Department Divisions and Programs

Executive Offices

• Christopher E. Urbina, M.D., MPH, Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer
• Martha Rudolph, Environmental Programs Director
• Joni Reynolds, Health Programs Director
• Rosalind (Roz) Bedell, Chief Operating Officer
• Karin McGowan, Community Relations Director
• Office of Communications, Mark Salley, Director
• Office of Health Disparities, Mauricio Palacio, Director
• Office of Planning and Partnerships, Kathleen Matthews, Director

Divisions and Programs

Center for Health and Environmental Information and Statistics 

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Health Statistics Section   
• Medical Marijuana Program
• Vital Records (birth, death, marriage certificates/divorce verification)

Environmental Divisions and Programs

• Air Pollution Control Division
• Climate Change
• Division of Environmental Health and Sustainability
• Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division
• Office of Environmental Integration and Sustainability
• Water Quality Control Division

Health Divisions

• Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division (also see individual topics in the health index for specific program information)
• Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division
  • Trauma Program
• Prevention Services Division
  
  • Child, Adolescent and School Health Unit
    
    • Adolescent Health
    • Child Health
    • Children’s Trust Fund/Family Resource Centers
    • Nurse Home Visitor
    • School Health
    • Tony Grampsas Youth Services
      
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs Unit
    • Care Coordination
    • Clinics
    • Early Intervention
    • Insurance
    • Medical Home
    • Newborn Screening
    • Respite Care
    • Systems/Ease of Use
    • Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Transition to Adulthood
      
  • Chronic Disease Prevention Branch 
     
    • Arthritis Program
    • Asthma Program
    • Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Pulmonary Disease Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Program
    • Cardiovascular Health Program
    • Colorado Central Cancer Registry
    • Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Program
    • Diabetes Control Program
    • Physical Activity and Nutrition Program
    • Women's Wellness Connection
    • Injury, Suicide, and Violence Prevention Section
      
      • Colorado Children's Trust Fund and Family Resource Centers
      • Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System
      • Injury Prevention Program
      • Office of Suicide Prevention
      • Sexual Violence Prevention Program
      • Youth Violence Prevention
    • Interagency Prevention Systems Project (an overview of prevention programs for children and youth statewide)
    • Maternal and Child Health
    • Nutrition Services Section
       
      • Colorado Child and Adult Care Food Program
      • Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
    • Office of Policy and Fiscal Analysis
    • Oral, Rural and Primary Care Section
       
      • Oral Health
      • Rural and Primary Care
        
    • Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership Section
    • Women's Health Unit

     (also see individual topics in the health index for specific program information)

  Laboratory Services Division

  Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response

  • CDC Funded Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Hospital Preparedness Program
  • Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Program

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  Other Resources

  • Department organization chart
  • Department applications 
  • Department boards and commissions 
  • State employee phone directory search

   

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  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
  Denver, Colorado 80246-1530
  contact us or phone 303.692.2000

   

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