Below you will find suggested Dalhousie University experts who can speak to current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

World Maternal Mental Health Day
Dalhousie Expert: Justine Dol, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health
Research Specialties: Mental health interventions during the postpartum period, postpartum transitions, global health, eHealth and social media, and the impacts of COVID-19 on maternal mental health
Contact: Justine.dol@dal.ca and 902-580-3943

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health
Research Specialties: Maternal mental health in relation to high risk birth, neonates and infants, co-bedding, pain, skin-to-skin contact, and randomized trials, and the impacts of COVID-19 an maternal mental health
Contact: marsha.campbell-yeo@dal.ca and 902 430-6447

Experiences of new mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Megan Aston, Professor/Associate Director Research and International Affairs and the Director of Centre for Transformative Nursing & Health Research (CTNHR)
Research Specialties: Maternal child and infant health, public health nursing, feminist post-structuralism, children with intellectual disabilities, experiences of new mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Contact: Terry Murray-Arnold at tmurraya@dal.ca

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Sheri Lynn Price, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health
Research Specialties: Nursing and health human resources, interprofessional socialization, and community health, experiences of new mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Contact: Terry Murray-Arnold at tmurraya@dal.ca