Health and Well-being in Coastal Counties: Impact and Resiliency in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Industrial Environmental Disaster

Jan 21, 2016

Summary: The purpose of this study is to establish a baseline for monitoring changes in the health and well-being of residents along the Gulf of Mexico in counties impacted by coastal contamination from the Deepwater Horizon industrial disaster. Using social science...

Coping with Natural and Technological Disasters: Human Adaptive Capacities after Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Jan 21, 2016

Summary: Using a mixed method approach, the purpose of this research is to investigate the psychological impact and health consequences of the recent Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in a sample of adults who are currently living in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes in...

Health Impacts of Deepwater Horizon on Coastal Louisiana Residents

Jan 7, 2016

Summary: Survey of 933 respondents in LaFourche, Terrebonne, and Plaquemines parishes launched June 17, 2010. Results indicate high levels of stress and moderate levels of physiological ailments due to worry and concern over the oil spill. Project Dates: June 2010...

Rita Colwell to Receive the NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award

Jan 6, 2016

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative congratulates Dr. Rita Colwell as the 2016 National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The NCSE, which links environmental scientific knowledge and policy decision-making, confers...