Category: Alaska WWAMI Stories

Empowering Communities Through Harm Reduction: Alaska WWAMI Student Abigail Crawford Discusses the Narcan Education & Distribution Project

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In Anchorage, Alaska, second-year medical student Abigail Crawford is helping lead an initiative that’s saving lives and reshaping the way people think about opioid overdose. As co-lead of the Narcan Education & Distribution Project at the Anchorage WWAMI site, Crawford works alongside fellow student volunteers to provide free community training and resources focused on opioid […]

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TRUST Program Connects New Alaska WWAMI Students to Rural Communities

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Alaska WWAMI students are reaping the rewards from the Targeted Rural Underserved Track (TRUST). TRUST helps students get hands-on insight into the benefits and challenges of rural practice throughout medical school while building lasting connections in underserved communities. First-year Alaska WWAMI students Mauri Butzke, Yi Chan and Abigail Moffett recently completed their initial TRUST experiences […]

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Alaska WWAMI Medical Student Receives Western Society for Pediatric Prolacta Research Award

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“…small anatomical differences can have major effects on speech.” Alaska WWAMI medical student Maille Moriarty recently received the Western Society for Pediatric Research Prolacta Research Award. Moriarty was one of 11 Alaska WWAMI students to present abstracts at the Western Student and Resident Medical Research Forum (WSMRF) January 16 – 18, 2025. Moriarty’s abstract is […]

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