Students interested in earning advanced degrees in the area of childhood wellness may wish to apply for scholarships and help conduct research on childhood obesity.
Associate Professor Bret Luick is leading the Children's Healthy Living Program, a cooperative project with UAF and institutes of higher learning in American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and Palau.
Candidates must be Alaska residents, U.S. citizens or green card holders. The program begins in 2012 and the deadline to apply is Dec. 30.
The goal is to train 22 students throughout the Pacific region in food, nutrition, public health and other related programs at various levels of need. Unique to the program is the opportunity for students to complement their degree with additional training in research, outreach and other approaches related to preventing childhood obesity in the Pacific region. Visit here for more information and an application.
At UAF, the degrees included the program are graduate interdisciplinary studies, master of science in natural resources management, doctor of philosophy in natural resources and sustainability, master's degree in natural resources management and geography, master's of public health (distance education).
Contact Dr. Luick at 907-474-5170.
Further reading:
SNRAS helps launch childhood obesity research, SNRAS Science & News, July 26, 2011
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