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MLS team research presented at national conference

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The medical laboratory science (MLS) research team presents at the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Scientist conference.

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COH Faculty receive recognition at Faculty Development Awards Celebration

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UAA’s Faculty Development and Instructional Support unit announce the recipients of 2021-2022 Faculty Development Awards, which included numerous COH faculty and staff!

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Micah Hahn shares recent publications

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Micah Hahn, assistant professor of Environmental Health with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies of the UAA Div. of Population Health Sciences, has recently co-authored numerous papers focused on wildfire smoke, evolving perceptions, modeling geographic uncertainty, implications of inadequate water storage, and more.

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Line One: Vaccine access for the disabled community

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More than two years into the pandemic, vaccines are widely available and most health measures have been lifted. But there are still ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ns who have difficulty accessing vaccines or who have continued health risk in spite of them. Sondra LeClair, Health Projects Coordinator, UAA Center for Human Development, discusses vaccine access for individuals with disabilities in ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥.

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Hometown ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥: How to flatten the disinformation curve

A local group has been fighting inaccurate information on Facebook pages. Called the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Public Health Information Response Team, it enlists UAA strategic communications students to spot the bad information, and local health professionals to intervene with posts on Facebook that introduce accurate information.