Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Monday, March 11, 2019.
Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes the latest to accuse Prime Minister of inappropriate behaviour
Dalhousie Experts: Lori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca or 902-494-6605.
Positive thinking can play key role in living with, and overcoming, cancer diagnosis
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Melanie Keats, Associate Professor, School of Health and Human Performance.
Research Specialties: Exercise and cancer, young adult cancer, health promotion, physical activity.
Contact: melanie.keats@dal.caand 902-494-7173/902-494-2579.
Researchers say books that promise cure for autism offer dangerous and misleading information
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isabel Smith, Division of Developmental Pediatrics.
Research Specialties:Development, health and wellbeing of individuals with developmental disabilities, longitudinal studies of ASD, development and evaluation of interventions for ASD and associated behavioural and mental health problems.
Contact: isabel.smith@iwk.nshealth.ca and 902-470-7275.
Encouraging results from new research for men with prostate cancer
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Gabriela Ilie, Assistant Professor, Research Assistant, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine.
Research Specialties: Patient-reported outcome measures, health related quality of life, health policy, prostate cancer.
Contact: Gabriela.Ilie@dal.ca and 902-494-4527.
Ontario government considering ban on single-use plastics
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Tony Walker, Assistant Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies.
Research Specialties:Biodiversity conservation, freshwater and marine systems, health and environmental justice, Industrial sustainability, urban and regional issues.
Contact: trwalker@dal.ca and 902-494-4478.
Venezuela entering fifth day of country-wide blackout, hospitals at breaking point as anger mounts across nation
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor, Department of International Development Studies.
Research Specialties: Global health, North Korea, Cuban development, activism and social justice.
Contact: huish@dal.ca and 902-494-2979.