tracy Nelson, a professor in the CSU Department of Health and Exercise Science, has been named director of the Colorado School of Public…
Full ArticleEcuador research helps build partnerships and research opportunities
Cardiometabolic risk refers to an individual’s chances of having stroke, heart disease or diabetes. Some factors, like age and gender, increase a person’s cardiometabolic risk…
Full ArticleNewsflash: Director recognized for service to ColoradoSPH at CSU
Dr. Lorann Stallones, outgoing director of the Colorado School of Public Health at CSU, was recently recognized for her service to the school at an…
Full ArticleEcuador experience highlights importance of relationship building
One of the most valuable lessons of public health – but perhaps among the hardest to learn – is that change doesn’t happen in a…
Full ArticleTraineeship addresses maternal and child health disparities
For Alyssa Thomas, the a-ha moment came in an undergraduate course on child health disparities. Health outcomes like preterm birth and obesity, she learned, generally…
Full ArticleMPH students learn public health practice in Uganda
At some point in a 20-minute nature walk that ended up being a 10-kilometer trek around Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi, Hillary Smith had a public…
Full ArticleExperience and education lead to built environment role
For a long time, Liz Young was doing public health without realizing it. Teaching high school students about nutrition and healthy relationships, training kids in…
Full ArticleVirtual reality technology translates to body positivity in body image research
Though Dr. Juyeon Park has devoted much of her professional research to studying how humans use technology – focusing more on the human aspects than…
Full ArticleCapstone projects emphasize importance of using research results
Jackie Williamson arrived in Uganda’s Kasese District this summer with the goal of testing as many mothers as possible for hepatitis B virus (HBV). She…
Full ArticleMPH students recognized for research at Graduate Student Showcase
The pursuit of knowledge is not for the faint of heart. Just ask Grace Kuiper, whose research – recently presented at Colorado State University’s…
Full ArticleNewsflash: Program director interviewed on The More You NoCo podcast
Dr. Lorann Stallones, director of the ColoradoSPH at CSU, recently was interviewed about a variety of public health topics on The More You NoCo podcast….
Full ArticleNewsflash: ColoradoSPH at CSU faculty member wins Franz Boas Award
Dr. Katherine Browne, a ColoradoSPH at CSU faculty member in the Global Health and Health Disparities concentration and a professor in the Department of Anthropology and…
Full ArticleNewsflash: Professor’s research on e-cigarette use spotlighted in newspaper
Dr. Craig Trumbo, a professor in the Health Communication concentration at the Colorado School of Public Health at CSU and in the Department of Journalism…
Full ArticleRelationship with preceptor enhances practicum experience
Suman Mathur’s door was always open. If Nichole Monhait had a question or an idea, if she just needed to talk something through, Suman was…
Full ArticleSmart Fit Girls program impacts public health by helping girls learn confidence
What would happen, Dr. Chrissy Chard wondered, if women and girls cheered each other on? If they helped each other remember that how they look…
Full ArticleMPH student teaches group fitness classes as complement to studies
It wasn’t going to be an easy class. Not that the participants in Sonia Chowdhury’s STRONG by Zumba class would have left if they’d known,…
Full ArticleCapstone projects span breadth of public health practice, from bike lanes to food safety
While analyzing data use constraints at indigenous health facilities in Guyana, Amber Enyart had this insight: “If you don’t have proper information generated at the…
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