Head of Computer Science and Software Engineering

Expert in wireless sensor networks, data mining, environmental monitoring (including monitoring of bushland, agriculture, rammed earth houses, smart water metering, public transport and vehicle GPS traces).

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Lecturer, UWA Law School

Expert in muslims and the law, burqa, niqab, church and state, freedom of religion. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to freedom of religion, restrictions on religious gatherings, funerals, and weddings.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Research Fellow, School of Population and Global Health

Expert in medication safety in pregnancy, medication safety, substance use disorders, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and equine veterinary research.

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UWA Defence & Security Institute

Expert in regional security, maritime security, defence and international relations with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. Research interests include the Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean Region, India, Japan, defence, regional security, maritime security.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA Professor and Chevron-Woodside Chair in Long Subsea Tiebacks

Expert in offshore oil and gas production, flow assurance, processing/refining and management during deep water blowout.

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Professor and Head of the School of Social Sciences

Demography – population growth and decline, implications of population change for housing and labour markets, regional and rural population change, migration, grey nomads, digital nomads, population ageing, birth and death rates, census, policy implications of population change. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to population impacts; international and internal migration trends; city exodus; impacts on fertility/ birth rate; impacts on the labour force.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA School of Agriculture & Environment

Expert in biotechnology, biodiversity, DNA (alive and extinct), resurrection and genetic rescue and diversity in STEM champion.

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Deputy Head of School (Community and Engagement) | Humanities

Expert in Philosophy, ethics, bioethics, environmental ethics.

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Lecturer History of Art, School of Design

Expert in art and cultural objects, Italian Renaissance, Dutch Golden Age, shipwrecks, maps and exploration.

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PhD candidate, School of Molecular Sciences

Expert in microbial plastic degradation, synthetic biology, plastic recycling and plastic pollution.

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UWA Professor, ARC Future Fellow and Chevron Chair in Gas Process Engineering

Expert in natural gas, LNG, energy, fluids and refrigerants

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Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering

Expert in Artificial Intelligence, 3D computer vision, signal/speech processing, machine/deep learning, robotics, mixed reality, and AI applied to medicine, plant biology, agriculture and defence.

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Head of Department Management and Organisations at the UWA Business School

Transport and travel behaviour, especially in urban areas: accessibility of various modes of transport; land-use transport integration; activities and travel; and new vehicles technologies.Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to working-from-home implications for transport.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA Law School

Expert in constitutional law and human rights law, especially freedom of speech. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the powers of government.

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Rio Tinto Chair of Rock Art Studies/Director

Expert in archaeology, heritage and rock art

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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

Expert in tailings, environmental management in mining, soils, land rehabilitation, environmental chemistry, waste reuse, and microbial biotechnology

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Senior Lecturer UWA Law School

Expert in private law remedies, unjust enrichment and restitution law and the law of equity and contract and commercial law

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Senior lecturer in Archaeology, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management and the Africa Research

Expert in southern Africa and western and northern Australian archaeology: rock art; museums; heritage; graffiti; death; intellectual property; Indigenous engagement; teaching; repatriation; and the cultural values of water and fire.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Associate Professor, UWA Institute of Agriculture

Water for food production, water supply, groundwater, climate change, evaporation, ecosystems, trees, urbanisation

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School of Human Sciences

Expert in losing excess weight and keeping it off in adult life, rapid weight loss for adults, meal replacement diets for adults, binge eating disorders, attaining/maintaining an optimum body composition throughout adult life, exercise/physical activity for weight loss and optimum body composition in adult life.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention

Expert in Indigenous psychology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention and decolonising research

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Senior Lecturer UWA Law School

Expert in charity law, not-for-profit law, not-for-profit regulation, taxation law

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Lecturer, School of Social Sciences

Expert in public policy including government, elections and voting, Australian, Latin America and Brazilian politics, migration, women’s issues and Latin America/Brazil-Australia international relations. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to international and national responses, vulnerable groups, women and political implications for democracy.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Professor of Biodiversity

Expert on biodiversity, conservation biology, threatened plants and animals, ethnobiology, evolutionary biology, botanic gardens, national parks, sustainable living with biodiversity, eucalypts, orchids, kangaroo paws, granite outcrops, old climatically buffered infertile landscapes.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations

