The school officially opened on July 1, 2008, following decades of dedicated development. Planning for the school was initiated by a partnership of public health practitioners, academics, and business leaders. The partnership formed an official taskforce in 2002 in order to develop a strategic plan and seek the funding necessary to open a school of public health. The task force was successful and instrumental in the decision to open the school as a collaboration. In August 2007, each university president or chancellor signed a memorandum of agreement to open the school and the founding dean was appointed that December. Within months the school admitted its first class of students, setting the stage for growth future development. Among those developments, the school received full accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health October 2010, and was reaccredited in September 2015. Today the school enrolls nearly 600 students, with over 200 full-time faculty across the three university campuses, and more than 2,200 alumni. Each day the school finds new and innovative ways to expand its work, build partnerships and achieve the goal of a healthier region and world. In 2018, the Colorado School of Public Health celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Deans
School Deans: Richard F. Hamman, MD, DrPH Judith Albino, PhD
Departments and Programs
The Colorado School of Public Health is home to five academic departments and multiple programs, with 18 concentration areas. Biostatistics and Informatics Chair: Debashis Ghosh, PhD Programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Community and Behavioral Health Interim Chair: Carol Kaufman, PhD Programs: Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Chair: John L. Adgate, PhD, MSPH Programs: Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health Epidemiology Chair: Jill Norris, PhD Programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Science, Doctor of Public Health, and Doctor of Philosophy Health Systems, Management and Policy Chair: Glen Mays, PhD Programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Centers: Center for Global Health ; Center for Public Health Practice | Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center ; Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health; Latino Research & Policy Center; Center for Health, Work & Environment ; Rocky Mountain Prevention & Research Center ; Center for Food Safety & the Prevention of Foodborne Disease ; Center for Innovative Design & Analysis; Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity & Diabetes; Program for Injury Prevention, Education & Research.
