February 25, 2020

UOW expert commentary available this week (25 - 29 February)

UOW academics provide expert comment, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN

Dr Rachel Loney-Howes is available for interviews about Harvey Weinstein being convicted of sexual assault and rape. Dr Loney-Howes is the co-editor of a new book #MeToo and the Politics of Social Change. She is a Lecturer in criminology who specialises in researching gender-based violence.

CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AUSTRALIA

Dr Alfredo Paloyo can speak about childhood obesity in Australia in light of recent research being published in The Lancet that discussed the health and future of children worldwide. Dr Paloyo recently co-authored a paper on the intergenerational transmission of obesity in Australia and says the persistence of obesity across generations is stronger among low-socioeconomic status households in Australia.

WHY DON’T BURNS BLEED?

Dr Theresa Larkin explains why burns don’t bleed in an article for The Conversation. Dr Larkin is a physiology researcher and teaches anatomy and physiology.

MEDIA RESOURCES

The University of Wollongong has an in-house Globelynx camera for TV interviews. This means we can facilitate reliable, live and high-quality television interviews from our Wollongong campus.

UOW academics exercise academic freedom by providing expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing social issues and current affairs. This expert commentary reflects the views of those individual academics and does not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the University of Wollongong.