News and Announcements - PBHL Newsletter August 27, 2021

All students, faculty, and staff are required to get a COVID-19 vaccine or file for an exemption on the basis of medical, religious, or personal reasons. To fulfill this requirement, please self-disclose your vaccination status by today, August 27th using the online form. As a reminder, all individuals regardless of vaccination status must wear a mask at all times indoors.

For more information about COVID-19 guidelines, please visit the CU Denver Coronavirus page.

If you have not yet been vaccinated, you can schedule a vaccine on campus. All COVID-19 vaccines are free. For vaccine questions, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment provides a toll-free hotline available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call 1-877-COVAXCO (1-877-268-2926). Click the link below to schedule your vaccine on campus.

Schedule a Vaccine on Campus

If you submit for a vaccine exemption, you will automatically be routed into a mandatory COVID-19 weekly testing program through Primary Bio. The testing program offers both on- and off-campus locations to conduct saliva or nasal testing (the type of test is dependent on the testing location) free of charge. If you are part of the routine testing program, you will receive an email from Primary Health each week with the link to schedule your test. 

Schedule a Rapid Test

If you do test positive for COVID-19 or have an exposure regardless of your vaccination status, please report the exposure to the school using this form. If you have been exposed and you are fully vaccinated (with NO symptoms), you do not need to quarantine and you can return to campus. You must be diligent and symptom watch for the 2 weeks following exposure. It is HIGHLY recommended that you be tested on day 5 after your last day of exposure. If any new symptoms arise, or if you are tested and receive a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, you must isolate and fill out a new self-report form indicating a positive test.

• Aug 27, 6:30pm, Fainting Goat Pub: Free community screening of short videos about drug overdose reversal and Narcan (Naloxone) in Colorado. The videos are part of the project Naloxone Champions: Digital Success Stories of Reversing Opioid Overdoses. The screening includes free food and non-alcoholic beverages, an audience discussion and a brief survey. 
• Sept 14, 6:00pm, Zoom: Health Equity Learning Series Fireside Chat with Tamika Mallory, esteemed social justice leader, political activist and next-generation advocate for human rights, equal rights for women, health care, gun restrictions and ethical police conduct. Register online.
• Sept 28, 3:30pm, Zoom: Fireside Chat with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, acclaimed pediatrician, scientist, activist, and author of “What the Eyes Don’t See,” a story about uncovering the Flint Water Crisis and leading recovery efforts. The event will discuss public health issues that adversely affect underrepresented and underserved communities within the United States and locally. Register online.

• Sept 3 2:30pm, North Classroom 1130: Insights from USC's National COVID-19 Tracking Survey - Wandi Bruine de Bruin, PhD, University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy and Dornsife Department of Psychology.
• Sept 24 2:30pm, Zoom: Population Health: Looking Under the Skin and Down the Street - Adam Lippert, PhD, University of Colorado Denver, Department of Sociology. Please contact HBSAdminSupport@ucdenver.edu for the Zoom meeting information.
• Oct 8, 2:30pm, North Classroom 1130: Community Disaster Recovery: Moving from Vulnerability to Resilience - Daserai A. Crow, PhD, University of Colorado Denver, school of Public Affairs.
• Oct 15, 2:30pm, North Classroom 1130: Legal Epidemiology as a Tool for Mapping Structural Stigma - Daniel Goldberg, JD, PhD, Universtiy of Colorado Anschutz, Center for Bioethics and Humanities.

The Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at CU Anschutz is seeking an undergraduate student who qualifies for work-study an opportunity to gain hands on learning about a future career as a biostatistician/data scientist. This individual will not only learn about the use of statistics and computing in biomedical research, but they will also gain valuable career ready skills. Projects are built from collaborations across the Anschutz Medical Campus with doctors and researchers with a wide-range of expertise. This work-study student will collaborate with faculty, staff and students in The Center for Innovative Design and Analysis (CIDA) on several data driven projects and learn about all stages of working with data. For the fall semester this work-study will start as remote, and some in-person meetings depending on COVID19 mandates at the school. See the job description online.

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The EURēCA! Grant Program (formerly UROP) is a competitive grant program managed by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. EURēCA Grants support original student-driven research, creative, and other scholarly activities under the mentorship of a CU Denver | Anschutz faculty mentor. Grants of $500 are administered each October and February to be used on project supplies, conference and workshop registration, and travel costs. EURēCA! Grants supports projects across all fields of study and we love to see creative approaches to understanding everyday problems. The Fall 2021 deadline for EURēCA grants is October 1.

Learn More and Apply Online

The research assistant will support a dissertation research project related to health, housing, and neighborhoods, and gain experience in qualitative interview research and community-based research. The research assistant will collaborate with Marisa, a PhD student in the department of Health and Behavioral Sciences. Both work-study and non-work-study students welcome to apply. For more information, go to the Handshake website.

Apply on Handshake

Our department advisors help guide students through our undergraduate programs. Public health advisors are available for both in-person drop-ins and Zoom meetings by appointment during the hours listed below. Alternatively, you can email questions to advisors at PBHLAdvisors@ucdenver.edu or call and leave a message at 303-315-7151. In all communication with advisors, please include your name, student ID, and question.

Book an Advising Appointment

Note: These advisors are specific to the Undergraduate Program in Public Health. All inquiries concerning transfer credits and acceptance into the university should be directed at advisors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS Advising Office).