Expert in vaccination, immunisation, (vaccine hesitancy, anti-vaccination and vaccination policy). Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to community attitudes and government rollout of COVID-19 vaccine, penalties and governance of people not following lockdown protocols.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychological Science

Expert in loneliness and its impact on mental health and psychological functioning, with a special interest in improving professional training. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to social distancing measures on loneliness, mental health and wellbeing.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Lecturer, School of Population and Global Health

Expert in sanitation (toilets, waste treatment, menstrual health, incontinence) in low resource settings, particularly in the context of international development. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to spread of the virus through lack of sanitation and hygiene and supply chains and impact from panic buying and increased demand for some products.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Professor in Accounting and Finance, UWA Business School

Expert in Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, Gold as an investment and in mining, environmental finance.

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Professor in Paediatrics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Expert in influenza, infection and vaccination. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to health and medicine.

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Senior Research Fellow and PhD candidate, Allied Health and Pharmacy Division

Expert in human lactation, specifically integration of evidence-based research to support normal function. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to breastfeeding and broader health outcomes associated with lactation for both mothers and infants.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Lecturer in Science Communication, School of Biological Sciences

Expert in community attitudes to science in food production especially biotechnology and animal welfare. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to how scientific concepts are communicated to the public, how scientific information is used to make people (including politicians) change their behaviour and effective strategies for science communication.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer, UWA Law School

Expert in law, social media and Internet. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the impact to body image and eating disorders.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Head of Health Professions Education

Expert in health and medical humanities, emotional intelligence, interprofessional learning, and curriculum development in the health professions.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Associate Professor in Finance, UWA Business School

Expert in financial markets, volatility modelling and political uncertainty. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to its impact on financial markets.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Research Fellow, UWA School of Population and Health

Expert in physical activity, built environment, child health and development, pets and health. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to pets, physical activity and kids health.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, UWA Law School

Expert in crime prevention, policing research, crime statistics, measuring crime, contract cheating and elder abuse. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to crime.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Research Associate Professor, School of Medicine

Expert in exercise, ageing, Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular disease. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to exercise, ageing and some health related areas.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Professor of Geophysics, UWA School of Earth Sciences

Expert in minerals and petroleum exploration, earthquakes and earthquake-related phenomena

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Professor in Astrophysics, UWA and International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Expert in cosmology, astronomy, space missions, space telescopes and big data. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to impact on astronomy and existing and future space missions and working from home through the use of super computers and online meetings.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Law Lecturer

Expert in anti-discrimination law, with a focus on LGBTIQA+ and religious freedom protections and private law. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to discrimination law and how changes to employment circumstances and areas such as schooling and child care could disadvantage the most vulnerable.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Head of School, School of Population and Global Health

Expert in family and domestic violence, women’s experiences and health and social outcomes, interventions and responses to address it

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Chief Executive Officer, Perth USAsia Centre

Expert in politics, trade, international relations and foreign policy in the United States and Asia

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Director, UWA Centre for Social Impact

Expert in social impact of homelessness, housing affordability, quality of life, social and environmental determinants of health and well-being and health inequalities

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Accredited Exercise Physiologist, UWA School of Human Sciences

Expert in exercise and physical activity (particularly in children, young people and people with chronic disease), exercise as medicine, mental health disorders. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to exercise and physical activity

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director of the UWA Wave Energy Centre

Expert in wave energy, offshore geotechnics, anchoring systems, soil mechanics and physical modelling.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Regional Executive Director, Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities

Expert in water issues (including quality, policy, planning and infrastructure), wastewater engineering, drinking water, environmental water, algal blooms and water sensitive cities. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the topics of impact to water infrastructure and the environment.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Professor in Accounting and Finance, UWA Business School

Not-for-profit sector, charities, public sector reporting, governance and debt, government budgets, disability services, aged care, child care and state and federal budgets. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to human services provision and economic and business sustainability.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director, UWA Centre for Software Practice

Expert in cybersecurity, privacy, cybersecurity and privacy policy, technology and the digital world. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to technology (especially surveillance), cybersecurity and privacy.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecture Management and Employment Relations, Business School

Expert in the gig economy, climate change and work, Uber and industrial relations.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA School of Design

Expert in WA's energy supply and consumption

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA Centre for Western Australian History

