Commentary: Rural program provides unique opportunities for medical students in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ
Students provide health to underserved Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æns and receive mentorship through Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ's WWAMI program.
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Speech-language pathology student wins Helen Bierne award
Carol Mitchell, a graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology program was awarded the Helen Bierne scholarship at the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Speech-Language-Hearing Association state convention.
Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ named a top school for online health science education
UAA has been ranked one of the nation’s best schools for online health care degrees and certificates for 2023. Six percent of regionally accredited colleges and universities earned a ranking position.
From Opioids to COVID to Sex Ed: How Public Health Education Impacts Anchorage
Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and Division of Population Health Sciences (DPHS) alumna Jordan Kamer (BS, Health Sciences, ‘17) has a pretty important job. As a public health educator with the Municipality of Anchorage Health Department, she is responsible for providing community education and guidance on public health—everything from COVID-19, to naloxone, to age-appropriate sex education.
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