Our history

The Center for AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Health Research was established in 2001 through a five­-year grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health through the National Center for Research Resources to the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks. In 2007 the NIH renewed the Center’s grant for $11 million for another five years to build on CANHR’s research findings on obesity and its relationship to diabetes and cardiovascular disease among AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native people.

Currently CANHR is also supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, grant number 1P30GM103325.