Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Friday, May 10, 2019. 

Dalhousie-led UpLift receives federal funding to support physical activity, healthy eating, and wellbeing for students across Nova Scotia
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Sara Kirk, Professor, School of Health and Human Performance. 
Research Specialties: Socio-ecological approaches, population health intervention research, chronic disease prevention, obesity prevention, healthy public policy, weight bias and weight-based teasing. 
Contact: sara.kirk@dal.ca and 902-580-5432.

United States escalates trade war with China, hiking tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports
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.

Former Federal Cabinet Ministers MacKay, Kenney and O'Toole provided information that led to dismissal of charges against Vice-Admiral Norman
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.

With cannabis now legal, why are so many Canadians still buying from their dealers?
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.