Public Health in the Rockies 2026

Building Policy Power Through Community and Municipal Partnerships 8:30am - 10:00am

Crisis as a Catalyst: How Outbreak Response Shaped Our Culture a... 10:15am - 11:15am

Collecting and linking hospitals... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Beyond the Press Release: Building Trust Through Public Health P... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Building Community Health Capaci... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Collaboration That WORKS: A New... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Fundamentals of Survey Design 8:30am - 10:00am

Denver's CHA: Leveraging Tech & Innovation for Community-Driven... 10:15am - 11:15am

Firearm Access Among Rural Ameri... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Using Family Voice to Strengthen Coordinated Public Health Appro... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Generating Shared Insights from... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Policy and Communication Reponse... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Opening Keynote & Lunch Buffet 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Colorado Immersion Training: Building Capacity in Community Engagement 8:30am - 10:00am

From Self-Care to Co-Care: The Science and Skill of Co-Regulatio... 10:15am - 11:15am

A Social Return on Investment St... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Participatory Mapping as a Tool for Strengthening Food Systems E... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Healthy Kids, Stronger Futures:... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Syringe Access Program Point-in... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Stronger Together Through Story: Data Storytelling for Rural Public Health 8:30am - 10:00am

Beyond the Checklist: Building Internal Motivation in Youth 10:15am - 11:15am

Measuring Impact, Not Just Outco... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Answering the Call: 988 Colorado Data, Trends, and Insights 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Improving CO Birth Outcomes: Phy... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Men’s Mental Health: Education a... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Communicating Public Health in Complex and Contested Spaces 8:30am - 10:00am

Just Picture It! An Introduction to a Systems Thinking Tool 10:15am - 11:15am

Precision Public Health: Mapping... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Reclaiming Purpose: A Reflective Ritual for Public Health Leader... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Strengthening Local Data Capacit... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Primary Care Readiness for Long... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Leadership Is Everyone's Work: Building Healthy Organizational Cultures 8:30am - 10:00am

The AI Remix Lab: Practical AI Skills for Real Public Health Wor... 10:15am - 11:15am

Leveraging Local Partnerships to... 11:30am - 12:00pm

The Power of Purposeful Partnerships 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Addressing the Unmet Need of Peo... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Design Your Own Flourishing Fest... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Systems Thinking in Action: A Public Health Teamwork Simulation 8:30am - 10:00am

AI in Public Health: Prompting, Verification, and Practice 10:15am - 11:15am

Colorado EnviroScreen Version 3.... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Community Resilience and Public Health Lessons 5 years post-Mars... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Building Community Resilience: A... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Motivational Interviewing for Vaccine Uptake & Other Health Behaviors 8:30am - 10:00am

Holding the Line: Practice, Care, and Sustainability in Public H... 10:15am - 11:15am

Routine Syphilis, HIV, and HCV T... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Prevalence of Critical Congenital Heart Defects in CO Compared t... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Strengthening Public Health Meas... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Identifying Gaps in Measles Immu... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Finding Your Voice in Public Health Policy Advocacy & Communication 8:30am - 10:00am

Crafting Narratives for Health Policy Change 10:15am - 11:15am

Enhancing Healthcare Disaster Re... 11:30am - 12:00pm

TRAC Dashboard: Maximizing Tobacco Data Availability to Inform L... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Reconnecting with CDPHE's Open D... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

PM Exposure at School Athletic F... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Registration 7:00am - 5:00pm

Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction 10:00am - 4:15pm

Opening Reception: Sunset Socializing, Sips, & Snacks 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Turning Community Voice and Local Data into Public Health Action 8:30am - 10:00am

Science, jargon, and equity: why clear info is critical to publi... 10:15am - 11:15am

HPV Vaccine Communication for No... 11:30am - 12:00pm

Skip the Hit: Youth as Public Health Partners in Media Campaign... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Nothing About Us Without Us: Why... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Beyond Delivery: Improving Postp... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Cultivating Equity and Empathy in Public Health Practice 8:30am - 10:00am

Embedding Youth as Partners: Building a Roadmap for Youth Engage... 10:15am - 11:15am

Stronger Together: Building Colo... 11:30am - 12:00pm

More Than Words: Advancing Language Justice in Public Health Sys... 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Colorado County Profiles: Local... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Empowering Access: Transforming... 3:45pm - 4:15pm

Advancing Youth Vaping Preventio... 9:30am - 10:00am

Sharing Power for Better Data &... 10:15am - 10:45am

Riders on the Storm: Co-evaluati... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

