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The Board of Trustees of the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) announced today that President and CEO Michele Lueck will leave the organization on July 15. Managing Director of Research, Evaluation, and Consulting Sara Schmitt will lead CHI on an interim basis while a search for a permanent replacement conducted.

How Colorado’s Changing Climate Is Putting Children’s Health at Risk reports on how exposure to air pollution can lead to health problems, including diminished lung development and asthma, and why pollution is often worse in lower-income neighborhoods.

The Valley Courier reported on CHI’s community health needs assessment with SLV Health.

CHI's goal is to drive policy changes that will help Colorado communities become more resilient to climate change, and to improve health equity for the people most profoundly, and unfairly, affected.

CHI found that LGBTQ+ Coloradans were much more likely to report poor mental health than Coloradans who are heterosexual or cisgender.

The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) has reports and data illuminating the COVID-19 pandemic's impact in Colorado as the state marks two years since the onset of the pandemic.

The Colorado Health Institute has identified three challenges that must be addressed to advance the health of all Coloradans — climate change, behavioral health, and integrating systems of care.

December 28, 2021

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