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 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 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…
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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 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 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 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 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 ArticlePracticum and capstone project helps enrich gorilla and human health
Discovering 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 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 graduate now creating wellness culture and systematic change in Colorado schools
MPH 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleFriends finally meet at MPH orientation, after “knowing” each other for years
This 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 ArticleStudent columnist communicates public health messages in newspaper
It 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 ArticlePassion for communication technologies inspires conference presentation
Before 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 ArticleMPH students highlight wide-ranging research at fall capstone forum
For 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 ArticleHoffman Award recipients focus on addressing health disparities
Among 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 ArticleMPH research centers on bird flu impact in rural India
Before 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 ArticleCapstone Project Focuses on Maternal Needs in Weld County
Once 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 ArticleMPH Student Begins IBE Fellowship Motivated by Interest in Healthy Aging
When 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 ArticleExploring Innovative Approaches to Childhood Nutrition through Graduate Research
Anyone 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 ArticleVaried Extra-Curricular Activities Compliment MPH Coursework
The 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 ArticleNewsFlash: Student Extra-Curricular Activities Lead to Conference Presentation
Opportunities 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 ArticleDiversifying the MPH Experience: From Theory to Self-Love & Empowerment
Opportunities 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 ArticleMPH Students Meet Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Leymah Gbowee, and Receive Message of Hope for the Future
Colorado 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 ArticleApplying Epidemiology in Evidence-Based Practice
In 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 Blossoms Into Grant Funding for Mulberry Community Gardens
Independent 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 ArticleNewsFlash: Student Research Featured in Journal of Public Health Management & Practice
Jillian 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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