The partnership formed an official taskforce in 2002 in order to develop a strategic plan and seek the funding necessary to open a school of public health.
In August 2007, each university president or chancellor signed a memorandum of agreement to open the school and the founding dean was appointed that December.
Among those developments, the school received full accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health October 2010, and was reaccredited in September 2015.
Each day the school finds new and innovative ways to expand its work, build partnerships and achieve the goal of a healthier region and world.
The Colorado School of Public Health is home to five academic departments and multiple programs, with 18 concentration areas.