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Patricia Cochran
Alaska Native Science Commission
429 L Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-258-2672
Fax: 907-258-2652
Email: pcochran@aknsc.org

I would like to participate in the Arctic Visiting Speaker program to offer an Alaska Native perspective and insights into working with indigenous communities.

Patricia Cochran is an Inupiat Eskimo, born and raised in Nome, Alaska. Ms. Cochran is the Executive Director of the Alaska Native Science Commission (ANSC), a cooperative program of the Alaska Federation of Natives, University of Alaska Anchorage and the National Science Foundation. The ANSC provides a linkage for creating partnerships and communication between science and research and Alaska Native communities. She has made presentations at national and international forums, public meetings, educational lectures, keynote presentations, and community meetings. Her research interests are in the realm of Alaska Native/Arctic indigenous communities

Ms. Cochran is interested in speaking to academic, graduate students, general public and school audiences. Potential lecture titles include:

• Alaska Native Worldview
• Traditional Knowledge and Contaminants
• Eco-tourism in Village Alaska
• Guidelines for Conduct of Ethical Research

Ms. Cochran has served as Administrator of the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage; Executive Director of the Alaska Community Development Corporation; Local Government Program Director with the University of Alaska Fairbanks; and Director of Employment and Training for the North Pacific Rim Native Corporation.

Ms. Cochran is currently Past Chair of the American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Caucus of the American Public Health Association; Science Advisor to the Arctic Research Commission; Member of the Alaska Global Change Planning Team; NSF Office of Polar Programs Past Advisory Committee Member; Program Chair for the Indigenous Program of the Tenth International Congress on Circumpolar Health; Treasurer and Governing Council Member of the International Union for Circumpolar Health; Member of the National Native Science Education Advisory Council; Member of the National Research Council Committee on Environmental Effects of Oil & Gas Activities in the North Slope Alaska; board member of the American Society for Circumpolar Health, board member of the Albrecht-Milan Foundation, and U.S. member for the Youth and Elders Initiative of the Arctic Council.

Patricia has participated in several Arctic Visiting Speaker visits and has received positive comments with regard to her presentations.