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Check Out CRGC’s Student Webinar: The Benefits and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research
Check Out CRGC’s Student Webinar,The Benefits and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research, featuring Rajeev Ramchand, Ph.D., a Senior Behavioral Scientist with RAND Corporation, and Michael Blum, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxvile. In this conversation, moderated by CRGC’s Director,Melissa Finucane, Ph.D., a Senior Social and Behavioral Scientist with RAND Corporation, speakers engaged in an interactive discussion to share their experiences working with people in other disciplines on research within and outside their traditional areas of expertise. To view webinar »
Study Improves Disaster Resilience Training for Community Health Workers
To improve disaster resilience in targeted communities that were especially hard-hit by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, CRGC worked with its partners from the University of South Alabama’s Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center (CRRC) to train and deploy seven lay Community Health Workers (CHWs) in community-based organizations and community health clinics in Bayou La Batre, AL, Galliano, LA, and Port Sulphur, LA. CRGC researchers, Keith Nicholls, PhD, Steven J. Picou, PhD, and Selena C. McCord recently published findings on how to better prepare CHWs, who take active roles in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: Training Community Health Workers to Enhance Disaster Resilience. Read more »
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Calling any GoMRI-funded students who missed our last student webinar, “The Benefits and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research,” check it out here! Dr. Melissa Finucane, Director of CRGC, moderated this interactive discussion featuring our expert panelists, Drs. Rajeev Ramchand and Michael Blum, who shared their experiences working in the transdiciplinary research space.
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Calling all postdocs, advanced graduate students, and early-career professionals in the decisionmaking and policy communities working on issues related to climate risk! Applications are now open for The Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management's (SCRiM) 6th Annual Summer School on Sustainable Climate Risk Management, which will take place July 20 - August 3, 2018 at Penn State.
www.scrimhub.org/opportunities/summer-school/
Dr. Melissa Finucane (RAND), Director of CRGC, presenting on evaluating Interdisciplinary program performance and impacts at the 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference. We are so proud of our talented team of transdiciplinary researchers, students, and cross-sector community partners, who have contributed to CRGC’s diverse and integrated activities!
Congrats to CRGC research team members from the Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center (CRRC) at the University of South Alabama! Check out new findings from CRGC’s Community Action Planning Subteam and CRRC’s work to train Community Health Workers in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: “Training community health workers to enhance disaster resilience” (Nicholls K, Picou SJ, McCord SC).
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 »