Expert in Western Australian and Australian history and cultural heritage

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Business Development Manager, UWA Innovation Quarter

Expert in ANZAC legend, the Great Wars

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, School of Humanities

Expert in philosophy, science and research and its impact on knowledge sharing and our understanding of the world. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to the role of science and research in the pandemic as well as the impact of misinformation.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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School of Human Sciences

Expert in cardiovascular health, research and disease with a special interest in determining the mechanisms of sudden death and heart failure. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the impact on people with cardiovascular issues such as heart disease and high blood pressure.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences

Expert in science communication (particularly around climate change and the environment), poetry and games. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to science communication.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Associate Professor in Economics, UWA Business School

Expert in terrorism, gender differences and wage gaps and corruption in society

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Lecturer, School of Psychological Science

Expert in leadership, volunteering, employee wellbeing and retirement. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to these areas.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director, UWA Centre for Human and Cultural Values

Expert in personal and cultural values, consumer psychology and behaviour, marketing across cultures and international marketing. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to how it has affected people’s values and behaviour.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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WA Centre for Rural Health, UWA School of Population and Global Health

Expert in musculoskeletal pain, rural, remote and Aboriginal health care delivery, clinical communication, research translation and remote and rural allied health care.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Lecturer, International Development

Expert in sustainable development with a focus on multi-culturalism, environmental politics and strategic thinking. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the impact on migrant communities, local and global social connectivity and UN sustainability development goals.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Clinical Professor, Immunologist and Allergist

Expert in immunology, allergies, and the symptoms, reactions and treatments. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the characteristics of the virus, the development of treatments and trials.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History

Expert in Black Lives Matter, photography and colonial history, Australian history, slavery and citizenship.

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Psychology Professor, UWA School of Psychology

Expert in psychology and anything resulting from emotions and their impact on human function e.g. depression, anxiety, bipolar

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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Regional Policy, UWA School of Earth and Environment

Expert in urban planning and policy, local government, housing, race and ethnic issues. Regulation of the sex industry.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Nobel Laureate, Director The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training.

Expert in digestive diseases

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer, School of Population and Global Health

Expert in child health, emotional trauma, mental health, wellbeing for school children, childhood adversity and disadvantage.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director of Higher Degrees (Coursework), UWA Law School

Expert in human rights law (e.g. women’s rights, Indigenous rights, asylum seekers, torture, freedom of speech etc.), modern slavery, equal opportunity and equality legislation. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to human rights and civil liberties.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director of Centre for Marine Futures, School of Biological Sciences

Expert in marine ecology, conservation, fisheries management and the role of marine protected areas

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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WA Centre for Rural Health, UWA School of Population and Global Health

Expert in rural and remote health care, health profession education, rural community development and health research.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Lecturer, School of Population and Global Health

Expert in communicable diseases, primary health care and quality improvement of health care. Able to speak about COVID in relation to transmission, prevention and control of the virus.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Expert in mesothelioma, cancer, cancer research, clinical trials and translational research.

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Senior Lecturer in International Law, UWA Law School

Expert in international criminal law (war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity) (historic and current); human rights, women’s rights, peacekeeping, particularly peacekeeper sexual exploitation and abuse, transnational crime (including organ trafficking; human trafficking); law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) and international law. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to refugee camps, armed conflict and access to healthcare.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Lecturer in Finance, UWA Business School

Expert in personal finances. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to personal finances, such as budgeting, superannuation and loans.

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Professor, ARC Future Fellow, School of Social Sciences

Expert in archaeology, museum collections, colonialism and maritime archaeology.

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Professor of Oceanography, UWA Oceans Institute

Expert in ocean and coastal issues, climate change, sea levels, tsunamis and coastal flooding

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer in Private and Commercial Law, Director UWA Business Law Major

Expert in business and commercial law, consumer protection, international commercial law. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to legal issues affecting consumers and businesses including contracts and refunds.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Lecturer, Health Humanities, Division of Health Professions Education

Expert in health humanities, history of emotions and medicine. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the experiences of frontline clinical staff and the role of humanities during the pandemic.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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WA Centre for Rural Health, UWA School of Population and Global Health

Expert in remote and rural health care, research and pharmacy practice, and health professions education for remote communities.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer, Psychological Science

Expert in sleep and sleep health, circadian rhythms, insomnia, psychological treatments, cognitive and behaviour therapy. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to sleep topics.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA COVID-19 Clinical Trial Leader

Expert in clinical trials and collaborative research for COVID-19. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to the WA research response.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Law Lecturer

Expert in health law and policy. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to areas such as vaccine and pharmaceutical product policy and regulation, risk regulation and tort law (especially medical negligence and defective therapeutic products litigation).

