Student Spotlight: Ku'Ikaika Calderon on interning in D.C.

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Legal Studies and Criminology major, Ku'Ikaika Calderon, completed an internship with Senator Dan Sullivan in Washington, D.C.

Involving Alaska’s rural communities in air quality monitoring

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Micah Hahn, M.P.H., Ph.D., associate professor of environmental health in UAA’s Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, is the principal investigator and a co-author on a scientific paper published last month in the journal Environmental Research: Health.

Student Spotlight: Pamela Thomas - on connecting research, community, and health

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For Pamela Thomas, health begins with connection--connection to family, community, culture, land, and the systems that shape our everyday life.

UAA College of Health faculty and alumni publish report on Alaska Native disparities in Alaska jails and prisons

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This report presents an exploratory study of racial disparities in Alaska’s correctional system, combining a review of national research with an analysis of Alaska Department of Corrections (ADOC) booking data.

$25M gift to bolster rural- and Indigenous-focused medical training in Alaska

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WWAMI, a University of Washington medical school program that serves five western states, including Alaska, recently received a $25 million endowment for scholarships to increase the number of physicians in rural and Indigenous communities.

College of Health team delivers critical speech and hearing screenings in rural Alaska

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A team of College of Health faculty and students from the University of Alaska Anchorage recently traveled to Bethel and two nearby rural communities to provide free speech, language, and hearing screenings.

The next outbreak is coming. America may be less prepared than you think

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Recent outbreaks are raising concerns about the nation’s preparedness for the next pandemic. Host Sophia Meador speaks with UAA College of Health Dean Jay Butler, MD, and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health Colin Carlson, PhD, about what the next pandemic could look like — and why the nation is not prepared to respond.

Ebola travel ban reroutes DTW‑bound plane as U.S. screenings start

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Dr. Jay Butler, dean of the University of Alaska Anchorage College of Health and former CDC deputy director for infectious diseases, emphasizes evidence-based public health responses and the importance of preparedness during emerging infectious disease outbreaks.

Funding cuts and empty beds: Critics question the U.S. response to ebola

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College of Health Dean and former CDC deputy director for infectious diseases, Dr. Jay Butler, serves as an infectious disease expert source discussing the public health implications of the 2026 Ebola outbreak and response efforts.

IDSA media briefing: Responding to infectious disease threats

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University of Alaska Anchorage College of Health Dean and former CDC deputy director for infectious diseases, Dr. Jay Butler, provides expert commentary on public health preparedness and global coordination in responding to infectious disease outbreaks, including Ebola and hantavirus.
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