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Student Spotlight: Megha Patel
Megha Patel is a Ph.D. candidate in Social Work with the interdisciplinary City, Culture, and Community program at Tulane University. She has experience managing programs and conducting evaluations in collaboration with community-based organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Megha is contributing to CRGC’s Community Action Planning and Resilience Building efforts.
Grad Student Parks Assesses How Disasters and Social Factors Influence Human Health
GoMRI features CRGC grad student, Vanessa Parks, and her work compiling and analyzing data on Gulf Coast communities that explores how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected mental and physical health as well as how social factors contributed to post-disaster health outcomes. Learn more »
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Megha Patel is a Ph.D. candidate in Social Work with the interdisciplinary City, Culture, and Community program at Tulane University. She has experience managing programs and conducting evaluations in collaboration with community-based organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Megha is contributing to CRGC’s Community Action Planning and Resilience Building efforts. Check out CRGC's website to learn more about the Consortium's Student Initiatives!
www.resilientgulf.org/2017/08/08/student-spotlight-megha-patel/
CRGC Co-PI, Dr. Keith Nicholls, of University of South Alabama is discussing human dimensions of oil spills with a panel today at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: “Preparing for a Rapid Response to Major Marine Oil Spills: A Workshop on Research Needs to Protect the Health and Well-Being of Communities” in Washington, DC!
Check out the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute’s Summer Newsletter featuring a Q&A with Elizabeth Thornton, who heads up outreach efforts for the Consortium! Hear the latest on how CRGC’s research, outreach, and education activities are helping communities across the Gulf Coast to more effectively understand, withstand, and overcome the multiple stressors brought on by such disasters as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
www.resilientgulf.org/2017/06/30/rgspi-summer-newsletter/
NEW Resource Alert! CRGC researchers working on assessing and addressing the economic impacts of the oil spill developed a new resource to assist business owners, employers, researchers, community members, and other stakeholders in locating information on the fisheries and tourism sectors, as well as on oil spill claims, from a wide variety of potential sources. Check out the Database and User Guide on CRGC’s new Resources page!
www.resilientgulf.org/2017/06/07/econ-database/
Projects
Health, Social, and Community Economic Impacts of the Oil Spill
We are surveying individuals in Gulf of Mexico communities to assess the health, social, and economic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on households. Read More »
Economic Impact of the Oil Spill on Industry
We are assessing the economic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the fishing, fish/seafood processing, and tourism industries. Read More »
Community Action Planning
We are developing and implementing a community action planning process to increase awareness and use of evidence-based resilience strategies. Read More »
Targeted Information for Disaster-Affected Communities
We are developing a web portal, tailored to the needs of communities in the Gulf region, to deliver targeted information about oil spills. Read More »
Mentor the Next Generation
We are training undergraduate and graduate students in disaster resilience research and outreach methods. Read More »
Real-Time Program Self-Evaluation
We are evaluating the Consortium’s performance as we do our work, to demonstrate success and to improve our research, outreach, and education activities. Read More »