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Hospitality industry stalwarts serve Colorado’s health care needs with $10 million gift

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Record-setting pledge establishes Gina and Frank Day Health Institute at MSU Denver.

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MSU Denver receives $1.4 million gift to grow and diversify Colorado’s struggling health care workforce

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The Colorado Access Health Career Pipeline Program will help remove hurdles for students pursuing clinical positions.

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More Hispanic women entering medical field as total remains low in U.S.

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A recent study by the University of California Los Angeles found just 6% of physicians in the U.S. were Hispanic, even fewer were Hispanic women at just 2%.

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7 tips for a healthy Halloween

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Here’s how to avoid the sugar rush for your little monsters, without skimping on the fun.

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MSU Denver students and mascot Rowdy celebrate at the Health Institute groundbreaking Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Photo by Alyson McClaran

MSU Denver celebrates breaking ground on new Health Institute simulation lab

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It’s the next big step in a project that aims to help address Colorado’s critical shortage of health care workers.

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MSU Denver Public Health major Angelica Marley works at Sprout City Farms harvesting vegetables. Photo by Alyson McClaran

Changemaker: Angelica Marley cooks up partnership with local farms

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How a student makes fresh food more accessible by bringing leftover produce to the MSU Denver community.

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Attorney and activist Dawn Bookhardt, J.D., is dedicated to helping Metropolitan State University of Denver educate a diverse health care workforce in the fields of speech, language and hearing.

The key to good health? Representation

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Dawn Bookhardt, J.D., makes a transformational gift to educate a diverse speech, language and hearing workforce.

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Julianna Montoya at Metropolitan State University on August 1, 2023.

End of affirmative action makes it harder for medical schools to fix community health inequities

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Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions in higher education, commonly known as affirmative action, is unconstitutional.

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MSU Denver students work with a client at CRISMA in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The facility provides rehabilitation and therapy for underserved adults and children. Photo by Ilana Oliff

Aspiring therapists gain credit and a new perspective helping patients in Mexico

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MSU Denver’s partnership with a clinic founded by former Mexican President Vicente Fox provides hands-on learning opportunities.

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MSU Denver student Jackie Schwartz reads about Egyptology with resident Jeanne Dietrich in her room at Clermont Park Senior Living Community on May 17, 2023. Photo by Alyson McClaran

MSU Denver tackles critical shortage of elder-care workers

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Coloradans are getting older, but caregivers are in short supply. A new program in aging services will help to replenish jobs lost during the pandemic.

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Kayla Wright-Jackson founded Transition, a tech-platform that is helping to fill much needed front-line health care roles. Photo by Jeff Rawson

Tech startup has prescription for ailing health care workforce pipeline

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MSU Denver graduates build a platform that fills much needed front-line roles in patient care.

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Grad students provide gender-affirming voice care for Denver’s trans community

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Student clinicians in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences earn credit hours while helping people find their voices.

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We're There to Help and Heal

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How do we fill 2.4 million new jobs? Three students discuss one program’s impact on workforce – and community – development.

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Redefining Masculinity

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Recent research has found that behavioral norms often associated with masculinity or “being a man” can negatively affect the health of men and boys.

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Spreading the Health

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Lifestyle-medicine students share wellness tips with young and old as community health educators.

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U.S. Life Expectancy Declining

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U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I.

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MSU Denver Nursing Grad Serves in Army's New Covid Focused Medical Unit

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Steve Wiseman’s zigzaggy path to nursing and service served him well in his deployment to south Texas as a member of the military’s new urban augmentation medical task force.

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A Covid-19 Surge is Straining Colorado’s Medical Workers. Reinforcements are on the way.

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Victor Hernandez is among a new class of nurses who will take their degrees and dedication to the pandemic’s front lines.

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Health Care Partnership Scales Colorado Covid-19 Contact-Tracing Effort

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Here’s how Tri-county Health Department, MSU Denver and Front Range Community College are joining forces to increase capacity – and compassion – in Coronavirus contact tracing and positive-case investigations.

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Safe Hands

In Safe Hands

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Here's how MSU Denver's Chemistry department and beer industry program teamed up to make usre Auraria Campus facilities have plenty of hand sanitizer.

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A recipe for Eliminating Diet Disparities

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White people comprise 91% of registered dietitian Nurtitionists in Colorado. Here's how MSU Denver will use more than $5 Million Dollars in grants to diversify the pipeline into the critical field.

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Jai and Annaliese Casey.

Care Across Lifetime

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This Husband and Wife Doctor Duo met at MSU Denver, went to med school together, and now help their rural community realize whole-person wellness.

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Telehealth Booms Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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Prior to the Coronavirus, Americans were slow to adopt virtual health care. Now, they're clamoring for the services. Here's how the state and universities are responding to deliver digital medicine.

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Kyle Johnson

Finding the "WHY"

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Along the road to addiction recovery, Kyle Johnson returned to school and discovered a true purpose.

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Nurses in the Pipeline

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As Covid-19 exacerbates the health worker shortage in Colorado, Universities adapt to keep the future workforce on track.

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