====== Timothy Caulfield ====== {{ ::timothycaulfield.jpeg?200|}} **Timothy Allen Caulfield** is a Canadian health lawyer based in [[canada:alberta:Edmonton]], [[canada:Alberta]]. ===== Education ===== Caulfield graduated from the [[University of Alberta]] with a Bachelor of Science in 1987, then completed a law degree in 1990. He finished his thesis in 1993 at [[Dalhousie University]]. Caulfield has received honorary degrees from [[Simon Fraser University]] and the [[University of Calgary]]. ===== Career ===== ==== Early career ==== From 1988-1990, Caulfield worked as a legal researcher at the [[University of Alberta]]'s Health Law Institute.((//Professor Timothy Caulfield Curriculum Vitae.// (2022). University of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025073519/https://www.ualberta.ca/law/media-library/faculty-research/hli/people/timothy-caulfield/caulfield-cv-2022-june.pdf)) He then moved to work at law firm [[Bryan & Company]] as a "student-at-law", and then lawyer, until 1992. He was admitted to the [[Law Society of Alberta]] in 1991. ==== University of Alberta ==== In 1996, Caulfield was made an Assistant Professor in U of A's Faculty of Law, then added a position as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry in 1999. In 2004, he became a Professor in the Faculty of Law and at the School of Public Health, a position he holds to this day. He is Research Director of the Health Law Institute.((//Timothy A. Caulfield - Profile.// (2021, June 25). Canada Research Chair. https://archive.ph/pOB6l)) ((//Timothy Caulfield.// UAlberta Law. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://archive.ph/qZKUF)) He became a Tier II [[Canada Research Chair]] in Health Law and Policy in 2002, and then Tier I in 2009 (renewed in 2016).((//Timothy A. Caulfield - Profile.// (2021, June 25). Canada Research Chair. https://archive.ph/pOB6l)) ((//Professor Timothy Caulfield Curriculum Vitae.// (2022). University of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025073519/https://www.ualberta.ca/law/media-library/faculty-research/hli/people/timothy-caulfield/caulfield-cv-2022-june.pdf)) In 2007 and 2008, Caulfield was Director of Research for the [[Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing]] on behalf of the [[Government of Newfoundland and Labrador]]. ==== Visiting Professorships ==== Caulfield has completed several visiting scholarships:((//Professor Timothy Caulfield Curriculum Vitae.// (2022). University of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025073519/https://www.ualberta.ca/law/media-library/faculty-research/hli/people/timothy-caulfield/caulfield-cv-2022-june.pdf)) * 2011: Visiting Scholar at [[University of Ediburgh]]'s [[Scottish Research Centre for IP and Technology Law]] * 2012: Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholar at the [[University of Leuven]] * 2014: Visiting Professor at the [[University of Basel]], [[Switzerland]] * 2005: Visiting Professor at the [[University of Houston Health Law and Policy Institute]] * 2000: Visiting Scholar at [[The Hastings Center]] in [[united_states:new_york:Garrison]], [[united_states:New York]] * 1997: Visiting Fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s Program in Genomics, Ethics, and Society * 1997: Visiting Scholar at [[Stanford University]] Law ==== Television ==== In 2016, Caulfield began working with [[Peacock Alley Entertainment]] as co-producer and host of the television show, “A User’s Guide to Cheating Death”. ===== Affiliations ===== Caulfield is a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]], [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]], the [[Canadian Academy of Health Sciences]] and the [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation]].((//Timothy Caulfield.// Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://archive.ph/ZXdpR)) He sits on the Ethics Committee for the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] (WADA).((//Disclosure statement: Timothy Caulfield.// (2021). University of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025073517/https://www.ualberta.ca/law/media-library/faculty-research/hli/people/timothy-caulfield/disclosure-statement-2.pdf)) ==== Media ==== Caulfield has appeared in [[Reuters]], [[The Guardian]], [[Time]], [[Newsweek]], [[USA Today]], The [[Washington Post]], The [[New York Times]], [[Der Spiegel]], [[The Atlantic]], [[Vanity Fair]], [[Slate Magazine]], [[Maclean’s]], The [[National Post]], The [[Globe and Mail]], the [[Daily Beast]], the [[Discovery Channel]], [[CTV]], [[CBC]] and [[The Current]]. === Speakers' Spotlight === Through his publisher, [[Penguin Random House]], Caulfield works with a speaker's bureau service called [[Speakers' Spotlight]]. Some of his clients include: * [[A100]] * [[Advancing Women in Agriculture]] * [[Ag-West Bio]] * [[Aga Khan Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research]] * [[Alberta Association of General Surgeons]] * [[Alberta Beekeepers Commission]] * [[Alberta College of Family Physicians]] * [[Alberta Primary Care Networks]] * [[AllerGen]] * [[American Association of Family Physicians]] * [[American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology]] * [[American College of Rehabilitation Medicine]] * [[Amica Helping Hands Charity]] * [[Association of Pakistani Physicians]] * [[Baylor Medical College]] * [[BC Forestry Professionals Association]] * [[BC Kidney Days]] * [[BC Rural