College of Health News

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Associate Professor of Environmental Health Micah Hahn Read More

Research project led by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Micah Hahn receives grant funding from EPA

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Associate Professor of Environmental Health Micah Hahn is leading a research project around climate change, health, wildfire smoke and environmental justice in Alaska that recently received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Hannah Warren Read More

Public Health Education in Rural Alaska: Bridging the Gap and Meeting People Where They Are

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Hannah’s two degrees from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Division of Population Health Sciences have been invaluable to her as a program coordinator at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ faculty and students use machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation

At Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, computer science Professor Shawn Butler has been using machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation on social media. Butler’s efforts are part of the Division of Population Health Sciences and Department of Journalism and Public Communication’s mission to combat COVID-19 misinformation on public-facing Facebook pages with scientifically accurate information from credited sources through its ongoing Alaska Public Health Information Response Team project.

Health Sciences sophomore Megan Washington studying in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Spine Read More

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ named a top school for online health science education

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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.

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From Opioids to COVID to Sex Ed: How Public Health Education Impacts Anchorage

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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ 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.