Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for UAA’s National Resource Center on Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Elders. Britteny Howell shares her journey into geriatrics.
The state’s public medical school partnership, WWAMI, which has trained the next generation of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ physicians for 51 years, celebrated its largest incoming class of 25 students at its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Heritage Center.
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) term assistant professor Megan Bennett discusses her excitement about teaching courses for the AAS in Speech-Language Pathology Assistant, a new degree option within the SLP program, and being a new faculty member at UAA.
Master of Social Work student Shana Cooper works with the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Justice Center. She joined the Hometown, Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ podcast to talk about mental health and suicide prevention in the state.
The College of Health underwent a structural transformation this fall, approved by the University of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Board of Regents in August, 2023. The changes are aimed at fostering collaboration, streamlining operations, and ensuring an equitable distribution of programs, faculty, and staff across unit leadership.
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