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Dean of the UWA Business School

Expert in economic growth, international economics, economic development, military spending and Australian and Asian economic policy issues. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to its economic impact on markets, trade and government policy.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Professor National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases (NCARD)

Expert in immunotherapy and development of new treatments for cancers caused by asbestos, in particular mesothelioma.

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Professor of Finance, UWA Business School

Expert in WA economy, financial markets, behavioural finance and mergers and acquisitions. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to finance and business.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Associate Professor in Marketing, UWA Business School

Expert in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in business (healthcare, hospitality, retailing); customer experience management; branding; marketing and financial aspects of the retail industry

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director, UWA Public Policy Institute

Expert in public policy including government, elections and voting, Australian, British and US politics, radicalisation and extremism, regulation, migration and public opinion. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to international and inter-state COVID-19 responses, public attitudes towards government measures to combat COVID-19, vulnerable groups, recovery plans and political implications for elections.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Clinical Psychologist

Expert in mental health, worry, anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, self-esteem, self-compassion and managing emotions. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to COVID-19 related anxiety and isolation.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA Associate Professor in Education Policy

Expert in curriculum, school funding, NAPLAN testing, teaching standards and national schooling reform. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to impacts on schooling.

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Professor of Agriculture, Chair and Director/Professor of The UWA Institute of Agriculture

Expert in agriculture, crop science, grains industry, sustainable farming systems and agronomy. Able to talk about COVID-19 in relation to food and agriculture.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Dean and Head of UWA Law School

Expert in property law, especially land law, Australian confiscation of proceeds of crime legislation, and legal education, including mental health in law. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to restrictions put in place by government.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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CSIRO-UWA Chair of Complex Engineering Systems

Expert in engineering and mathematics to understand and predict the world, including human behaviour, biological processes such as spread of disease, financial markets, machine processes and probability of winning in gambling. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to mathematical modelling of epidemic transmission and complex systems and networks applied to disease propagation models.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Research Associate, Oceans Institute/School of Biological Sciences

Expert in seaweed aquaculture including asparagopsis (a methane-reducing seaweed when fed to cattle), seagrass restoration and seagrass ecology and blue carbon

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Research Fellow, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Expert in microbiology, epidemiology, genetics of Helicobacter pylori and general bacteria spread, treatment, antibiotic resistance and evolution

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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science

Expert in agriculture and food, science, climate change, wheat, grains, pulses, frost, heatwaves, salinity, crop science, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, mass spectrometry and genetically modified foods.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director, WA Centre for Rural Health, UWA School of Population and Global Health

Expert in rural and Aboriginal health, health disparities, population health, ailment prevention and care, partnerships in health program delivery, community capacity building, quality improvement and research-policy.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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UWA Business School and Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth Sciences

Expert in mining, minerals and the economy, commodity markets including Australia's gold industry, iron ore industry, nickel, cobalt, lithium, lead/zinc and copper industries, rare earth minerals, cesium, the energy transition, mineral exploration practice and economic, mineral endowment, mineral sector policy and governance, mineral royalties, mineral sector corporate capabilities and competitiveness

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Director, UWA Oceans Institute

Expert in indigenous archaeology, maritime archaeology and heritage

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Professor of Autism Research

Expert in children and their development disorders (autism etc)

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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Senior Lecturer in Economics, UWA Business School

Expert in government economics (census data, mergers, government finances)

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Professor of Philosophy, School of Humanities

Expert in eugenics, philosophy in schools, biotechnology, cognitive science and philosophical engagement in public life.

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Professor in Political Science, UWA Centre for Muslim States and Societies

Expert in Islam and world politics, Australian Muslims, Pakistan's politics and foreign policy, and Militant Islamic movements. Able to speak about COVID-19 in relation to muslim communities and social cohesion in in Australia and the Indian Ocean region.

To arrange an interview contact the UWA Media Office on (+618) 6488 3229 or 0432 637 716.

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