McGill Expert Alert: Haiti Earthquake

Stemming from the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, we suggest the following sources for your stories about this catastrophe:

Critical care/trauma after a natural disaster

Dr. Tarek Razek
Chief of Trauma, McGill University Health Centre's trauma care and McGill Faculty of Medicine
Contact via cynthia.lee [at] mcgill.ca

International medical aid and humanitarianism in Haiti

Pierre Minn
Doctoral candidate, McGill in the Departments of Anthropology and Social Studies of Medicine
Expertise: international medical aid and humanitarianism in Haiti
pierre.minn [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Geology/natural sciences

Prof. John Stix
Chair, McGill Earth and Planetary Sciences
Expertise: natural disasters, environmental geology
conrad.graham [at] mccord.mcgill.ca

Rebuilding after natural disasters

Prof. Saeed Mirza
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Expertise: structural engineering and rehabilitation of infrastructure
saeed.mirza [at] mcgill.ca

Prof. Pieter Sijpkes
School of Architecture
Expertise: architectural structures, design and construction, history of housing and structures
pieter.sijpkes [at] mcgill.ca

Economic development

Prof. Franque Grimard
Department of Economics
Acting Director, Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID)
Expertise: economic development, applied econometrics
franque.grimard [at] mcgill.ca

Prof. Jim Engle-Warnick
Department of Economics
Expertise: experimental economics
jim.engle-warnick [at] mcgill.ca%3cmailto:jim.engle-warnick [at] mcgill.ca"> jim.engle-warnick [at] mcgill.ca

Prof. Sonia Laszlo
Department of Economics
Expertise: development economics, labour economics, experimental economics
sonia.laszlo [at] mcgill.ca