CSU work on COVID-19 in skilled nursing facilities leads national research
The Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging at CSU has amassed one of the largest archives of longitudinally collected human samples of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Impacts: Perspectives from Women in Science
Sept. 29: Moderated by professor emerita Carol Blair, CSU scientists with diverse expertise will provide their perspectives on a broad array of topics regarding COVID-19. The conversation will stretch from thoughts about the origin and transmission of corona viruses, testing strategies, human and community health impacts, and behavior changes noted during the pandemic.
Women's work: Female researchers take the lead
Women lead two of CSU’s four COVID-19 vaccine projects, both built on centuries-old solutions to ruinous infectious disease and both certain to advance knowledge, regardless of which international laboratory gets to the vaccine finish line first.
Spillover: Finding motivation in the pandemic
I’m a senior majoring in microbiology at Colorado State University. As an undergraduate researcher, I’m studying the spillover of infectious disease from one species to another – the mechanism that most likely led to emergence of COVID-19.
The head and the heart: How does mental health affect the body?
Understanding why and how prolonged psychosocial stress, including mood and anxiety disorders, increases risk for chronic physiological illnesses like hypertension and diabetes is at the heart of Brent Myers’s research.
Colorado School of Public Health: Ergonomic design for every body
“It’s really interesting to see how my background in pattern making and 3D body scanning can be utilized in many different ways. This upcoming project feels like the best possible way I could use my skills to help with worker safety and health.” -Kayna Hobbs, Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Ph.D. student
Denver7: Colorado health officials, scientists expand coronavirus wastewater tracking pilot project
The data will be cross-referenced with existing data on cases and outbreaks in a specific area to try to glean more information about the prevalence of the virus – even, possibly, down to specific buildings, officials said.
CSU included among top universities solving coronavirus pandemic
CSU’s contributions to developing solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic have earned it a spot on a ranking of the top 10 universities engaged in this important research, according to the website successfulstudent.org.