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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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…
Full ArticleThe 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 ArticleRecently, 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 ArticleMeeting 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 ArticleEvery 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 ArticleMPH 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 ArticleDanielle 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 ArticleMPH 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 ArticleMorgan 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 ArticleMany 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 ArticleWith 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 ArticleStudents 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 ArticleThe 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 ArticleMany 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 ArticleEach 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 ArticleFred 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 ArticleThe 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 ArticleFaire 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 ArticleSamantha 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 ArticleDuring 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 ArticleEach 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 ArticleDiscovering Public Health Isabella Mazariegos’ first experience in public health was when she was in high school. She volunteered for Helps International, an organization similar…
Full ArticleBrittney 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 ArticleWithin 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 graduate Jill Matlock was drawn to public health because she enjoyed the community and all-encompassing aspect of the field and wanted to play a…
Full ArticleLast 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 ArticleCarolina 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 ArticleOne of the most valuable lessons of public health – but perhaps among the hardest to learn – is that change doesn’t happen in a…
Full ArticleFor 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 ArticleAt 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 ArticleFor 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 ArticleThe pursuit of knowledge is not for the faint of heart. Just ask Grace Kuiper, whose research – recently presented at Colorado State University’s…
Full ArticleSuman 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 ArticleIt 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 ArticleThis is a story about public health and coincidence, and how something as simple as finding a place to sit can make all the difference….
Full ArticleIt isn’t just that bike helmets are a factor in public health and safety. It’s that one rainy evening last year, at the end of…
Full ArticleBefore Divya Chawla presented a poster at the recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas, she wrote a literature review…
Full ArticleFor Katherine Cooley, it was learning as a Peace Corps volunteer that 100 percent of Togo’s population is at risk for malaria. For Drew Faturos,…
Full ArticleAmong Alyssa Thomas’ goals in her public health career is to work with childhood obesity. It’s not something she knows in abstract or from a…
Full ArticleBefore actually seeing the chickens pecking in the dirt outside brightly painted homes in rural eastern India, Anna Pollard and Kaitlin Dickson, both students in…
Full ArticleOnce Katie Key began looking at the participant data, some themes emerged. Among them was that moms needed help getting diapers. Huggies may not seem…
Full ArticleWhen Raina Benford was 16 and still in high school, she got a job as a certified nursing assistant. Most of her clients were five,…
Full ArticleAnyone who has children or interacts with children knows that getting kids to eat a healthy and balanced diet is a huge feat. The fear…
Full ArticleThe graduate program at the Colorado School of Public Health offers countless ways through which students can tailor their individual experiences. In addition to the…
Full ArticleOpportunities to attend and/or present at conferences are excellent for professional development and networking in the field. Recently, volunteer work flourished into the opportunity for…
Full ArticleOpportunities abound to enhance classroom learning during the MPH program at the Colorado School of School of Public Health. One avenue for practical experience is…
Full ArticleColorado State University celebrated International Women’s Day on March 6 by hosting Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Gbowee Peace Foundation…
Full ArticleIn recent years, Public Health as a field has called for an increase in evidence-based practice. Due to the dynamic nature and complexity of public…
Full ArticleIndependent Study options are available to MPH students looking to further tailor their graduate experience. Julie (Blair) Gillis, a ColoradoSPH at CSU MPH student in…
Full ArticleJillian Foss, a second year MPH student in the Global Health and Health Disparities concentration, was recently featured in a student column for the Journal…
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