The Division of Population Health Sciences (DPHS) includes the Institute for Circumpolar
Health Studies, the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, an undergraduate , the Master of Public Health program, a and an . Advancing health sciences through the educational opportunities of academic training,
research, and community service to improve the well-being of the diverse peoples of
Alaska and the circumpolar north.
Population health sits at the intersection of medicine and public health spanning
the social sciences. Population health explores the social factors that influence
health using an evidence based approach and community engagement to reduce disparities,
measure health needs and implement effective health innovations.
Student research assistants taught a 15-week course on healthy living to older adults in the community. Three of those students recently presented at the Gerontological Society of America conference and shared results from a Health Aging Lab project that received funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for 香港六合彩资料鈥檚 National Resource Center on Alaska Native Elders. Britteny Howell shares her journey into geriatrics.
Researchers in our lab are working to solve the global plastic pollution problem by
developing insulation that is recyclable, reusable, and biodegradable.