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ALASKA WWAMI NEWS AND EVENTS

• Elysia Sophie Spencer, Alaska WWAMI Medical Student, Wins Arthur N. Wilson, MD Scholarship
  Elysia Sophie Spencer, Alaska WWAMI Entering Class of 2007, has just been awarded the American Medical Association Foundation's Arthur N. Wilson, MD Scholarship. The scholarship is presented each year to a medical student who attended high school in southeast Alaska and who consistently receives academic honors. Ms. Spencer grew up in Juneau and earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. Ms. Spencer has interests in global health and completed a summer internship experience at the Children's Surgaical Centre in Cambodia during the summer of 2008, as well as a R/UOP preceptorship in Juneau. She intends to return to Alaska to practice medicine.



• 2009 Mini Medical School Presented by Alaska WWAMI
  Alaska WWAMI presented the 2009 Mini Medical School each Thursday evening in October. Premier Alaskan physicians and biomedical researchers discussed innovations in medical science and medical topics of interest to Alaskans. These topics included: functional anatomy of the brain, strokes (cerebral vascular accidents), the effects of changing climate on our bodies, and advancements in the treatment of heart disease. 2009 Mini Medical School Flier
  



• You Tube features Alaska WWAMI's Della Keats/U-DOC Program
  A Day in the Life: Sim Baby is the highlight of the day for students in the summer 2009 Della Keats/U-DOC High School Summer Enrichement Program. Eighteen students from around the state of Alaska spent 6 weeks on the UAA campus learning about medical careers. The video shows a day when they visited UAA's School of Nursing and examined a sophisticated simulation of a baby that demonstrates multiple, measurable physiologic responses and, to the amazement of the students, cries!



• Alaska WWAMI Faculty Member Timothy Hinterberger, PhD, Wins NIH Grant
  Dr. Tim Hinterberger, faculty member in UAA's WWAMI Biomedical Program and the Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a three-year grant of $197,600 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the genetic control of muscle development. The work utilizes the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis, a widely-used laboratory model for studies of vertebrate development.



• 24 Alaskan High School Students Prepare for Careers in Medicine and Health Care
  This summer twenty-four Alaskan high school juniors and seniors took part in the award-winning UAA Della Keats/U-DOC and NIH NIDDK STEP-UP Programs. Alaska WWAMI administers both programs, which aim to prepare students to succeed in college and to pursue careers in medicine, biomedical research, and other health-care fields. The eighteen students in the Della Keats/U-DOC Summer Enrichment Program took introductory courses previewing the premedical curriculum, listened to speakers from various health-care fields and agencies, and spent time job-shadowing with physicians and other health-care professionals. The six students participating in the concurrently-run NIDDK STEP-UP program spent the summer developing and completing individual research projects with UAA faculty or graduate student mentors. At program's end, they traveled to Washington, DC to present their research results at the national NIDDK STEP-UP conference.

 

ALASKA WWAMI PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Alaska's Medical School – Alaska WWAMI – invites applications for a senior-level Full or Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences. We seek an established, funded investigator who demonstrates excellence in biomedical research and has experience teaching medical, graduate and/or undergraduate students. The Professor will teach first-year medical students at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA); will maintain a biomedical research program supported by NIH or comparable; and will mentor junior faculty at UAA, including INBRE program faculty whose research falls under the themes of cell and molecular basis of disease, toxicology or infectious disease. The Professor will become a leader in Alaska’s INBRE program and in COBRE development at UAA; will be the liaison for Alaska's biomedical research program with the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Institute of Translational Health Sciences; and will be eligible for a UWSoM affiliate faculty appointment. Areas of existing research emphasis include neuroscience, addictions, molecular biology, infectious diseases and environmental sciences; well-qualified candidates in other areas, especially clinical translational research, will also be considered. Must be able to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment. Competitive salary and start-up package available. Submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter citing PCN 300625, and contact information for three professional references through www.uakjobs.com.
	Quick link: www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=68629 UAA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICIANS IN ALASKA

In view of the physician shortage in Alaska, and as a service to our alumni and current students, the Alaska WWAMI Program has compiled a list of current job opportunities for physicians in Alaska.

Job Opportunities Listing - August 7, 2009

April 20, 2009 Listings
February 5, 2009 Listings
August 22, 2008 Listings

ALASKA WWAMI NEWSLETTERS

UAA's Advancment Office produces the Alaska WWAMI newsletter. Please submit news and photos related to any aspect of Alaska WWAMI to Jessica Hamlin, Senior Public Relations Specialist at anjmh6@uaa.alaska.edu.

March 2009 Newsletter

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