Spero Manson
Dr. Spero Manson (Pembina Chippewa), is a medical anthropologist and distinguished professor of public health and psychiatry. With 44 years of professional experience, he is widely regarded as one of the nation’s leading authorities in Indian and Native American health.
Manson is the director at the Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health and the Department of Community & Behavioral Health. He also occupies the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health within the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Over his decades-long career, Dr. Manson has mentored more than 150 young scientists, many of whom are American Indian or Alaska Native, who have gone on to occupy major positions in scientific industries. He has also worked to help build 10 national centers that pursue research, program development, training, and collaboration with 250 Native communities that span rural, reservation, urban, and village settings across the country.
Manson has published 280 articles and book chapters surrounding his research and work with Native communities. He’s written about the assessment, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of physical, alcohol, drug, and mental health problems that can occur over the life span of Native people.
In 2021, Dr. Manson received the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award from the CDC Foundation, an honor that “recognizes a health educator who has made a substantial contribution to advancing the field of health education or health promotion through research, program development, or program delivery.” In 2019, he received the Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Mental Health. Dr. Manson has also received four special recognition awards from the Indian Health Service, as well as the American Public Health Association’s Rema Lapouse Mental Health Epidemiology Award in 1998.
In 2020, he was a Regents Fellow at the American College of Psychiatrists. He has served on the National Advisory Councils of three institutes at the National Institutes of Health, where he recently completed a four-year term as a member of its Advisory Committee to the Director.
Manson received his Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Spero Manson (Pembina Chippewa), is a medical anthropologist and distinguished professor of public health and psychiatry. With 44 years of professional experience, he is widely regarded as one of the nation’s leading authorities in Indian and Native American health.
Manson is the director at the Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health and the Department of Community & Behavioral Health. He also occupies the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health within the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
Over his decades-long career, Dr. Manson has mentored more than 150 young scientists, many of whom are American Indian or Alaska Native, who have gone on to occupy major positions in scientific industries. He has also worked to help build 10 national centers that pursue research, program development, training, and collaboration with 250 Native communities that span rural, reservation, urban, and village settings across the country.
Manson has published 280 articles and book chapters surrounding his research and work with Native communities. He’s written about the assessment, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of physical, alcohol, drug, and mental health problems that can occur over the life span of Native people.
In 2021, Dr. Manson received the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award from the CDC Foundation, an honor that “recognizes a health educator who has made a substantial contribution to advancing the field of health education or health promotion through research, program development, or program delivery.” In 2019, he received the Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Mental Health. Dr. Manson has also received four special recognition awards from the Indian Health Service, as well as the American Public Health Association’s Rema Lapouse Mental Health Epidemiology Award in 1998.
In 2020, he was a Regents Fellow at the American College of Psychiatrists. He has served on the National Advisory Councils of three institutes at the National Institutes of Health, where he recently completed a four-year term as a member of its Advisory Committee to the Director.
Manson received his Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota.