Colorado School of Public Health

A view of the Anschutz Medical Campus, home to the administrative offices of the Colorado School of Public Health.

The Colorado School of Public Health[1] is an accredited,[2] collaborative school of public health representing three Colorado public educational and research institutions: the University of Colorado, Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado.[3] The school is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.[4] The school operates on three university campuses: the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. and the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo.

History

The school officially opened on July 1, 2008, following decades of dedicated development. Planning for the school was initiated by a partnership of public health practitioners, academics, and business leaders. The partnership formed an official taskforce in 2002 in order to develop a strategic plan and seek the funding necessary to open a school of public health. The task force was successful and instrumental in the decision to open the school as a collaboration. In August 2007, each university president or chancellor signed a memorandum of agreement to open the school and the founding dean was appointed that December. Within months the school admitted its first class of students, setting the stage for growth future development. Among those developments, the school received full accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health October 2010, and was reaccredited in September 2015.[5]

Today the school enrolls nearly 600 students, with over 200 full-time faculty across the three university campuses. Each day the school finds new and innovative ways to expand its work, build partnerships and achieve the goal of a healthier region and world.[5]

Deans

School Deans:
Richard F. Hamman, MD, DrPH (Founding Dean, December 2007-December 2010)[6]
Judith Albino, PhD (Interim Dean, January 2011 – May 2012)[7]
David C. Goff, Jr, MD, PhD (June 2012 – Present)

Departments and Programs

The Colorado School of Public Health is home to five academic departments and multiple programs.

Biostatistics and Informatics[8] Chair: Debashis Ghosh, PhD Programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy

Community and Behavioral Health[9] Chair: Sheana Bull, PhD, MPH Programs: Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health

Environmental and Occupational Health[10] Chair: John L. Adgate, PhD, MSPH Programs: Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health

Epidemiology[11] Chair: Jill Norris, PhD Programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Science, Doctor of Public Health, and Doctor of Philosophy

Health Systems, Management and Policy[12] Chair: Adam Atherly, PhD Programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy

Centers: Center for Global Health (WHO); Center for Public Health Practice | Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center; Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health; Latino Research & Policy Center; Center for Health, Work & Environment | Mountain & Plains Education & Research Center (NIOSH); Rocky Mountain Prevention & Research Center (CDC), Center for Food Safety & the Prevention of Foodborne Disease; Colorado Biostatistics Consortium; Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity & Diabetes; Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research (PIPER).

Notes

  1. ↑ "Colorado School of Public Health | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Publichealth.ucdenver.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  2. ↑ "Search for a Degree Program | Council on Education for Public Health". Ceph.org. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  3. ↑ "About the Colorado School of Public Health | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Ucdenver.edu. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  4. ↑ "Search for a Degree Program | Council on Education for Public Health". Ceph.org. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  5. 1 2 "Identity and Mission | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Ucdenver.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  6. ↑ "Richard F. Hamman, MD, DrPH | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Ucdenver.edu. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  7. ↑ "Judith Albino, PhD | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Ucdenver.edu. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  8. ↑ "Biostatistics & Informatics | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Publichealth.ucdenver.edu. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  9. ↑ "Department of Community and Behavioral Health | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Publichealth.ucdenver.edu. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  10. ↑ "Environmental & Occupational Health | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Publichealth.ucdenver.edu. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  11. ↑ "Colorado School of Public Health | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Publichealth.ucdenver.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  12. ↑ "Health Systems, Management & Policy | Academics | University of Colorado Denver". Publichealth.ucdenver.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

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