Keeping smiles healthy: UAA promotes good dental hygiene with annual event
At the fifth annual Cares for Kids event, dental hygiene students provided free dental care to children ages 3-17 while also gaining valuable hands-on experience.
College of Health News
UAS Ketchikan welcomes new nursing lab
UAS celebrated the opening of a newly renovated nursing nursing lab on the Ketchikan campus on Friday, Sept. 19. The new lab represents an effort to expand the university's nursing graduates, specifically in rural communities across the state.
UAF satellite campus renovation aims to lift up local nurses
UAA School of Nursing celebrates UAF Kuskokwim Campus's new Health Sciences Building.
Fungi and spruce may help solve Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s plastic pollution problem
DPHS Public Health Professor Philippe Amstislavski leads research using spruce and fungi to create biodegradable alternatives to plastic, addressing Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s pollution challenges.
UW medical student working in Ketchikan
Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ WWAMI student Rhianna Merriman works at the PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center as part of the school’s Rural Underserved Opportunities Program.
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