Annual Meeting

The ASCH Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium was a great success. It was held on Friday, March 29, 2024 from noon to 4:30. There were 30+ in person attendees and nearly 25 Zoom attendees. The live event was on the UAA Campus, Professional Studies Building. There was an ASCH business meeting at noon followed by the Scientific Symposium. There was an exciting program of invited plenary speakers and presentations submitted from our members. There were two health emerging researchers who won an Arctic Health Emerging Professional Award.

For more information, pictures from this event, winners of the Arctic Health Emerging Professional Award, etc…view the Annual Meeting page.

Travel Scholarships

The ASCH is seeking presenters to the 18th ICCH in Halifax Canada. If you are an ASCH member Clinical and Public Health Professional, Student, Researcher, University Faculty, or Tribal Health Professional and have a presentation related to promotion of health advances in the North, we'd love to hear from you.

The 2024 Travel Scholarship Application process has been successfully completed.

The Awardees have been notified

ICCH 18

The ICCH18 will now be held in Halifax, Canada November 3-5, 2024

We will post updates here, or you can check with the ICCH18 webpage here.

A Movement

The American Society for Circumpolar Health (ASCH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of circumpolar health practice, policy, education and research.

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