Alumni Spotlight: Darrel Foister Jr. – Serving ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ as a Nurse Practitioner
Darrel Foister Jr., School of Nursing alum and military veteran, now serves ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ communities as a family nurse practitioner.
Darrel Foister Jr., School of Nursing alum and military veteran, now serves ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ communities as a family nurse practitioner.
UAA's Area Health Education Center (AHEC) helped bring hands-on healthcare career opportunities to over 100 students at a career fair in Ninilchik, where they engaged in activities like sheep eye dissections to explore health-related fields.
The 2025 ALPHA Health Summit, held at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage, featured a session on combating substance use disorders through academic detailing, presented by UAA’s ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce (ACRH-HW).
Della Keats was an Iñupiaq healer whose legacy in traditional healing resonates across ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥. In her honor, UAA offers programs to support rural and ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Native students pursuing careers in health care.
This year’s Fall Grand Rounds, organized by UAA’s Interprofessional Education Committee (IPE) and the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Center for Rural Health & Health Workforce (ACRH-HW), focused on the topic of Traditional Healing by request from rural communities.
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