The Human–Animal Bond in SDoH: Determinant & Moderator 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Polling: A Strategic Tool for Pu... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Breakfast Buffet 8:00am - 9:15am

Lunch Buffet 12:00pm - 1:45pm

Panel Speakers: Stronger Together - Community Voices in Public H... 12:15pm - 1:15pm

STEP in Colorado: Developing a S... 9:30am - 10:00am

Colorado SEOW 2026 Regional Prof... 10:15am - 10:45am

Colorado Alcohol Impacts Coaliti... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Quantifying connection: Meeting needs for data on isolation and... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

The Barriers Add Up: Affordability Findings from a Community Hea... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Demonstrating a New Dashboard of... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

One Health Mobile Outreach: An I... 9:30am - 10:00am

Building Regional Networks to Ad... 10:15am - 10:45am

Expanding Access: On-Site GC/CT... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Advancing LGBTQ+ Data: The Journey and the Partnerships that Mak... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Healthy Kids Colorado Survey and... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Creation of a Public Health Curr... 9:30am - 10:00am

Together Change the Narrative: A... 10:15am - 10:45am

What Profits the People? Applyin... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Connected Care Coordination for Workforce and Community Access 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Food Insecurity Experiences and... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Creating Clean Air Schools throu... 9:30am - 10:00am

Using Cumulative Impact Analysis... 10:15am - 10:45am

Community-Based Organizations in... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

AI in Public Health: Ethics, Bias, and Community Trust 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Advancing Community Psychiatry v... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Hidden in Plain Sight: Lead Expo... 9:30am - 10:00am

BREATHE: Advancing Equity in Ped... 10:15am - 10:45am

Addressing Psychological Birth Trauma: A Call to Action 11:00am - 12:00pm

Bridging the Gap: Education and Resource Access to Address Perio... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Heavy Metals in Groundwater: Pre... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Strengthening Evidence Synthesis Through Hybrid AI-Assisted Work... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Power of Partnership: Evaluating... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Randomized Care Navigation Inter... 9:30am - 10:00am

Test Yourself Colorado: Addressi... 10:15am - 10:45am

Preparing the Dental Workforce for HPV Vaccination: Student Pers... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Urban Heat, Ozone, and Asthma Disparities in NYC: A Multiscale A... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Examining the Association Betwee... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Quantifying the ROI of Multisector Partnerships: Networks & Econ... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Measles and more: Denver’s local... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Beyond Frequency: Cannabis Expos... 9:30am - 10:00am

Dental Cost and Utilization in C... 10:15am - 10:45am

Examining Stigmatizing Language in K-12 State Sex Education Laws... 11:00am - 12:00pm

For The Youth, By The… Adults?: Youth-Driven Substance Use Progr... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Building the Table Before You Ne... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

From Shade to Policy: A Cross-Sector Skin Cancer Prevention Mode... 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Breastfeeding Support via Commun... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction 8:00am - 4:30pm

Registration 8:00am - 4:30pm

Audiobook Walking Club 7:00am - 8:00am

Nature as Medicine: The Power of Forest Bathing for Wellbeing Pr... 7:00am - 8:00am

Incline & Power Hair Trail Hike 4:30pm - 5:30pm

The Well of Being: Yoga, Meditation, & Art 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Alcohol in rural Colorado – Impacts and Possible Interventions 8:45am - 10:00am

Epidemiology of Invasive and Noninvasive Carbapenem-Resistant Infections 8:45am - 10:00am

War and the Pets of Ukraine 8:45am - 10:00am

Medicare Advantage Use and Spending vs. Traditional Medicare in Colorado 8:45am - 10:00am

A Student-Led Toy Drive: Program Evaluation and University Belonging 8:45am - 10:00am

Awareness of Ordinances to Restrict Sales of Flavored Nicotine Products 8:45am - 10:00am

Live Training: Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship 8:45am - 10:00am

Poster Presentation & Judging 8:45am - 9:15am

Safety, Sustainability & Savings: One Sharps Container at a Time 8:45am - 10:00am

Health is Relationships: A Social Networks Study in Diverse Communities 8:45am - 10:00am

Helicobacter Pylori Transmission: Implications for Public Health 8:45am - 10:00am

No-show Appointments: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities for Intervention 8:45am - 10:00am

Beyond Compliance: Building Action-Oriented CHA/CHIP Processes 8:45am - 10:00am

The Effect of CAP Laws on Firearm Storage in US Households with Children 8:45am - 10:00am

