Alaska Environmental Health Association - AEHA

12/24/2025

Reflections from the 2025 AEHA Conference

By Jenni Dobson & Vinod Kamalam The Alaska Environmental Health Association (AEHA) gathered for our 2025 Alaska Environmental Health Conference on November 7-8, 2025 at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage. After another year of navigating complex challenges in environmental health, this conference provided connection, learning, and inspiration alongside our professional community. This year's conference brought together environmental health professionals from across Alaska to share recent and ongoing environmental public health work....

By Jenni Dobson & Vinod Kamalam The Alaska Environmental Health Association (AEHA) gathered for our 2025 Alaska Environmental Health Conference on November 7-8, 2025 at the Alaska Native Tribal…

08/04/2025

by Jenni Dobson It feels like an understatement to say it has been a strange year for environmental health professionals—funding cuts, layoffs, political pressures, agency instability, and increasingly complex challenges. During such times, attending a conference can feel lower on the priority list, and many of those in attendance patched together a mix of non-agency funding. While I had not originally planned to attend the conference this year, it provided exactly what I needed: a chance to learn, recharge, and reflect, amongst a gathering of our environmental health colleagues from across the nation and globe....

by Jenni Dobson It feels like an understatement to say it has been a strange year for environmental health professionals—funding cuts, layoffs, political pressures, agency instability, and increasi…

07/31/2025

Each year at the conference, the Alaska Environmental Health Association (AEHA) recognizes the work of our members with three awards. Here’s a recap of our 2024 award recipients. Please join us in congratulating them for their excellent work! Don’t miss the 2025 AEHA award presentations at the upcoming Alaska Environmental Health Conference, November 7-8, 2025 in Anchorage, AK. Alaska Environmental Health Practitioner of the Year Award…...

Each year at the conference, the Alaska Environmental Health Association (AEHA) recognizes the work of our members with three awards. Here’s a recap of our 2024 award recipients. Please join u…

06/27/2025

Add it to your calendar: join us for our Annual Educational Conference November 6th & 7th! Registration and agenda details to come.

Add it to your calendar: join us for our Annual Educational Conference November 6th & 7th! Registration and agenda details to come.

05/16/2025

We invite you to check out this Spring Graduate Spotlight on Emma LeFlor from Alaska Pacific University. Emma recently completed her practicum with the ANTHC Institutional Environmental Health Program—a big thank-you to Bryan Reed, Amber VanDusen, and Forrest Collins for their excellent mentorship and for supporting the next generation of environmental health professionals.

We invite you to check out this Spring Graduate Spotlight on Emma LeFlor from Alaska Pacific University. Emma recently completed her practicum with the ANTHC Institutional Environmental Health Prog…

05/09/2025

April 23rd, 2025 Prevention is one of the basic tenets of public health. With respect to environmental health, we often think of prevention as avoiding or reducing exposure to harmful substances. But equally important is promoting a healthy lifestyle and diet. Effectively promoting a healthy diet and minimizing exposure to contaminants requires understanding relevant environmental health risks, building collaborations, and providing information to maximize health benefits....

April 23rd, 2025 Prevention is one of the basic tenets of public health. With respect to environmental health, we often think of prevention as avoiding or reducing exposure to harmful substances. B…

04/11/2025

Check out our latest blog post! If you have exciting Environmental Health news from across the state that you'd like us to share on our blog, please reach out to us at [email protected]

The AEHA Membership & Benefits committee is thrilled to announce the launch of the Alaska Environmental Health Association (AEHA) Mentorship Program—a pilot initiative designed to connect early…

04/11/2025

The AEHA Membership & Benefits committee is thrilled to announce the launch of the Alaska Environmental Health Association (AEHA) Mentorship Program—a pilot initiative designed to connect early professionals, university students, and high school students with experienced environmental health professionals across Alaska.

👉 Check out our website for more details! https://aehablog.wordpress.com/mentorship-program/

👉 Register here to become a mentor or mentee. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2i4ZFJk4WkqeG9hsWnt1boA9Rg_JcnFFgEjf_MG2nohUN0RPUTQ4RVpZQjhJWjlYMFM1UjQ5NENHWS4u&route=shorturl

Both mentors and mentees must be active AEHA members. Student membership is just $20/year for university students and free for high schoolers—please share! You can become a member and pay annual dues here https://aehablog.wordpress.com/membership/

This pilot program will run from May through October, wrapping up right before our Annual Educational Conference (dates TBD). This shorter launch phase will help us fine-tune things before offering a full-year program starting in October. The structure will be open and flexible, based on each mentee’s goals.

01/10/2025

Calling for Volunteers!

01/10/2025

We're looking for committee members!

10/13/2024

It's a wrap! Great job to the 2024 AEHA Conference Committee and Board for putting on a wonderful
Conference! Also, congratulations to our new President Alicia Reitz and Secretary Darcy Harris!

10/11/2024

It was an awesome first day of the 2024 AEHA Conference! See you tomorrow!