Training
The Alaska Native Epidemiology Center offers training workshops to build skills in core public health competencies within our Alaska Tribal Health System (ATHS).
Upcoming Trainings Sponsored by the ANTHC EpiCenter
Intro to Data Management In-Person Training
Let us come to you!
Alaska Native EpiCenter’s Data Management team members, Julie Morris and Megan Ackerman, will travel to your location to provide an Intro to Data Management workshop from 10 a.m. to noon (All times are AKDT). After a lunch break, they’ll offer a four-hour open office session in the afternoon for technical assistance and support with your spreadsheets.
Email your request for in-person training to anepicenter@anthc.org.
ANEC Planned Trainings
Indigenous Evaluation
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
10-11am
Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
11-12pm
Intro to Data Management
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
11am-1pm
Epi Website 101
Thursday, October 30, 2025
2-3pm
Indigenous Evaluation
Friday, November 21, 2025
11am-12pm
Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Friday, November 21, 2025
12pm-1pm
Indigenous Evaluation
Friday, December 12, 2025
12-1pm
Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Friday, December 12, 2025
2-3pm
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Alaska Native Community Health Assessments
This 25 minute video will share information on how to respectfully conduct a community health assessment in Alaska Native communities, including building relationships, planning the assessment, analyzing the information collected, and using assessment results to strategize changes to improve community health.
External Resources & Opportunities
For Students
- UAA Department of Health Sciences
- Della Keats Health Sciences Summer Program
- ANTHC Scholarship Program
- Indian Health Service (IHS) Scholarship Program
- CDC Public Health Associate Program
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program
- Council of State & Territorial Epidemiologists Applied Epidemiology Fellowship
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Internship Program
- University of Michigan Future Public Health Leaders Program
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education (ORISE) STEM Workforce Development
- Columbia University Summer Public Health Scholars Program
Training
Conferences
- ALPHA Summit
- Alaska Maternal Child Health & Immunization Conference
- Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management
- National Tribal Health Conference
- American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Continuing Education
Jobs
- Job listings at ANTHC
- Job listings at TEC
- Careers at Alaska Department of Health
- American Public Health Association CareerMart
Career Exploration
Professional Associations
Past Training
The EpiCenter runs several training workshops each year. Past topics have included program evaluation, grants management, health literacy, and many more. We provide scholarships to Alaska Native professionals and students to help build capacity in the Alaska Tribal Health System. Below is a list recent trainings supported and/or conducted by the EpiCenter:
October 2024
- Introduction to Data Management
November 2024
- Creative Narrations in Anchorage
- R for Beginners
- Subawarding for Passthrough Entities (Management Concepts)
December 2024
- Cost Principles for Federal Grants (Management Concepts)
January 2025
- Project Management Essentials for Non Project Managers (Management Concepts)
- CDC Wonder
February 2025
- Public Health and Risk Communication Strategies (Emory)
- Managing Federal Grants (Management Concepts)
March 2025
- R for Beginners
- CDC Wonder
April 2025
- Intro to Data Management
- Introduction to Public Health (Emory)
- R For Intermediate
- Avian Influenza Preparedness for Alaska (Emory)
May 2025
- Data Storytelling (Illuminate)
- Demography 101
- TOP Facilitation Methods
June 2025
- Using CDC WONDER CDC To Track Drug Overdoses in Alaska
- Applied Demography
- From Default to Dazzling (Illuminate)
July 2025
- We Are Nations hosted by Tim Collins
- Qualitative Research Methods (Emory)
- Survey Design (Illuminate)
August 2025
- Alaska Native Epi Data Sources and Methods hosted by Tim Collins
- Evaluation Planning (Illuminate)
- Indigenous Evaluation (Nicky Bowman BPC)
- Data Sovereignty (Nicky Bowman BPC)
September 2025
- Basic Applied Epidemiology for Public Health Workers