Nov 7, 2017
CRGC Director, Dr. Melissa Finucane (RAND Corporation), and Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Keith Nicholls (University of South Alabama), were invited to participate in Preparing for a Rapid Response to Major Offshore Oil Spills: A Workshop on Research Needs...
Oct 18, 2017
At this year’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) interviewed Dr. Melissa Finucane— Senior Social and Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation, and the Director of The Consortium for...
Oct 11, 2017
Accessibility to transparent, up to date data has proven to play a critical role in both individual- and community-level capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disaster events, such as a hurricanes— Something that was especially evident following...
Sep 20, 2017
CRGC team member, Amy Lessen, who is a research associate professor with the ByWater Institute at Tulane University, is working on a collaborative, transdisciplinary effort to help the Isle de Jean Charles tribal community of southeastern Louisiana build resilience in...
Jul 13, 2017
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...
Jun 7, 2017
Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, there has been extensive data collection across the Gulf of Mexico region to better understand the economic impacts of the disaster, particularly on the fishing, seafood, and tourism industries in Gulf Coastal...
