College of Health News

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Honoring Mary Louise Rasmuson: School of Social Work faculty Vanessa Meade instrumental in Alaska VA renaming

 |  Catalina Myers  |  ,

On Feb. 24, the Alaska VA Clinic was officially renamed the Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System, a collaborative effort that included both Alaska senators and U.S Representative, as well as the invaluable contributions of Assistant Professor Vanessa Meade in ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s School of Social Work.

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Associate Professor of Environmental Health Micah Hahn Read More

Research project led by ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s Micah Hahn receives grant funding from EPA

 |  Austin Osborne  |  , , ,

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ 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).

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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.

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Alumni of Distinction: Kenneth McCoy

 |  Matt Jardin  |  ,

How do you follow up a landmark policing career that not only culminated in becoming chief of police, but also occurred during a watershed period of accountability in law enforcement across the country? For justice alumnus Kenneth McCoy, you become the very first chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer for Alaska’s largest employer.

Hannah Warren Read More

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

 |  Div. of Population Health Sciences  |  , ,

Hannah’s two degrees from ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s Division of Population Health Sciences have been invaluable to her as a program coordinator at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.