Launching Ahead: Using CFIR to Fast Track a Needs Assessment 8:45am - 10:00am

Key Functional Drivers of Coalition Motivation to Build Resilient Programs 8:45am - 10:00am

Trust, Engagement, and Health Communication in Digital Health Communities 8:45am - 10:00am

Accreditation In Action: Exploring PHAB’s Tools, Services, and Impact 8:45am - 10:00am

Evaluating Community-Driven Overdose Prevention 8:45am - 10:00am

Priority groups for public health interventions in Larimer County 8:45am - 10:00am

Linkage to Hepatitis C Treatment 8:45am - 10:00am

Data Management & Team Engagement within a Natural Disaster Working Group 8:45am - 10:00am

Building Momentum for Statewide Change: Flavored Tobacco Policies 8:45am - 10:00am

Malnutrition Among People with Tuberculosis at Urban Public Health Clinic 8:45am - 10:00am

Distance Traveled for Maternal Healthcare and Birth Outcomes in Colorado 8:45am - 10:00am

Poster & Exhibitor Showcase 9:00am - 10:00am

Running Activity 7:00am - 8:00am

Birding 7:00am - 8:00am

Evaluating MSU Denver's Inclusiv... 9:30am - 10:00am

Assessing Sexual and Reproductiv... 10:15am - 10:45am

Stronger Together: Engaging French-Speaking African Communities 11:00am - 12:00pm

Enhancing HRQOL & Patient Activation: A Health Promotion Program... 11:00am - 12:00pm

From Crisis to Connection: Building a medical clinic in a naviga... 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Lead on Lead: Educating Prov... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Stronger Together Through Shared Risk and Protective Factors 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Bridging the Gap: Leveraging Par... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Following Up on Food Insecurity:... 9:30am - 10:00am

The Wellbeing of Place: Results... 10:15am - 10:45am

Data Outputs Inform. Humans Decide: Decision Intelligence in Pub... 11:00am - 12:00pm

All in This Together: Strengthening Local Data Through Partner S... 11:00am - 12:00pm

A Multi-Sector Communication Strategy for Functional Neurologica... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Political Stress and Health Care... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Community-Based Suicide Prevention in Colorado 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Pathways to Equity: Addressing S... 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Breakfast Buffet & Awards 8:00am - 9:00am

Lunch Buffet 12:30pm - 1:45pm

Smokeless: Tobacco/Nicotine Use from the 2025 Weld Community Hea... 9:15am - 10:15am

Nicotine Use in the Mountain Wes... 10:30am - 11:00am

Stronger Together: Co-Designing... 11:15am - 11:45am

Stronger Together: Assessment as a Catalyst for Community Engage... 9:15am - 10:15am

Geographic Expansion of a Medica... 10:30am - 11:00am

The Public Health Paradox: Why C... 11:15am - 11:45am

Designing Connected and Equitabl... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Public Health Nurse Leadership Skill Builder 9:15am - 10:15am

Expanding Reproductive Access in... 10:30am - 11:00am

The Syndemic Gap in Federally-Funded Breast Cancer Clinical Trials 11:15am - 11:45pm

Cultivating Calm: Mindfulness fo... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Associations between Influenza S... 10:30am - 11:00am

Reviewing Colorado air toxics ru... 11:15am - 11:45am

Well Water Use, Safety and Stewa... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Beyond Modernization: Connecting Data, Programs, and Communities 9:15am - 10:15am

No-Code AI Forecasting for Influ... 10:30am - 11:00am

Beyond Tables: A User-Centered D... 11:15am - 11:45am

The first year of Congenital Cyt... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

EMS Readiness and Financial Sustainability: Challenges and Innov... 9:15am - 10:15am

Using AI to Understand Community... 10:30am - 11:00am

Impact of Continuous Medicaid an... 11:15am - 11:45am

Trusted Messengers, Better Outco... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Silent Auction 8:00am - 8:30am

Registration 8:00am - 11:00am

Disconnect to Re-connect?!?! 11:15am - 11:45am

Resilient but Unequal: Sex, Race, Household Coverage Gaps in U.S... 9:15am - 10:15am

Delivering Diabetes Prevention &... 10:30am - 11:00am

Advancing High‑Quality Asthma Ca... 11:15am - 11:45am

Partners in Prevention: DoL and... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Suicide in Colorado: An Overview 9:15am - 10:15am

Evaluating Health Disparities Am... 10:30am - 11:00am

Leveraging digital messengers to... 11:15am - 11:45am

Emerging Products and Differenti... 12:00pm - 12:30pm