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A medical anthropologist explores the interaction of race and infectious disease in historic Sitka

by KCAW News | Nov 23, 2021 | The Morning Interview

Adam Kersch is a doctoral student in Cultural Anthropology at UC Davis. He'll be giving a lecture at noon on Wednesday, November 24, on 200 years of infectious diseases and colonialism in Sitka as part of a series on Southeast Alaska Native history in honor of Native American Heritage Month. Read More

Rural doctors use video conferencing to keep practice fresh

by KCAW News | Jul 27, 2015 | The Morning Interview

Dr. Brian Wood is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the medical director for a telehealth project called ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes). Dr. Wood was joined by Dr. Irbert Vega, who has participated in ECHO's session for HIV medicine for the past six months. Dr. Vega is a family medicine doctor at Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and talks about how joining ECHO has helped him treat HIV patients in Sitka. Downloadable audio. Read More