Alaska Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce

 

Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce


The Alaska Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce (ACRH-HW) is committed to strengthening and diversifying Alaska’s health workforce, especially in rural communities and underserved populations. The Center is composed of a variety of programs, most notably the Alaska Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) which is composed of six regional community based centers throughout the state. As part of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's role as the state's health campus, the Center supports health program planning, community partnership, diversity, inclusion and intercampus collaboration. The Center provides the framework of statewide community partnerships to support the full pipeline of health workforce development from career exploration to health program training to continuing education.

FEATURED PROJECTS & PROGRAMS

AHEC Scholars

CACHE

SHARP

CTEPS

PATH Academy

RIIN

 

NEWS & Stories

  • Vanessa Hiratsuka posing by water

    Faculty Spotlight: New NRC Co-Director, Vanessa Hiratsuka

     |  Chynna Lockett  |  , , ,

    Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s National Resource Center on Alaska Native Elders. Vanessa Hiratsuka shares her hopes for the center’s future.

  • Brittney Howell pointing to hot air balloon being inflated

    Faculty Spotlight: New NRC Co-Director, Britteny Howell

     |  Chynna Lockett  |  , , ,

    Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s National Resource Center on Alaska Native Elders. Britteny Howell shares her journey into geriatrics.

  • Maggie Winston

    Alumni of Distinction: Maggie Winston

     |  Matt Jardin  | 

    One morning in 2005, psychology alumna Maggie Winston — then a 21-year-old hairdresser and mother of twin boys living in Kenai — woke up feeling cramps between her shoulder blades. Within an hour, she couldn’t walk.

  • STEM day family dressed as health care professionals

    Children explore health care careers at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ STEM Day

     |  Vicki Nechodomu  |  , , ,

    After a two-year hiatus, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ STEM Day returned to campus on October 1, drawing over 1,500 community members to the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building to celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, commonly known as STEM. Attendees, primarily children, enjoyed activities, challenges, demonstrations, tours, and planetarium shows that explored a wide range of STEM topics from biology to robotics.

  • Covid vaccine

    Line One: Vaccine access for the disabled community

     |  Alaska Public Media  |  , ,

    More than two years into the pandemic, vaccines are widely available and most health measures have been lifted. But there are still Alaskans who have difficulty accessing vaccines or who have continued health risk in spite of them. Sondra LeClair, Health Projects Coordinator, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Center for Human Development, discusses vaccine access for individuals with disabilities in Alaska.


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Contact Us:
Fax: (907) 786-6573
Email: uaa_ahec@alaska.edu

Location:

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce 
1901 Bragaw Street, Suite 250
Anchorage, AK 99508

Mailing Address:
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce
 
3211 Providence Drive, BOC3-250
Anchorage, AK 99508