Please find below suggested Â鶹´«Ã½ experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest forÌýMonday, February 4, 2019.Ìý
It’s official: now cheaper to rent a home than buy one in CanadaÌý
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert:ÌýDr. Lars Osberg, Professor, Department of Economics.Ìý
Research specialties:ÌýLabour economics, income and wealth distribution.
Contact:Ìýlars.osberg@dal.ca and 902-494-6988/902-579-9486.
On World Cancer Day, let’s talk about treatments and hope for today’s patientsÌý
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert:ÌýDr. Rob Rutledge, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology.Ìý
Research specialties:ÌýCancer treatment and healing, pediatric radiation oncology, patient care.Ìý
Contact:Ìýrob.rutledge@nshealth.caÌýand 902-473-6185/902-489-6423.
Canada hosts Lima Group countries for emergency meeting on Venezuela
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert:ÌýDr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor, Department of International Development Studies.
Research Specialties:ÌýGlobal health, North Korea, Cuban development, activism and social justice.
Contact:Ìýhuish@dal.ca and 902-494-2979.
Sentencing hearing begins today for serial killer Bruce McArthurÌý
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr.ÌýWayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of Law, Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law.Ìý
Research Specialties:ÌýCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, cyberbullying, education law, human rights, humanitarian law, public policy analysis, public law and public interest.
Contact:ÌýWayne.Mackay@dal.ca and 902-483-7810.
iPad project to help young people address mental health and addictions issues
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert:ÌýDr. Leslie Anne Campbell,ÌýSobey Family Child and Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Chair, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology.
Research Specialties:ÌýHealth services research, mental health, patient-centred health outcomes, population screening, administrative health data, simulation modelling, health technology assessment.Ìý
Contact:Ìýleslie.anne.campbell@dal.caÌýand 902-494-2408.
No evidence cannabis a suitable treatment for mental health
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert:ÌýDr. Simon Sherry, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry.Ìý
Research Specialties:ÌýClinical psychology, depression, anxiety, personality, perfectionism, psychopathology, suicide, eating disorders, alcohol problems.
Contact:ÌýSimon.Sherry@dal.caÌýand 902-494-7719.Ìý
Air Canada accused of reneging on promise to compensate passenger who gave up seat on overcrowded plane
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert:ÌýGabor Lukacs, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.Ìý
Research Specialties:ÌýAir passenger rights, mathematics, actuarial models, theory of interest.
Contact:Ìýlukacs@dal.ca and 647-724-1727.
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