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News and Announcements - PBHL Newsletter March 12, 2021

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Funding Opportunities

Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RaCAS)

RaCAS is an annual opportunity for CU Denver undergraduate students to showcase their scholarly activities. Each year over 200 presenters share the research and creative projects they've worked on throughout the academic year. Together with peers, faculty, family, and friends they celebrate the pursuit of knowledge and new ideas. RaCAS will be hosted virtually on April 30. Submit your abstract today to reserve your spot as a presenter. Applications are due April 2. Curious what a virtual symposium looks like? Visit last year's RaCAS website to see virtual presentations from CU scholars just like you!

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Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) Professional Development Funds

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until April 16, 2021 or until the funding pool is exhausted. Students can request up to $400 to cover the cost of attendance at virtual events that will aid in their exploration of research and creative activities. All awarded funds must be spent by April 30. Funding decisions will be provided to the student and faculty sponsor within two weeks of submission and funds will become available shortly thereafter. Questions? Contact undergrad.research@ucdenver.edu

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Register Now for Summer 2021

Maymester Public Health Elective PBHL 4021

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. 

Summer 2021 PBHL Offerings

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). 

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). 

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