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Please find below suggested ÑÇÖÞ91ÊÓƵ University 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
ÑÇÖÞ91ÊÓƵ 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
ÑÇÖÞ91ÊÓƵ 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?
ÑÇÖÞ91ÊÓƵ 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
ÑÇÖÞ91ÊÓƵ 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 
ÑÇÖÞ91ÊÓƵ 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.