Health And Behavioral Sciences

The Alzheimer’s Association has awarded a prestigious three-year, $200,000 research grant to Dr. Ronica Rooks, professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences at CU Denver. Using national, secondary data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Census-enacted HRS (linking the HRS to United States' business information),...

Published recently in American Anthropologist , Emma Bunkley examines how weight loss caused by Type II diabetes can trigger harmful rumors and social isolation for women in Senegal. Her article, “The Weight of Rumor,” reveals how stigma surrounding weight loss not only delays diagnosis but also deepens the emotional and...

William Navarrete Moreno can’t forget a call that would change his life. He was a fifth grader when he got a call from his mother, an immigrant from Mexico, who was at the emergency room. Her thyroid cancer had progressed to the point where she was having trouble breathing, and...