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Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ University has compiled a list of experts who are able to speak on the many impacts of COVID-19. We will continue to add to this list in the coming days and weeks.

Employer and employee change - shorter workweeks, productivity, basic income and the Canadian Employee Resource Benefit 
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Karen Foster, Associate Professor; Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Rural Futures for Atlantic Canada, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties: Economy, work and development, knowledge, science and expertise, political economy, research methods, rural communities, social policy, social statistics and Atlantic Canada
Contact:Ìýkaren.foster@dal.ca

Impacts of COVID-19 on businesses, pandemic marketing strategies and business recovery
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert:ÌýDan Shaw, Senior Instructor, Director of MBA Programs, Rowe School of Business.
Research Specialties: Global marketing, impact of labour disputes on consumer spending and consumer habits. 
Contact:ÌýDan.Shaw@dal.ca and 902-494-6146. 

Legal impacts and questions related to COVID-19
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Wayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of Law, Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law.
Research Specialties: Canadian 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.

Impacts of COVID-19 measures on criminalized individuals
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert:ÌýDr. Adelina Iftene, Assistant Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Health Law Institute. 
Research Specialties:ÌýPrison law and prisoners’ rights, criminal law and criminal justice, sentencing, evidence, charter rights. 
Contact:Ìýaiftene@dal.ca and 902-494-1296

Political impacts of COVID-19 (Canadian and American)
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Lori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement.
Contact:Ìýlturnbul@dal.ca and 902-494-6605.

Effects on travel industry
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Lorne Sheehan, Professor, Rowe School of Business, School for Resource and Environmental Studies 
Research Specialties: Tourism and travel, Destination management, Stakeholder management, and Sustainable development.
Contact:ÌýLorn@dal.ca or 902-402-8067

Food sovereignty, security, and sustainability
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Kathleen Kevany, Associate Professor, Business and Social Sciences Faculty of Agriculture.
Research Specialties: Food sovereignty and sustainability, Sustainable diets and individual and community well-being
Contact:Ìý kkevany@dal.ca and 902-986-8477

Food security, food supply chains and food trade
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Professor, Food Distribution and Policy, Faculties of Management and Agriculture.
Research Specialties: Food distribution, food policy, food safety, food security, traceability.
Contact:Ìýsylvain.charlebois@dal.ca and 902-222-4142.

Rural well-being
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Kathleen Kevany, Associate Professor, Business and Social Sciences Faculty of Agriculture.
Research Specialties: Community building, appreciative problem solving and fostering mental, emotional and physical well-being
Contact:Ìý kkevany@dal.ca and 902-986-8477

Economic Impacts
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Lars Osberg, Professor, Department of Economics.
Research Specialties: Labour economics, income and wealth distribution.
Contact:Ìýlars.osberg@dal.ca and 902-494-6988

Mental wellness (youth and adult) – Psychology and Psychiatry
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Simon Sherry, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry.
Research Specialties: Clinical psychology, depression, anxiety, personality, perfectionism, psychopathology, suicide, eating disorders, alcohol problems.
Contact:ÌýSimon.Sherry@dal.ca and 902-494-7719/ 902-789-9419.

Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Michael Ungar, Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience; Professor, School of Social Work.
Research Specialties: Child and adolescent mental health, family therapy, ecological social work, program evaluation, cross-cultural diversity research, delinquency, child development, social constructionism.
Contact:Ìýmichael.ungar@dal.ca and 902-229-0434.

Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. E. Adriana Wilson, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Research Specialties: Positive psychiatry, mindfulness, emotions, attachment, psychotherapy
Contact:Ìýadriana.wilson@dal.ca or 902-407-6600

Social and Cultural Implications and Activism
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Tari Ajadi, doctoral student, MacEachen Institute Junior Fellow
Student Research Scholar, Healthy Populations Institute, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Canadian politics, social justice and inequality, marginalized communities, health policy and social movements.
Contact:Ìýtariajadi@dal.ca or (778) 230-0020

Implications of COVID-19 on vulnerable and marginalized communities and populations
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ 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.
Contact:Ìýhuish@dal.ca and 902-494-2979.

Expert: Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Chair, Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties: Medical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact:Ìýiwaldron@Dal.ca and 902-494-4267

Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Tari Ajadi, doctoral student, MacEachen Institute Junior Fellow
Student Research Scholar, Healthy Populations Institute, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Canadian politics, social justice and inequality, marginalized communities, health policy and social movements.
Contact:Ìýtariajadi@dal.ca or (778) 230-0020

Maintaining physical wellness during COVID-19
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Lori Dithurbide, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, School of Health and Human Performance
Research Specialties: Psychosocial aspects of sports, group dynamics, teammate efficacy, team performance, and group behavior.
Contact:Ìýlori.dithurbide@dal.ca

Emergency preparedness plans (municipal, provincial and federal)
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. Kevin Quigley, Professor, Director, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance.
Research Specialties: Public sector risk and crisis management, strategic management and critical infrastructure protection.
Contact: Please contact Warren MacDougald at 647-823-3309 or Warren.McDougald@Dal.Cato set up an interview with Dr. Quigley.

Pharmacy practices during COVID-19
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert: Dr. James Barker, Professor; Herbert S. Lamb Chair in Business Education; Research Lead Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Safe Assured; Founding Fellow, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy & Governance, Rowe School of Business
Research Specialties:ÌýOrganizational safety, high-risk organizations, leadership theories, organization theories, complexity theory, organizational behavior, symbolic management, and organizational change
Contact:ÌýJ.Barker@Dal.ca´Ç°ùÌý902-222-5237

Dental practices/care during COVID-19
Dental hygiene and nutrition
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ expert:ÌýDr. Leigha Rock, director and associate professor, School of Dental Hygiene
Research specialties: Preventative oral health care, nutrition, oral cancer
Contact:ÌýPlease contact Cheryl Bell at 902.266.9403 or cheryl.bell@dal.ca if you would like an interview with Dr. Rock.

Emergency dental care and new pandemic protocol
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ expert: Dr. Chris Lee, assistant professor and director, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences
Research specialties:ÌýEmergency dental care, dental care of medically complex patients, access to dental care for underserviced populations
Contact:ÌýPlease contact Cheryl Bell at 902.266.9403 or cheryl.bell@dal.ca if you would like an interview with Dr. Lee.

Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ expert:ÌýDr. Ben Davis, dean of the Faculty of Dentistry and professor
Research specialties:ÌýOral and maxillofacial surgery, oral sedation, emergency dental care
Contact: Please contact Cheryl Bell at 902.266.9403 or cheryl.bell@dal.ca if you would like an interview with Dr. Davis.

Cuban healthcare system and the exportation of medical services
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert:ÌýDr. John Kirk, Professor, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies.
Research Specialties:ÌýCuban colonial times, Cuban cultural revolution, Latin American dictators.
Contact:Ìýkirk@dal.ca and 902-494-1082/902-494-2544.

Machine learning needed for contact and other tracing technologies
Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert:ÌýDr. Thomas Trappenberg, Professor, Faculty of Computer Science 
Research:ÌýComputational neuroscience and machine learning.
Contact:Ìýtt@cs.dal.caÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý902-494-3087

Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´ Expert:ÌýDr. Sageev Orre, Professor, Faculty of computer Science 
Research Specialties:ÌýMachine learning, deep learning, computational creativity, and deep learning models and tools for music, art & text generation
Contact:Ìýsageev@dal.ca or 902-494-1498

If you are looking to speak with one of our researchers directly working on COVID-19 research, please note that their schedules are extremely full and we will do our best to fill your request or direct you to the best point of contact.

We ask that you please keep in mind that it is at the faculty member’s discretion as to whether they have the availability to accommodate your request.