Northern Arizona Area Health Education Center

Mission: NAHEC exists to improve the overall health of rural and underserved communities in Northern Arizona through excellence in education, training, and research.

What we do: NAHEC addresses the shortage and maldistribution of healthcare professionals by:

• Providing meaningful community-based clinical training experiences for health professions students and residents;
• Educating the current and future rural primary care workforce;
• Recruiting students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds into health careers;
• Facilitating healthcare research and informatics that translates to underserved communities;
• Connecting communities to better care through telemedicine, interprofessional, and population health initiatives; and
• Delivering evidence-based health promotion programs to communities in need.

Established in 1987, NAHEC is part of the national and state AHEC system and serves Apache, Coconino, Navajo, and a portion of Yavapai Counties.

NAHEC offers the following services and programs:

• K-12 Programs
• Health Career Student Opportunities
  • A.T. Still University
• Continuing Education for Healthcare Professionals
• Family Medicine Residency Program
• Research & Informatics
• Telehealth

Our team includes: