The BEACH Lab at UNC - Wilmington is led by Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Nora E. Noel.  The laboratory research focus is the examination of alcohol and caffeine use as related to social and cognitive behaviors.  We are also studying health related issues, including racial disparities in treatment.

Our laboratory is located in the Teaching Laboratory Building, room 3008, on the UNCW Campus.  Research facilities include technologically equipped experimental rooms, observation rooms, and graduate student work stations.

BEACHLAB NEWS:

Sarah Ehlke, Jody Long and Kirk Mochrie all graduated with their Master's degrees at the May, 2014 ceremony.  Hurray for them and for all the BEACHlab Graduates!

Yah for Sarah Ehlke!  She defended her Master's thesis April 22nd!  This is Sarah's second masters degree.  Congrats!!

Congrats to Michael Loeffler!  He successfully defended his Honors thesis on April 23rd, 2014. Michael will be moving on to the UNCW Psychology Masters program this Fall.

Lindsay Buchler presented an excellent Honors thesis on April 29, 2014.  Great work, Lindsay!

Mallorie Carroll has won a UNCW "Making a Difference" award for her poster presentation in the Research and Creativity Showcase April 8th.  Congrats to Mallorie!!

Kayla Chatterton successfully defended her Honors Thesis on April 21, 2014.  Congratulations to Kayla and Bon Voyage as you head off to grad school!

Many Beachlab students or former students presented a total of five Beachlab-based research posters at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) annual convention in Nashville, TN, November 22 - 24, 2013.  The authors included: Lindsay Bradley, Brian Brown, Mallorie Carroll, Kayla Chatterton, Sarah Ehlke, Autumn Rae Florimbio, Stephanie Kress, Jody Long, Adam Minton, Kirk Mochrie, Elan Perry, Lora Thompson, Parker Wiebe, and faculty members, Drs. Karen Daniels, Alissa Dark-Freudeman, Lee Jackson, Richard Ogle and Nora Noel.

Jody Long defended her master's thesis on Wednesday, October 23. Congrats to Jody for such a fine presentation!

Three presentations from the BEACHlab were included in the Sigma Xi Student Conference in RTP on November 8 and 9. Parker Weibe, Allison Eddy, Sarah Ehlke and Kirk Mochrie are authors on these presentations.  Congrats to all!

More great stuff: Sarah Ehlke was first author on a short article about hyperfemininity, alcohol and sexual assault that was published in the most recent issue of The Addictions Newsletter (Division 50, American Psychological Association).

Congrats to Kirk Mochrie! His poster was one of 50 accepted for the UNCW Fall Student Research and Creativity Showcase, Wednesday, October 30, 2:30 - 4 in Randall Library.

Good news for Kirk Mochrie: He successfully defended his master's thesis on Thursday, October 3, 2013. Congratulations, Kirk!