College of Health News

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UAA’s Center for Human Development is working to better understand brain injuries

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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and UAA’s Center for Human Development is engaging in significant work to better understand traumatic and acquired brain injuries in Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ.

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Health sciences major Gloria Renken receives AARP Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ scholarship

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Health sciences major Gloria Renken receives AARP Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ scholarship

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UAA 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 Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ 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.

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UAA researchers hope to move child welfare away from separation and toward community building

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Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Ullrich and Human Services Professor Dr. Yvonne Chase were featured in an Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ 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 Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ community to administer free health screenings to Head Start students. Read More

Pharmacy and nursing students to administer health screenings in rural Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ

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This March, students from UAA’s 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 Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ communities each year, one in spring and another in fall, referred to as Project Partnership for Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æâ€™s Kids (PAK).