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Please find below suggested Â鶹´«Ã½ experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Monday, March 18, 2019.Ìý

Leaving Neverland allegations will change the way students learn about Michael Jackson 
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr. Steven Baur, Associate Director (Music), Associate Professor, Fountain School of Performing Arts.Ìý
Research Specialties: Musicology, nineteenth-century music, American music, music and culture, popular music, Russian music.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýsteven.baur@dal.ca and 902-494-6502.Ìý

Reports indicate federal budget will make home-buying more affordable
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr. Howard Ramos, Professor, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, migration – immigration, social change, social movements, social statistics.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýhoward.ramos@dal.ca and 902-494-3130/902-494-6595.

Joyce Murray is new Treasury Board president after latest cabinet shuffle
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Lori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýlturnbul@dal.ca and 902-494-6605.

Scientific community divided when it comes to gene editing 
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr. Graham Dallaire, Director of Research, Professor of Pathology.Ìý
Research Specialties: Role of nuclear structure in tumour suppression, genome stability and DNA repair, CRISPR-based gene editing, mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance, tumour-drug interactions and personalized therapy.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýdellaire@dal.ca and 902-494-4730.

Managing children’s pain after surgery not given the priority it deserves 
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr. Christine Chambers, Division of Gastroenterology, Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Children's Pain.
Research Specialties: Pain, implementation science, knowledge translation, health psychology, clinical psychology.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýchristine.chambers@dal.ca and 902-470-7706.