Experts available: Lunar eclipse, Mental Health Week, interest rates, Hong Kong protests
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Monash experts available for comment:
Lunar eclipse occurring on Wednesday 8 October
Dr Michael Brown, School of Physics
Contact details: +61 420 989 973 or Michael.Brown@monash.edu
70th anniversary of the founding of the Liberal Party
Dr Nick Economou, School of Social Sciences
Contact details: +61 425 748 166 or Nick.Economou@monash.edu
Latest interest rates decision by the RBA
Professor Jakob Madsen, Department of Economics
Contact details: +61 413 718 268 or Jakob.Madsen@monash.edu
Student protests in Hong Kong and related issues with China and Taiwan
Professor Bruce Jacobs, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Contact details: +61 409 500 413 or Bruce.Jacobs@monash.edu
Mental Health Week:
Violence and its impact on women's mental health
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre
Contact details: +61 429 028 852 or Jayashri.Kulkarni@monash.edu
or
Professor Jane Fisher, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Contact details:+61 3 9903 0290 or Jane.Fisher@monash.edu
A full list of experts available to comment on topics relating to mental health can be viewed at Monash News.
Australia’s involvement in Iraq:
Professor Greg Barton, School of Social Sciences
Contact details: +61 419 871 170 or Greg.Barton@monash.edu
or
Ben Rich, School of Social Sciences
Contact details: +61 405 048 740 or Ben.Rich@monash.edu
A full list of experts available to comment on topics relating to the unrest in Iraq and security in Australia can be viewed at Monash News.
Victorian election:
How cannabis produces its effects
Dr Dan Malone, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology
Contact details: +61 3 9903 9576 or Daniel.Malone@monash.edu
Ethics of the use of medical marijuana
Professor Paul Komesaroff, Centre for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and Society
Contact details: +61 417 552 659 or Paul.Komesaroff@monash.edu
A full list of experts available to comment on topics relating to state election can be viewed at Monash News.
Upcoming Monash Events
An enquiry into inquiry in the Australian Curriculum: portrayal of, and leveraging the shared skills
6 pm, 7 October
Rotunda (Building 8), Lecture Theatre 6, Monash University’s Clayton campus
An individual approach to inquiry is necessary to ensure that the distinctions between learning areas such as science, history and geography are preserved, Associate Professor Gillian Kidman will argue at the next Faculty of Education’s Dean’s Lecture Series.
Read more at Monash News.
Nobel Laureate talks microfinance, social business and solving poverty
2 pm, 11 October
Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University’s Clayton campus
Nobel Laureate, social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader Professor Muhammad Yunus will discuss a series of programs that have been helping to reduce the cycle of poverty for families in Bangladesh and beyond at a public lecture.
Read more at Monash News.
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