The Colorado Poverty and Health Initiative (COPHI)
Launched in November 2025, we are bringing together researchers, educators, and clinicians from across the Anschutz Medical Campus in connection with policymakers, public officials, and community members to create the nation's leading scientific hub dedicated to understanding and addressing synergistically related epidemics that arise from and perpetuate conditions of poverty. We will:
- Identify synergies across campus and world that lead to programmatic science that improve population health
- Produce the scientific evidence-base for the prevention of and response to co-occurring social and health epidemics through rigorous research
- Create a model educational environment for clinicians, researchers, hospital systems, policymakers, and members of the community conceptualize all disease through a bi-directional lens
- Inform the evidence-base for social, economic, and administrative decisions that prevent and respond to social and health epidemics.
COPHI will be the nation’s leading scientific hub for understanding and addressing these crises.
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Mission
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To be the hub for generating and advancing evidence, building capacity, and accelerating implementation of solutions that improve health and stability by addressing the interconnected conditions of poverty and disease.
Vision
A future in which the relationship between social instability, poverty, and health is eliminated.
Core Values
In the News and Events
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July 2026 Newsletter
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New Colorado Poverty and Health Initiative Addresses Intersection of Systemic Issues and Epidemics
At COPHI, we envision our work as a sunflower in full bloom. COPHI is the steady center—providing direction, structure, and support—while each collaborating lab, faculty member, and partner is a vital petal that expands our reach and impact. When we nurture each other’s strengths and align our efforts, we create something larger, stronger, and more resilient than any one part alone.
Infectious Diseases
CU Anschutz
Research Complex II
12700 East 19th Avenue
Mail Stop B168
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0191
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