UNC ARC Information/Dissemination Core

项目总结/摘要 酒精研究中心（ARC）的信息传播核心有两个方面， 目的：向公众传播有关酒精病理学的科学信息，并使我们的学员具备能力， 教师通过社区参与交流他们的科学。这些目标与 鲍尔斯酒精研究中心（BCAS）的教育使命作为北大学的一部分 查佩尔山的卡罗莱纳。为了实现我们的目标，我们与全州和非营利机构合作， 综合而又独立的目标。首先，我们将传播目前关于青少年酗酒风险的研究 饮酒会导致神经生物学的长期变化。通过与北卡罗来纳州ABC合作 委员会，北卡罗来纳州州长的未成年人饮酒问题特别工作组，以及全州范围的“说出来” 我们将通过多种途径向家长和青少年宣传这一运动。最新和准确 科学信息，通过“说出来”电视和电台公告和网站传播， 以及BCAS网站。第二，我们将向大学提供酒精使用的神经生物学教育， 有酗酒问题的学生。我们的两个目标群体是与酒精有关的初犯者 收费和学生联谊会/兄弟会成员。这一目标是通过与Carpe Diem合作实现的， 附属的酒精教育计划，以及兄弟会和联谊会生活和社区办公室 参与。第三，我们培养BCAS科学家-特别关注研究生和博士后 研究员-有效地吸引广泛的观众在神经科学外展。每年我们都会开发新的 学习模块集中在神经科学的一个方面，然后提供培训和资源来使用它们。 例如，每年核心教师开发一个新的互动模块，针对儿童和青年， 在当地北卡罗来纳州生命与科学博物馆和BCAS的大脑意识周期间展出 科学家们被招募为活动的志愿者。针对成年人的其他节目侧重于酒精 神经生物学中毒和神经病理学生命与科学博物馆，以及 Morehead天文馆和科学中心是这些努力的主要合作伙伴。总的来说，这些活动 最大限度地发挥ARC的影响，以促进成瘾研究、健康行为和药物滥用 预防合作伙伴关系的翻译和科学见解的饮酒在整个 包括青春期在内的整个生命周期都将优化科学知识对健康的影响。

Project Summary/Abstract The Information Dissemination Core of the UNC NIAAA Alcohol Research Center (ARC) has a two-fold objective: to disseminate scientific information on alcohol pathology to the public and to equip our trainees and faculty to communicate their science through community engagement. These goals integrate with the educational mission of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (BCAS) as a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. To accomplish our goals, we partner with state-wide and nonprofit agencies in three integrated but separate aims. First, we will disseminate current research on the risks of adolescent binge drinking that induce long lasting changes in neurobiology. By partnering with the North Carolina ABC Commission, the North Carolina Governor’s Task Force on Underage Drinking, and the state-wide “Talk It Out” campaign we will inform both parents and adolescents through multiple approaches. Current and accurate scientific information, is disseminated through the “Talk It Out” TV and radio announcements and website, as well as the BCAS website. Second, we will provide education on the neurobiology of alcohol use to college students at risk for alcohol use problems. Our two target groups are first-time offenders with alcohol-related charges and UNC sorority/fraternity members. This aim is facilitated by partnering with Carpe Diem, a UNC- affiliated alcohol education program, and the UNC Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life and Community Involvement. Third, we train BCAS scientists – with a particular focus on graduate students and postdoctoral fellows – to effectively engage a broad audience in neuroscience outreach. Each year we develop new learning modules that center on an aspect of neuroscience, then provide training and resources to use them. For example, each year Core faculty develop a new interactive module aimed toward children and youth that is showcased during Brain Awareness Week at the local North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, and BCAS scientists are recruited to volunteer at the event. Additional programming aimed at adults focuses on alcohol neurobiology, intoxication and neuropathology. The Museum of Life and Science, as well as the UNC Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, are key partners in these efforts. Overall, these activities maximize the impact of the ARC to promote addiction research, healthy behavior and substance abuse prevention. Collaborative partnerships for the translation and scientific insight on alcohol drinking across the lifespan, including adolescence, will optimize the impact of scientific knowledge on health.