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February 27, 2019

Posted by Darcy MacRae on February 27, 2019

Please find below suggested Â鶹´«Ã½ experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Wednesday, February 27, 2019.Ìý

Quebec schools implement 'rough play' zones for kids
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: 
Dr. Michael Ungar, Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience, School of Social Work.Ìý
Research Specialties: Resilience, child and adolescent mental health, family therapy, ecological social work, program evaluation, cross-cultural diversity research, delinquency, child development, social constructionism.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýmichael.ungar@dal.ca and 902-494-3445/902-229-0434.

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifies before Congress
Â鶹´«Ã½ 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.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýhuish@dal.ca and 902-494-2979.

What can, and can’t, Jody Wilson-Raybould say in her testimony to House Justice Committee?
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: 
Wayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of Law, Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law.Ìý
Research Specialties: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, cyberbullying, education law, human rights, humanitarian law, public policy analysis, public law and public interest.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýWayne.Mackay@dal.ca and 902-483-7810.

Multiple reasons why lung cancer so often diagnosed at Emergency Department
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: 
Dr. Daria Manos, Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology.
Research Specialties: Thoracic radiology, thoracic imaging, CT lung cancer screening.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýdaria.manos@nshealth.ca and 902-473-5452/902-494-4148.Ìý

Anti-vaxxers playing prominent, and unfortunate, role in B.C. measles outbreak 
Â鶹´«Ã½ Experts: 
Dr. Scott Halperin, Division of Infectious Diseases, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; and Dr. Noni MacDonald, Professor, Department of Pediatrics.Ìý
Research Specialties: Vaccine safety, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine pain mitigation, bacteriology, vaccinology, pertussis, clinical trials, immunization, meningococcal vaccine, influenza vaccine.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýscott.halperin@dal.ca and 902-470-8498; Noni.MacDonald@Dal.Ca and 902-470-8799.