College of Health News

A student participating in an activity during the 2019 Alaska Brain Bee Read More

老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 Center for Human Development is working to better understand brain injuries

 |  Vicki Nechodomu  | 

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 Center for Human Development is engaging in significant work to better understand traumatic and acquired brain injuries in Alaska.

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Health sciences major Gloria Renken receives AARP Alaska scholarship

 |  Britteny Howell  | 

Health sciences major Gloria Renken receives AARP Alaska scholarship

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老澳门六合彩开奖记录 researchers hope to move child welfare away from separation and toward community building

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Human Services Professor Dr. Yvonne Chase and Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Ullrich were featured in an Alaska Public Media article about a study they co-authored in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment, titled "A Connectedness Framework: Breaking the Cycle of Child Removal for Black and Indigenous Children." The study explores alternative child welfare strategies to limit family separation.

Kids playing with fallen leaves during fall season Read More

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 researchers hope to move child welfare away from separation and toward community building

 |  Alaska Public Media  | 

Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Ullrich and Human Services Professor Dr. Yvonne Chase were featured in an Alaska Public Media article about a study they co-authored in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment, titled "A Connectedness Framework: Breaking the Cycle of Child Removal for Black and Indigenous Children." The study explores alternative child welfare strategies to limit family separation.

A Project PAK team arrives in a rural Alaska community to administer free health screenings to Head Start students. Read More

Pharmacy and nursing students to administer health screenings in rural Alaska

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This March, students from 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 pharmacy and nurse practitioner programs will travel to Pilot Station and Akiak to administer free health screenings to Head Start students and the wider community. This trip is the first of two planned to rural Alaska communities each year, one in spring and another in fall, referred to as Project Partnership for Alaska鈥檚 Kids (PAK).