Contributors

Taisia Huckle

Associate Professor in alcohol policy, Massey University

Associate Professor in alcohol policy, Massey University Public health researcher with track record in quantitative alcohol policy research. Key interests in alcohol policy, alcohol-related harm, drinking patterns and alcohol's harm to others.

Thuy-vy Nguyen

Assistant Professsor, Department of Psychology, Durham University

Assistant Professsor, Department of Psychology, Durham University Dr. Thuy-vy T Nguyen is a pioneer and expert in studying solitude in laboratory experiments, investigating various factors that shape people experiences in solitude. She is leading the Solitude Lab in the Psychology department at Durham University. Her PhD works “Solitude as an Approach to Affective Self-Regulation” is the leading literature in the field and has been cited close to 200 times. The paper inspired a TEDx talk at State University of New York Geneseo that has been viewed more than 70,000 times, and two New York Times articles in 2019.

Trana Hussaini

Clinical associate professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia

Clinical associate professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia Dr. Hussaini is a clinical pharmacy specialist in liver transplantation at Vancouver General Hospital and a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She also holds a Masters degree in Health Sciences. Her areas of expertise and research interests include drug-induced liver injury, viral hepatitis and immunosuppressive pharmacotherapy.

Trevor Tombe

Professor of Economics, University of Calgary

Professor of Economics, University of Calgary Dr. Tombe is a Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy. Prior to joining the University of Calgary in 2012, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. He received his BBA (Finance) from Simon Fraser University, and his MA and PhD (Economics) from the University of Toronto. His research focuses on a broad range of topics from international trade and public finance to energy and environmental policy. Currently his main focus is on economic integration in Canada, from estimating the size and consequences of interprovincial trade costs to exploring the implications of fiscal transfers between provinces (such as through equalization). In addition to his academic work, he regularly promotes the public understanding of economics and policy issues through his numerous public policy papers through the School, active social media presence, and general interest writings in various media outlets, including regular contributions to CBC Calgary and The Hub.

Teresa García Alcaraz

Postdoctoral researcher in the School of Natural and Built Environment (QUB), Queen's University Belfast

Postdoctoral researcher in the School of Natural and Built Environment (QUB), Queen's University Belfast I am a postdoctoral research and teaching fellow in the Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning (DUOT) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. I am currently a visiting scholar at the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast (UK), with a Postdoctoral Fellowship (Margarita Salas) exploring the interfaces of Belfast. I graduated in Architecture from the UPC, completed a Master of Arts at the London Metropolitan University (UK), and I currently hold a PhD (Excellent Cum Laude) in urban studies from the UPC with research interests related to contested cities, in-between spaces, socio-spatial segregation and artistic interventions in the intra-borders of contemporary cities. I have more than 15 years of experience in strategic and practical implementation of community engagement programmes, and developing grass-root projects around heritage and the built environment in Venezuela, Ecuador, Spain, and the United Kingdom. I have extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, architecture and urban design, writing and editorial work. I combine my experience in participatory design, architecture, urbanism, and writing with research and teaching.

Tessa Reardon

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Oxford

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Oxford Tessa Reardon is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. She completed her PhD on parents’ experiences of help-seeking for anxiety disorders in children at the University of Reading in 2018, and moved to Oxford 2019. Tessa has a lead role on two large school-based randomised controlled trials, and has experience of a range of other research methods and study designs (e.g. systematic reviews, measurement development and evaluation, surveys, qualitative studies).