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Travis Hedwig and the Anchorage Assembly with the NPHW resolution Read More

UAA Division of Population Health Sciences leads public health recognition in ҹɫÊÓÆµapp

 |  Jessica Degnan  |  ,

Assistant Dean for the UAA Division of Population Health Sciences Travis Hedwig worked with the Municipality of Anchorage Assembly to pass a resolution declaring April 7–13 National Public Health Week (NPHW) in ҹɫÊÓÆµapp.

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State legislators honor Master of Public Health program for 20 years of education

 |  Chynna Lockett  |  , , ,

Several ҹɫÊÓÆµapp 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.

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Ruby Fried co-hosts APIA symposium

 |  Ahliil Saitanan  |  , ,

Ruby Fried, assistant professor of Health Science within the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies of the UAA Div. of Population Health Sciences, helped host the Regional Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation Symposium with the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association from April 12 to 14, 2022.

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UAA lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the ҹɫÊÓÆµapp now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The ҹɫÊÓÆµapp Division of Public Health awarded a group of UAA faculty, staff and students an ҹɫÊÓÆµapp Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help ҹɫÊÓÆµapp organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.