Several Alaska state legislatures joined the annual Master of Public Health in Public Health Practice symposium to celebrate with faculty, alumni and nearly 40 students from the program.
Alaska is prepared to handle harsh winter weather, but climate change has triggered a new threat 鈥� heat. Micah Hahn with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS) is teaming with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration鈥檚 Alaska branch to develop the state鈥檚 first hot weather warning system based on the local temperature threshold.
Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 National Resource Center on Alaska Native Elders. Britteny Howell shares her journey into geriatrics.
Historically, ticks haven鈥檛 been a problem in Alaska. But factors like climate change and tourism have created a welcoming environment for new species that can transmit illnesses to humans. Micah Hahn with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies is tracking them. 鈥淥ur work over the past six years is to understand the baseline鈥搘here we are with the ticks that exist in Alaska.鈥�
Fabrice Evengue is an epidemiologist with the Department of Defence. 鈥淚 investigate patterns and causes of disease and injury.鈥�. He got his start in public health at 老澳门六合彩开奖记录, graduating in 2015 with a Master of Public Health in Health Practice.