Health Conference]] * [[Boundary Trails Health Centre Foundation]] * [[British Columbia School Counsellors Association]] * [[Calgary City Teachers' Convention Association]] (CCTCA) * [[Calgary Public Library]] * [[Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health]] (CADTH) * [[Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors]] * [[Canadian Centre for Food Integrity]] * [[Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society]] * [[Canadian Health Libraries Association]] * [[Canadian Independent Bookstores Association]] * [[Canadian Network of National Associations of Regulators]] * [[Canadian Nuclear Association]] * [[Canadian Nurses Association]] * [[Canadian Organization of Physicists in Medicine]] (COPM) * [[Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute]] * [[Canadian Science Policy Conference]] * [[Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists]] * [[Canadian Society of Internal Medicine]] * [[CannAmm]] * [[Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba]] * [[Children's Hospital Research Institute]] * [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]] * [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia]] * [[Columbia University]] * [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] * [[Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers]] * [[Consumer Health Products Association]] * [[Crohn's and Colitis Canada]] * [[Cystic Fibrosis Canada]] * [[Dairy Farmers of Ontario]] * [[Dalhousie University]] * [[Dieticians of Canada]] * [[Digital Citizen Initiative]] * [[EuroScience Open Forum]] * [[Family Medicine Forum]] * [[Farm & Food Care]] * [[The Geneva Association]] * [[Hamilton Health Sciences]] * [[Harvard Law School]] * [[Health Canada]] Science Forum * [[Health Technology Assessment International]] (HTAi) * [[Huber College]] * [[Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis]] * [[International Congress on Personalized Health Care]] * [[International Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research]] * [[International Society of Nutrigenics and Nutrigenomics]] * [[Kyoto University]] * [[Land O'Lakes]] * [[Laurentian University]] * [[Let's Talk Science]] * [[Maple Leaf Foods]] * [[Mayo Clinic]] * [[McGill University]] * [[MediaSmarts]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]] * [[National Coffee Association]] * [[New York Academy of Sciences]] * [[North Central Teachers' Convention Association]] * [[Northern Ontario School of Medicine]] * [[Ontario Agri Business Association]] (OABA) * [[Ontario Dental Association]] * [[Peters & Co.]] * [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] * [[Professional Convention Management Association Canada East]] * [[Richardson International]] * [[Rotman School of Management]] * [[Royal Canadian Institute for Science]] * [[Royal Society of Canada]] * [[Sea to Sky Teachers Union]] * [[Seven Oaks General Hospital Foundation]] * [[Simon Fraser University]] * [[Skeptics in the Pub]] * [[Society of Behaviour Medicine]] * [[Sonography Canada]] * [[Sport Innovation Summit]] * [[St. Albert Library]] * [[Temple University College of Public Health]] * [[United Nurses of Alberta]] * [[University of Alberta Alumni Association]] * [[University of Alberta Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education]] * [[University of Alberta Medical Student Association]] * [[University of British Columbia]] * [[University of Calgary]] * [[University of Manitoba]] * [[University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health Law]] * [[University of Pittsburgh Human Research Protection Office]] * [[University of Saskatchewan]] Health Innovation & Public Policy Conference * [[University of Toronto]] * [[University of Victoria]] * [[University of Western Ontario]] * [[WinField United Canada]] * [[Workplace Safety & Prevention Services]] (WSPS) * [[World Congress of Nephrology]] * [[York Region Public Health]] ===== Research ===== Caulfield has published scientific papers on the topics of [[misinformation]] and [[disinformation]] (particularly in the context of [[COVID-19]]), [[stem cell research]], [[science communication]], the [[microbiome]], and [[alternative medicine]], among others. Caulfield receives research funding from:((//Disclosure statement: Timothy Caulfield.// (2021). University of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025073517/https://www.ualberta.ca/law/media-library/faculty-research/hli/people/timothy-caulfield/disclosure-statement-2.pdf)) * [[Alberta Innovates]] * [[AllerGen]] * [[Canadian Blood Services]] * [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] * [[Genome Canada]] * [[Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada]] * [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] * [[Stem Cell Network]] * [[World Health Organization]] ===== Awards and recognition ===== Caulfield has received awards and recognition from a variety of institutions including the [[Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research]], [[Alberta Venture Magazine]], the [[Alberta Writers' Guild]], [[Canadian Science Writers Association]], [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]], [[Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations]] (CAFA), [[Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and the Law]], [[Optimyz Magazine]], [[Royal Canadian Institute for Science]], [[Stem Cell Network]] and the [[University of Alberta Alumni Association]].