Health and Behavioral Sciences

What does chemistry have to do with cancer surgery? What can the humanities teach us about the future of health care? And how does going to college shape your happiness decades later? At CU Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, these aren't separate questions — they're part of the same conversation.

CLAS has officially launched its Health Research Collaborative, with more than 55 faculty members joining the college-wide initiative to connect health research across disciplines — backed by a new website and over $35,000 in first-year funding.

CLAS MixTape brings together faculty, students, and community voices for short, compelling presentations on the ideas and challenges shaping our world.

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...