Center for Alaska Native Health Research

02/04/2026

UAF news, highlighting CANHR research. Check it out!

A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist has shown that a chemical marker in the body can reliably reveal how much added sugar and how many sugar-sweetened drinks a person consumes. The marker works in people of different ages, sexes, races and diets.

11/02/2025

CANHR is at the 2025 Annual Public Health Association Meeting and Expo in Washington D.C. Hannah and Katie will be presenting on CANHR's two CEAL Projects.

The Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) partners with communities to:
💪 Build trust in science and research
🤝 Ensure inclusion across the research continuum
💪 Advance community-driven solutions
🤝 Strengthen community-engaged research

Abstracts can be found at the links below:
1. https://apha.confex.com/apha/2025/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/578390
2. https://apha.confex.com/apha/2025/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/575685

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 (𝘕𝘐𝘏) 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘛2𝘏𝘓158287. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘐𝘏.

10/11/2025

CANHR Professor, Dr. Andrea Bersamin, receives NIH research grant!

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Alaska Fairbanks a $3.26 million grant for a new research project to address coronary heart disease among Yup’ik Alaska Native people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.

10/14/2024

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day!
Check out the events happening on campus today
UAF College of Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Peoples Day honors Alaska Native people, culture and knowledge. It affords time to reflect and acknowledge the Indigenous knowledge that enhances the education provided by the university.

09/24/2024

HAPPENING TOMORROW! A few of our CANHR researchers, Dr. Andrea Bersamin, Evon Peter MA, Dr. Katie Cueva, and Ay'aqulluk Jim Chaliak BSW, will be presenting and/or moderating at the Opportunities in Population Health Research in Native Communities to Advance Health Equity workshop.

This workshop will bring together a multi-disciplinary panel of researchers whose expertise focuses on American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health to assess current and future opportunities in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic diseases, including heart and lung diseases, sleep disorders, cancer, and diabetes, as well as their related risk factors within AI/AN communities. Native community members will also participate to ensure their unique perspectives and experiences are reflected in the discussion. The workshop will identify key research gaps, opportunities for culturally centered programs, and barriers to progress. It will also propose future research directions, highlight strategies to enhance research capacity, and explore community-engaged participatory research strategies in alignment with Tribal customs, culture, and laws.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/opportunities-population-health-research-native-communities-advance-health-equity

09/13/2024

Congratulations to all and a huge CONGRATS to our very own Director, Stacy Rasmus and Research Associate Professor, Katie Cueva!🥳

Movin' on up; our faculty make UAF great! 💙🌟💛

Congratulations! Here are the faculty members who received either tenure, promotion or both during the 2023-2024 academic year:

Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Dominique Pride

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Sarah Lewis

Institute of Arctic Biology
Katie Cueva
Stacy Rasmus

International Arctic Research Center
Nancy Fresco
Donna Hauser

UAF College of Business & Security Management
Cameron Carlson

UAF College of Engineering and Mines
Sunwoo Kim
Lei Zhang
Yin Zhang

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴- (research arm of CEM)
Christopher D. Arp

UAF College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
Curry Cunningham
Seth Danielson
Megan McPhee

UAF College of Indigenous Studies
Sally Samson
Sean Topkok

UAF College of Liberal Arts
Miho Aoki
Christina Ireton
Seth Jones
Tyler Kirk
Amy May
Joshua Reuther

UAF College of Natural Science & Mathematics CNSM
Maegan Daniello-Weltzin
Sean Regan

UAF Community & Technical College
Kevin Alexander
Kenneth R. Berndt
Sandra Wildfeuer

UAF School of Education
Valerie Gifford

08/14/2024

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07/19/2024

This is HUGE news, Congratulations! Also, a special congratulations to our Senior Research Scientist, Evon (Taa'ąįį) Peter who has been working tirelessly on this project, well done!

We have been hard at work building a Dinjii Zhuh Ginjik database to help provide resources for language learners. We are excited to release the first major product from the datebase, our online dictionary!We have also provided a list of references below that have been critical in our work and that w...