Research and Innovation hosts workshops to connect faculty with similar research interests or methodologies across disciplines. Example Research Collider workshops include:
- Offshore Wind Energy
- Partnering for Impact: Exploring Community-Based Participatory Research
- AI+ Application and Research
- International Trade and Exchange
- COVID 19
- Imaging
AY24 Research Colliders:
Brain Health - Research and Innovation, the College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Science and Engineering are partnering to offer a Research Collider focused on brain health broadly defined.
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (lunch provided) | Azalea Coast Room (FUU)
Presentations:
- A statistical analysis of cognitive profile for prediction of early dementia converting in PD (Permanent Dementia): Theory, Methods and applications – Professor Indranil Ghosh, Mathematics & Statistics
- Understanding the Glial Response to Neural Insult – Assistant Professor Todd Peterson, Psychology
- Evaluating A Neck Strength Protocol for Neuromuscular Indicators in Intercollegiate Female Athletes to Reduce the Incidence of Concussions – Associate Professor Lindsey Schroeder, Health and Applied Human Sciences
- A Pilot Project to Identify Intervention Responsive Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline – Associate Professor Matt Peterson, Nursing
- Food Insecurity May Increase Cognitive Decline in Older Adults – Associate Professor Lenis Chen-Edinboro, Health and Applied Human Sciences
- Reducing the Impact of Obesity and Neuroinflammation Following Stroke: Investigating the Role of αVCAM-1 Treatment – PhD Candidate John Holsten, Psychology
- Detecting True Lies, a Bayesian Approach for Modeling Veteran’s Credibility using TOMM – Professor Yishi Wang, Mathematics & Statistics
Food for Thought - Join us to hear from UNCW researchers studying a variety of topics related to food. The first half of the event will be presentations, and the second half will be an opportunity for Q&A and general discussion. Light refreshments will be provided.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | 3-4 p.m. | Morton Hall 100 (Bryan Auditorium)
Presentations:
- Variety in Food Pantry Client Choices: One Size Does Not Fit All - Andrew Bryant, Marketing
- University Policies and Practices to Support Campus Food Access for Students - Kit Huelskamp, Health and Applied Human Sciences
- Food in Films - Sue Richardson, Film Studies
- Excavating Evidence of Early Agriculture Engineering - Osku Backstrom, Environmental Sciences
- Accelerating Seafood Production in US: Controlled Breeding, Larviculture and Intensive Growout of High Value Marine Fish with Sustainable Eco-aquafeed in Recirculating Aquaculture System - Md Shah Alam, Finfish Aquaculture
- Convergence Towards a Disaster Resilient Food System - Jill Waity, Sociology and Criminology and Avinash Geda, Supply Chain
- Food for Living Soils: Using Continuous Living Cover to Enhance Carbon Sequestration on NC Croplands - Britt Moore, Environmental Sciences
