# UNC ARC Information/Dissemination Core

> **NIH NIH P60** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2021 · $123,774

## Abstract

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.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10078813
- **Project number:** 5P60AA011605-24
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** Donita L. Robinson
- **Activity code:** P60 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $123,774
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10078813

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10078813, UNC ARC Information/Dissemination Core (5P60AA011605-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10078813. Licensed CC0.

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