Our history

The Center for 91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ 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 91ÊÓƵ Native people.

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