Maymester is your chance to complete 3 credits in just three weeks! Learn more about Maymester at CU Denver online. We are offering one course during the 2021 Maymester:

PBHL 4021 Community Health Assessment (3 credits) introduces applied methods of public health practice to benefit community organizations. The course will cover systematic methods and approaches to assessing health needs, working with community partners, and interpreting, analyzing, and presenting health data. Maymester (3 weeks), May 18-June 4, Monday-Thursday 8:30am-12:20pm (Remote). 

If you have questions about this course, please contact the instructor Marisa Westbrook at marisa.westbrook@ucdenver.edu. 

PBHL 2052 Global Demography and Health (3 credits) with Ivan Ramirez examines current issues in population growth, fertility, mortality and migration in the USA and globally. Introduces students to the basic tools of demography and encourages them to think critically about the causes and consequences of population change. June 7-July 31 (Online). 

PBHL 3010 Human Sexuality and Public Health (3 credits) with Monica Adams focuses on  human sexuality using a public health lens, examining a number of sexual health issues and their relationship to individual, familial, organizational, and social-level influences. Identifies both primary prevention and intervention approaches to reducing sexual risk factors and increasing healthy behaviors. June 7-July 31 (Online). This class is filling quickly.

PBHL 4200 The Global HIV/Aids Epidemic (3 credits) with Petros Vilakati provides a foundation for a critical analysis of HIV/AIDS in global context, concerning topics such as disease, the body, ethnicity/race, gender, sexuality, risk, addiction, power, and culture together with a set of ethnographic texts that explore the epidemic’s impact. June 7-July 31 (Online). 

The Population Association of America (PAA), the scientific society for demography and population research, invites you to attend the PAA 2021 Annual Meeting. The meeting is being held virtually from May 5 – 8^th. Students will receive access to a collection of foundational materials about demography, a list of recommended oral sessions to attend during the meeting, and a virtual mixer with research and professionals in the population research field. You can view the preliminary program via PDF or online. There will be no cost for undergraduates to attend. If you are interestest in attending, self-nominate at the link below.

Self-Nominate Online

The Environmental Engineering Environmental Justice Series Panel: Environmental Justice Issues in Northeast Denver will be held virtually on April 12 from 5:30-7pm MT. The panel includes our own Dr. Ivan Ramirez from the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences as well as Dr. Shelly Miller of CU Boulder, Dr. Anondo Mukherjee of Somona Technologies, and moderator Dr. Laura McDonald of CU Boulder.

Join by Zoom