College of Health News

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Involving Alaska’s rural communities in air quality monitoring

 |  Keenan James Britt  | 

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.

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

 |  Brad A. Myrstol, Cheryl Jones, Rus'sel Sampson, Bri Moffat  | 

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.

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

 |  Rachel Cassandra  | 

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.

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

 |  Shelby Kriegh  | 

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.