Liz Gilbert

EdD, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 1997
Area of Study: Educational Leadership: Higher Education Administration

MEd, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 1994
Area of Study: Health Promotion and Education

BS, Texas A&M University, 1980
Area of Study: Health and Physical Education

Professor, Colorado School of Public Health @ The University of Northern Colorado
Community Health Education (2020 – Present)

Acting Director, University of Northern Colorado
School of Human Sciences (2012-2014)

Graduate Program Coordinator, Colorado School of Public Health @ The University of Northern Colorado
(2009-2012)

Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado
School of Human Sciences: Community Health (2008-present)

Associate Dean of Instruction, University of New Mexico Gallup
(2005-2007)

Department Chair, University of New Mexico Gallup
Department of Health Careers (2003-2005)

Associate Professor, University of New Mexico Gallup
(2003-2008)

A mixed-methods community-based participatory research study to expand intercultural understanding of the long-term detrimental effects of childhood obesity

Social and environmental factors contributing to early onset pediatric obesity.

Effective Engagement for Change: Using the Harm Reduction Collaboration Model

Areas of Interest

Cultural Humility/Authentic Engagement
Community Engaged Teaching and Scholarship
Impact of community engagement on student learning
Health status of underrepresented communities and the factors that impact their health status, both positively and negatively

• Floren K, Gilbert ED. Community-Academic Collaboration for Naloxone Distribution Programming: The Process of Engaging an Academic Partner to Increase Coalition Capacity to Conduct a Needs Assessment. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA. November, 2019.
• Sharp TA, Weil J, Snyder A, Dunemn K, Milbrath G, McNeill J, Gilbert ED. Partnership Integration for Rural Health Resource Access. Rural and Remote Health. November 2019; 19(4). https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH6335.
• Gilbert ED, Laedtke D, Sharp T, Wood S. Effective community engagement strategies: The voices of injection drug users. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. Vol. 10, No. 2, 46-55. 2018.
• Gilbert ED, Epperson A, Romero D. Novel Approaches and Solutions to “Old” Problems. Engaged Scholarship Consortium, Denver, CO. October, 2019.
• Gilbert ED, Goold A, Freeman R, Ventoruzzo K. Planting Community Seeds – Students building community relationships through art. Engaged Scholarship Consortium, Denver, CO. October, 2019.
• Romero D, Epperson A, Marston C, Gilbert ED. Moving beyond Institutionalization: Enacting university-community engagement as a process of change. The Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Community Engagement and Outreach. Cambridge Press. 2018.
• Gilbert ED, Floren K. Addressing the Opioid Crisis Through a Community/Academic Partnership. Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2018.
• Epperson A, Gilbert ED, Romero D. Fact or Fiction? Telling Stories of Engaged Promotion and Tenure. Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2018.
• Perkins DD, Fisher BW, Karakos HL, Shields SL, Gilbert ED, Patterson MM. Thinking and acting both globally and locally: The field school in intercultural education as a model for action-research training and civic learning. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice. 1 (1): ii-22, 2017.
• Darrell E, Rivera M, Davis L, Gilbert ED. Combating the Opioid Epidemic: A Students’ Perspective on Community Partnerships. Public Health in the Rockies, Copper Mtn, CO. August, 2018
• Gilbert ED, Visconti V. “Competence & Humility: The Path to Authentic Engagement.” Community Engaged Scholars Symposium. University of Northern Colorado. October, 2017
• Sharp TA, Goris SA, Gilbert ED, Carroll DS, Turner G. Perceptions and Barriers to Healthy Food Access in a Rural Southwest Community. Seventh International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society, Denver, CO. October 5-6, 2017.
• DeHerrera DL, Miller DE, Sharp TA, Gilbert ED. Utilization of Organizational Influence: An Approach to the Engagement of People Who Inject Drugs. Seventh International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society, Denver, CO. October 5-6, 2017.
• Gilbert ED, DeHerrera D, Backlund-Jarquin. Community Toolbox Development: Resources for Authentic Engagement through Cultural Humility. Roundtable presentation for the Engaged Scholarship Consortium. Birmingham, AL. September 26-27, 2017.
• Sharp TA, Gilbert ED, Gutilla MJ, Goldsmith J, Thomas D. Variability of Food Access in American Indian Reservation Border Towns. Accepted for presentation at the Sixth International Conference on Health, Wellness, and Society, Washington, DC, October 20-21, 2016.
• Cain M, Sharp TA, Gilbert ED. Exploring Mitigation Processes with Vulnerable Groups: Evidence Following the 2015 Earthquakes in Nepal. Accepted for presentation at the Sixth International Conference on Health, Wellness, and Society, Washington, DC, October 20-21, 2016.
• Sharp TA, Gilbert ED, Floren K, Floren M. Community Engagement Impact on Student Self-Assessment of Competency Achievement. Accepted for presentation at the 17th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference, Omaha, NE, October 11-12, 2016.
• Gilbert ED, Sharp TA, Floren K, Carroll D. Engaged Research in a Reservation Border Town: A Faculty Perspective. Accepted for presentation at the 17th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference, Omaha, NE, October 11-12, 2016.
• Sharp TA, Gilbert ED, Laedtke DE, Thomas NM, Wood SD. Voices Matter: Engagement Recommendations from Injection Drug Users. Presented at the Ninth Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 29-March 2, 2016.
• Gilbert ED, Sharp TA, Laedtke DE, Thomas NM, Wood SD. Partnering with Marginalized Communities: Include the Experts! Presented at the Ninth Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 29-March 2, 2016.