Experts

Experts are available to media for comment on a wide range of issues related to human health and medical research. Please contact media@uwo.ca for assistance with finding experts.

Biochemistry and microbiology

CRISPR
Synthetic biology
Microbiome and Probiotics
 
 
 
 

Bone and Joint Health

Back pain
Arthritis/ Rheumatology
Osteoarthritis and Arthritis research
Joint replacement
Knee and injury and reconstruction

Cancer

Immunotherapy
Research advances in cancer
 
 
 

 
 

Cardiovascular Disease

Genetic causes of cardiovascular disease
Stroke

 
 
 

Concussion

Clinical diagnosis of concussion
Brain imaging for concussion
Concussion changes in the brain
Stroke and dementia
 
 

COVID-19 and Infectious Diseases

COVID-19 Epidemiology
COVID-19 Vaccines 
COVID-19 Variants of concern 
HIV/AIDS 
Biocontainment for the study of infectious diseases 
Infectious disease prevention

Cannabis

Cannabis effects on the brain
Research on cannabis and Pregnancy



Environmental Health

Healthy Cities
Active transportation
 


 

Family Medicine & Primary Care

Family medicine education

 

 

LGBTQ+ Health

Trans PULSE Canada Survey
LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing
Transgender youth in clinical care

Lung Diseases and Vaping

Lung imaging for Asthma and COPD
Effects of vaping on lungs

Medical Ethics

Medical research ethics
Ethics of Clinical Trials
Ethics of human challenge studies

Mental Health

PTSD
Moral Injury
Older Adult Mental Health
Suicide prevention
Global Mental Health and mindfulness

Neurodegenerative Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease
Brain imaging for neurodegenerative disease

 
 

One Health

Intersection between animals, the environment and human health

 
 
 

Public Health and Global Health

Public Health Education
Social Determinants of Health/Health Equity
Global mental health 
Global access to safe surgery
Infectious disease/ HIV
 

Sports medicine & Exercise

Exercise during pregnancy
Athlete mental health
Movement as medicine for treatment of chronic disease
Children’s physical activity
Knee and joint injury and reconstruction

Surgery

Global access to safe surgery
Combat surgery