Grants & Grant Recipients

This project will take a multimedia approach specifically designed to raise awareness to the realities and concerns of women living with metastatic breast cancer, with a focus on community education and genetic testing.

ACAT is an environmental action organization with a statewide focus. This year’s funding is focused on younger women, specifically creating an awareness of environmental toxins on their health now and in the future.

This funding will support continued development of a Peer Leader Navigator (PLN) project. The program is designed to create greater breast cancer awareness through outreach by PLNs in culturally diverse communities in the Anchorage area.

Funding is in partial support of an ACA-sponsored clinical research project focused on development of an Artificial Intelligence based technology to better predict future risk of breast cancer based on mammography images and risk factors across racial and ethnic groups.

Provides funding for mobile mammography services, focusing on under-served populations of women, primarily in rural Alaska and at a fixed-site in Fairbanks. A support program funds both screening mammograms and maintenance expenses. The program travels to remote Alaska communities, providing quality services regardless of ability to pay.

Program is geared to women survivors of breast cancer, using the power of nature through the therapeutic sport of fly fishing. It marries the physical therapy of fly fishing with the emotional support of group therapy. Funding will support a fly fishing retreat in Alaska the summer of 2024.

Women’s Health Outreach Program-This clinical provider reaches a significant number of medically underserved women for outreach and early detection of breast cancer on the Kenai Peninsula and villages across Kachemak Bay. Their range has expanded from Cooper Landing to Kachemak Bay, and their contribution to rural outreach is well documented on the Kenai Peninsula.

Funding will support a 3-day retreat for 20 Alaska Native women with breast cancer, who will travel to Pilgrim Springs, outside of Nome. The goal is to create a shared Inupiat community with those experiencing breast cancer.

This project will provide free post-mastectomy supplies that are not reimbursable by insurance to breast cancer patients.

(Max Kullberg, UAA Research Professor)- “Eliminating Breast Cancer Immune Suppression Using Myeloid Targeted Nanoparticles.” This research project expands upon previously funded and published research supported by National Institute of Health Research, and attempts to improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy by targeting and activating antigen-presenting cells.

This grant will provide scholarships for Breast Cancer Survivors to take part in the Extra Toughs program. This integrated team approach was designed to support weight loss, healthy lifestyles, and survivorship for women with breast or gynecologic cancer.