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Timothy Caulfield

Timothy Allen Caulfield is a Canadian health lawyer based in Edmonton, 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.1) 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.2) 3) He became a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy in 2002, and then Tier I in 2009 (renewed in 2016).4) 5)

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:6)

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

Media

Speakers' Spotlight

Through his publisher, Penguin Random House, Caulfield works with a speaker's bureau service called Speakers' Spotlight. Some of his clients include:

Research

Awards and recognition

2) , 4)
Timothy A. Caulfield - Profile. (2021, June 25). Canada Research Chair. https://archive.ph/pOB6l
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Timothy Caulfield. UAlberta Law. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://archive.ph/qZKUF
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Timothy Caulfield. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://archive.ph/ZXdpR
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