Impact and partners
AURORA is building rural specialty access as clinical infrastructure, and we welcome funders, foundations, health systems, and tribal partners who share that goal.
Why it matters
Across rural and remote Alaska, systemic immune-mediated skin diseases go undiagnosed and undertreated for years. The nearest dermatologist can be hundreds of miles and several flights away. AURORA closes that distance by training local sites and connecting them to dermatology hubs, so patients can reach specialty care without leaving their community whenever clinically appropriate.
What AURORA supports
Bringing specialty dermatology to communities that have gone without it
Training rural clinicians and care teams in recognition, documentation, and follow-up
A teledermatology pathway built for the realities of rural connectivity
Structured, longitudinal care for systemic immune-mediated disease
Designed to operate on reimbursement, not on therapy revenue or sponsor influence
Where we are headed
AURORA is actively building: standing up the network, developing training and tools, and recruiting founding spoke sites across rural Alaska. As sites come online, we are growing toward measurable access and faster specialty review.
Independence and privacy
AURORA Core is clinical infrastructure. The education layer is funded and governed separately. Sponsors never fund clinical operations, never influence clinical decisions, and never receive patient-level data.
Educational funding, where it exists, supports only non-promotional, product-neutral disease-state education. No product names, no sponsor logos, and no prescribing influence appear on the clinical side of AURORA. Data governance follows strong privacy practices, including respect for tribal data sovereignty, and any patient information stays within appropriate clinical and privacy-compliant channels.
Resources
A one-page overview of AURORA for funders and partners, covering the model, the conditions supported, and our firewalled, non-promotional approach.
Get in touch
If you are a funder, foundation, health system, or tribal partner interested in AURORA, we would like to talk.