Dara Wilson-Grant is the director of postdoctoral career and professional development for the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. She has been contributing to research at Carolina for 17 years.

A new modeling approach for river representation in the widely used coastal model ADCIRC may help ease the difficulty of modeling compound flooding by providing predictions and insights to the decision-makers working to keep their communities safe.

SOM’s Klaus Hahn will co-lead this Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) project with colleagues at Duke University and North Carolina State University.

The findings, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, demonstrate how long-term cocaine use affects brain functions, making recovery and stifling cravings more difficult.

The study found that almost a quarter of menthol cigarette smokers quit smoking altogether after a menthol ban, and that country-wide actions are more effective than local or state bans.