Our Team and Partners

Meet our team of experts at CIDE and the national and local agencies with whom we proudly partner to enhance emergency preparedness and community support for people with disabilities, their families, and the agencies and professionals who support them. 

Our Team Members

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Julia Beems MA

Research Senior Instructor Emergency Preparedness Program Coordinator
  • Bioengineering
  • Downtown Campus - Engineering - Bioengineering ATP
  • Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering

Email Address:julia.beems@ucdenver.edu

Primary Phone:303.315.1284

1201 E. 5th St., Suite 240

Julia is Senior Research Instructor and the Assistive Technology Program Outreach Coordinator, and Emergency Preparedness Program Coordinator with The Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Bioengineering at the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus. She also holds secondary appointments in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Pediatrics. She has worked in the field of assistive technology for over 40 years providing assessments, technical assistance and training to individuals with disabilities their family members and the professionals who serve them. Her areas of expertise include low-tech, low-cost assistive technology solutions, emergency preparedness, and modifications for the rural and agricultural communities. Ms Beems represents CIDE as a member of the FEMA Region VIII Advisory Council,  the state Community Preparedness Advisory Council, and the Denver Regional Council Of Governments (DRCOG) Aging and Disability Resource Center Advisory Committee.

Our Financial Partners

Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing

Logo, Colorado Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management Department of Public Safety
Logo, Jefferson County Colorado Public Health
Logo, Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council

Additional Collaborators

  • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 8
  • CDPHE - OEPR: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • RMMRC: Rocky Mountain Medical Reserve Corps
  • Colorado Emergency Managers
  • Colorado Independent Living Centers (ILC)
  • El Grupo Vida

To these and the many other local and national disability and emergency management collaborators who have offered guidance and help to this program, we are truly grateful for your support. 

Thank you.

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Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering (CIDE)

CU Denver

The Hub, Bioengineering

1224 5th Street

Suite 130

Denver, CO 80204


303-315-1280

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