Category: ANTHC
Natasha Singh hired as ANTHC President/CEO
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Board of Directors named Natasha Singh President/CEO following a national recruitment effort led by the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. Out of 225 highly qualified candidates, Natasha’s dynamic leadership and clear vision for the Alaska Tribal Health System stood out. “Natasha emerged as the best person for the job,” ANTHC Board Chair Kimberley Strong said. “Her leadership style uniquely qualifies her to navigate the external challenges that currently face our Alaska Native Health System, ...
2025-26 ANTHC Board Scholarship application period March 1-31
Alaska Native and American Indian full-time students interested in working in a health care related field can apply for one of the 10 available ANTHC Board of Directors $5,000 scholarships. The application period is March 1-31. Eligibility requirements: Learn more about the scholarship and apply from March 1-31, here. Gather all documents and prepare to complete the application. Submitted materials will not be returned. Get a downloadable checklist here. Board of Directors established this scholarship to increase the number of ...
Registration open for 2025 Alaska Indigenous Research Program
Since 2019, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Alaska Pacific University (APU) have hosted the Alaska Indigenous Research Program (AKIRP) to bring together Indigenous and Western worldviews and ways of knowing in an effort for mutual understanding, reciprocity, respect and the co-production of solutions for health disparities among Alaska Native and American Indian people. The 7th Annual Alaska Indigenous Research Program will be held May 5-23, at the Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, Alaska. Register here: https://bit.ly/AKRIP25 A limited number of scholarships ...
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) has a great need for certified nursing assistants (CNA) and we have developed our own curriculum and training program to “grow our own.” We are looking for interested candidates to apply for our Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program! Alaska Native and American Indian applicants will receive hiring preference. Accepted candidates will be hired as patient observers and will begin ANTHC’s five-week CNA Training Program on the Alaska Native Health Campus. In early March 2025, ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a $20 million investment to address energy and climate challenges in five communities in the Bering Straits region. The grant funding will support development and installation of community-scale solar arrays and battery energy storage systems in the communities of Brevig Mission, Elim, Koyuk, Savoonga, and Teller. Design and construction of the new systems will be led by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), and the project will ultimately lead to ratepayers ...
Before the Alaska Native Medical Center The Anchorage Medical Center of the Alaska Native Service (ANS) opened in downtown Anchorage in 1953, under management of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Two years later, in 1955, the Indian Health Service (IHS) was established as a bureau of the U.S. Public Health Service, and took over operations of ANS. When IHS was established, the leading cause of death for Alaska Native people was tuberculosis (TB) — introduced to Alaska Native communities ...