Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Tuesday, March 12, 2019.
International economic group concerned with allegations aimed at Trudeau government over SNC-Lavalin affair
Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and 902-494-6605.
Studying genetics could be the key to diagnosing, and treating, bipolar disorder
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Martin Alda, Professor and Killam Chair in Mood Disorders, Department of Psychiatry.
Research Specialties: Mood disorders, lithium, psychopharmacology, psychiatric genetics, pharmacogenetics, genetics of complex traits, heterogeneity of psychiatric disorders.
Contact: malda@dal.ca and 902-473-2712.
Uncertainty has multiple industries worried as another Brexit vote takes place
Dalhousie Experts: Jerry White, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in European Studies.
Research Specialties: International trade, international finance, European Studies.
Contact: Jerry.White@dal.ca and 902-469-2027/902-494-3628.
Record number of Canadians eliminating meat from their diets
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Professor, Food Distribution and Policy, Faculties of Management and Agriculture.
Research Specialties: Food distribution, food policy, food safety, food security, traceability.
Contact: sylvain.charlebois@dal.ca and 902-222-4142.
United States withdrawing all diplomatic personnel from Venezuela
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.
Whale Science for Tomorrow initiative supports research into protection of North Atlantic right whales
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Hal Whitehead, Professor, Department of Biology.
Research Specialties: Behaviour, ecology and evolution.
Contact: hal.whitehead@dal.ca and 902-494-3723.