Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Friday, January 4, 2019. 

Financial inequality on the rise
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Lars Osberg, Professor, Department of Economics.
Research Specialties: Labour economics, income and wealth distribution. 
Contact: lars.osberg@dal.ca and 902-579-9486.

New year brings new resolutions for diet, lifestyle and healthy living 
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Leah Cahill, Howard Webster Department of Medicine Research Chair, Assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine. 
Research Specialties: Nutrition, dietetics, dietary and genetic origins of cardiovascular disease, nutritional sciences, gene-environment interactions, eating habits including the timing and frequency of eating. 
Contact: leah.cahill@dal.ca.

Enforcement powers of Ontario SPCA struck down – could Nova Scotia see same result?
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Wayne MacKay,Professor Emeritus of Law, Schulich School of Law. 
Research Specialties: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Constitutional law-comparative, cyberbullying, education law, human rights, humanitarian law, public policy analysis, public law.
Contact: wayne.mackay@dal.ca and 902-483-7810.

Protection of prisoner’s rights under scrutiny 
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Adelina Iftene, Assistant Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Health Law Institute. 
Research specialties: Prison law and prisoners’ rights, criminal law and criminal justice, sentencing, evidence, charter rights. 
Contact: aiftene@dal.ca