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UAA Associate Professor of Environmental Health Micah Hahn Read More

Research project led by UAA’s Micah Hahn receives grant funding from EPA

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

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

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Hannah’s two degrees from UAA’s Division of Population Health Sciences have been invaluable to her as a program coordinator at ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓÆµ Native Tribal Health Consortium.

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UAA faculty and students use machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation

At UAA, 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 ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓÆµ Public Health Information Response Team project.

Health Sciences sophomore Megan Washington studying in the UAA Spine Read More

ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓÆµ named a top school for online health science education

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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.

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

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ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓÆµ 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.