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CDPHE Anschutz Peer Support Partnership Image
The Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience (the Institute) and CU Anschutz Medical Campus - Department of Psychiatry received a contract from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for the Healthcare Worker R & R Support Program. This program will start on December 15th and will...
Aja Zamundu Receives Top Award Photo
Undergraduate researcher, Aja Zamundu, with mentorship from Dr. Heather Littleton, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Research Operations at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, received the Top Scholar award at Mountain Lion Research Days for her...
Erin Fowler Honoring the Brave Award Photo
At this year’s Honoring the Brave Breakfast, hosted by Home Front Military Network, Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience clinician, Erin Fowler, was presented with the Joe Henjum Honoring the Brave award. Fowler was chosen for...
Club Q Coverage KRDO
The Club Q attack that occurred on November 19th in Colorado Springs is a repeat of the senseless violence that we’ve seen across the nation so many times before. This is a difficult time for the individuals...
Julie Hurd ISTSS Award
Julie Hurd, a Trauma Track Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology at UCCS, and who is working in the lab of Dr. Charles Benight at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, recently won...
Chip Benight Photo
After a U.S. President declares a federal disaster, the impacted community must write a federal grant to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to receive funds and provide mental...
Molly Higgins Photo
Sexual violence is a public health problem with a staggering prevalence and significant consequences. In the US, approximately 19% of women will experience a completed or attempted rape...
Dr. Heather Littleton Photo
It likely will be several years before we can fully account for the mental health and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our lives. One understudied impact of the pandemic is the extent to which...
Smiling Students in College
UCCS senior, Aja Zamundu, with mentorship from Dr. Heather Littleton, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Research Operations at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, had the opportunity to...
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