College of Health News

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UAA Pre-Health Society takes action against Alaska's opioid crisis

 |  Shelby Kriegh  | 

For National Recovery Month, the UAA Pre-Health Society (PHS) teamed up with Sam Garcia of Heart of Heart Consulting to assemble 250 emergency naloxone (NARCAN) rescue kits for our local community.

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Rural Alaska to rural Peru: UAA students gain a global perspective on healthcare

 |  Shelby Downey-Kriegh  |  ,

For a group of University of Alaska Anchorage nursing and social work students, a journey to the mountains of rural Peru wasn't about providing healthcare; it was about learning from communities that face many of the same challenges as rural Alaska.

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

 |  Shelby Downey-Kriegh  | 

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

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

 |  Eduardo Piqueiras  |  , , , , , ,

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

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‘It’s a calling’: 70 UAA students earn nursing degrees days before National Nurse Week

 |  Dani Tompkins  |  , ,

Seventy students earned their bachelor's nursing degrees from the University of Alaska Anchorage this week as the country recognizes National Nurses Week.