East Carolina University<\/a>. Her advisors are Alex Manda and David Griffith.<\/p>\nShe will study subsistence fishing in Tyrrell County, which is bordered by the Albemarle Sound on the north. It is the only coastal water body with a seafood consumption advisory for dioxins.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be investigating the perception of risk of people who eat the fish from the sound, with the hope of encouraging safer seafood consumption through better\u00a0understanding of the risks,\u201d Brown-Pickren explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cLiz\u2019s work is exploring the vital link between the health of our estuaries and the health of our communities, informing fishermen and natural resource managers alike,\u201d says Jim Hawhee, policy and engagement manager for APNEP.<\/p>\n
Originally from St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Brown-Pickren received her bachelor\u2019s degree from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon, and her master\u2019s degree in marine resource management from Oregon State University.<\/p>\n
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Contact:
\nKatie Mosher, 919-515-9069, katie_mosher@ncsu.edu<\/a>
\nJohn Fear, 919-515-9104, jmfear@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1394,1391],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-5151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funding-opportunities","category-research"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNCSG\/APNEP Joint Fellow Announced - North Carolina Sea Grant<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n