On average I deliver over 50 invited lectures a year, taking me to cities all over the world and engaging a variety of audiences, including academic, policy making, and the general public.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash,” Annual Pharmacy Technicians Conference, Edmonton, September 15, 2017.
"Genetic Information and the Science Hype Paradox," Open Lecture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, September 6th, 2017
"Unresolved: Who Controls our Genes, Cells and Tissue?" Research Group on the Ethos of Technology (RESET), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, September 8th, 2017
Moderator, "Ethics Wrap Up", The Need to Accelerate Therapeutic Development, The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, June 20-21, 2017
"Gwyneth Paltrow versus Science: A Battle We Must Win!" Ag West Bio Conference, Saskatoon, June 13, 2017.
"Twisted Science: Policy and Public Perception in the Era of Misinformation", School for Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, June 13, 2017.
"Popular Culture vs. Science: A Battle We Can Win", Dietitians of Canada National Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 10, 2017.
"Celebrities and Popular Culture in Medicine," 4th Annual Women's Health in Primary Care, University of Calgary, Calgary, June 2, 2017.
“Celebrity Culture and Our Health", York Region Public Health Day, Toronto, May 29th, 2017.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash,” 13th World Congress on Endometriosis, Vancouver, May 17, 2017.
“Myths and Misinformation: What's the Truth About What Makes Us Healthy?", Canadian Health Libraries Association, Annual Meeting, Edmonton May 17th, 2017.
“Popular Culture and Our Health: Why It Matters and What’s Going Wrong,” World Health Summit, Montreal, May 8, 2017.
"Panel: Use of Kidney Failure Risk Equations in clinical care" Canadian Society of Nephrology, Annual General Meeting, May 5, 2017, Montreal.
“Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?” Workplace Safety and Prevention Services Conference, Mississauga, Ontario, May 2, 2017.
"It’s Crazy Out There: Stem Cells, Pop Culture and the Marketing of Unproven Therapies," Canadian Society of Nephrology, Annual General Meeting, May 5, 2017, Montreal.
"Spinning Science: Fake News, Popular Culture and Our Health" PEW Research Center, Washington DC, April 27, 2017
"Scienceploitation: The Marketing of Unproven Stem Cell Therapies", Conference Board of Canada, Toronto, April 26, 2017.
"Gene Editing: Law, Policy and Public Perceptions" 6th Annual Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting, CIHR, Quebec City, April 24, 2017.
"When Science and Celebrity Clash", Farm and Food Care Annual Conference, Burlington, Ontario, April 13th, 2017.
"Unresolved: Why the problem of consent in biobanking won’t go away (and may get worse)" Global Genes, Local Concerns: A Symposium on Legal, Ethical and Scientific Challenges in International Biobanking, Copenhagen, March 15-16. 2016.
Panel, “World Anti-Doping Agency: Ethical Issues in Anti-Doping,” WADA Annual Symposium, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 12-15, 2017
"In an Era of Pseudoscience Noise, Good Clinical Evidence and Science Literacy Matters More Than Ever" CTO 2017, Clinical Trials Conference, Toronto, March 9, 2017.
“Changing Minds: Popular Culture & Vaccination Myths” 6th Canadian Symposium on HCV, Banff, Alberta, March 3, 2017.
"Collision Course? The Genetic Revolution, Personalized Medicine and Choosing Wisely" Choosing Wisely Canada, National Meeting, Calgary, February 27, 2017.
“Legal and Ethicl Considerations of limiting Patient access to Transplantation” Cutting Edge Transplantation, American Society of Transplantation, Phoenix, February 23-25, 2017.
"How can the public distinguish between fact and fiction?" American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Conference, Boston, February
“Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?” MEDS Conference, University of Manitoba, February 11, 2017.
"Twisted Messages: Health In the Age of Celebrity!" Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Annual Professional Practice Conference, Toronto, February 5, 2017.
"Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?" Human Resource Professional Association Annual Conference and Trade Show, Toronto, February 2, 2017.
"Popular Culture Is Screwing With Our Health!" FarmTech 2017, Edmonton, January 31 and February 1, 2017.
"Popular Culture versus Science: A Battle We Must Win!" Agricultural Service Board Conference, Edmonton, January 26, 2017.
"Pop Culture Noise versus Science-Informed Nutrition Advice," FoodFluence Conference, Vienna, Austria, January 13-14, 2017.
"The Promise of Prevention: Obesity, Behaviour Change & Personalized Medicine," 4th ICAN Conference, Precision medicine in cardiometabolic diseases, Paris, France, December 8-10, 2016.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash!”, Grow Canada Annual Conference, Ottawa, December 7, 2016.
“Popular Culture, Vaccination and Our Bunk-Filled World, Canadian Immunization Conference,” Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, December 7th, 2016
"A Losing Battle?: Health Science in the Age of Celebrity" C2E2 Annual Lecture, University of British Columbia, December 5, 2016.
"The Face of a Revolution: Mapping the Limits of Personalized Medicine" C2E2 Rounds, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, UBC, Vancouver, December 5, 2016.
"Quackademics, Popular Culture and the Spread of Pseudoscience" The Cannell Lecture, Association of Academic Professionals in Obstetrics & Gynaecology of Canada, Toronto, December 2, 2016.
"Tom Brady Is Wrong Too: How Health and Fitness Research Get's (Ridiculously) Twisted," Own the Podium, SPIN Sport Summit, Calgary, November 18, 2016
"How Pop Culture Twists Health and Nutrition Information (And Why This Matters!)" Edna Park Lecture, University of Toronto, November 10, 2016.
"Popular Culture versus Your Health: Regulating in the Age of Celebrity," Canadian Network of Association of Regulators Conference 2016, Toronto, November 2, 2016.
"When Science and Celebrity Culture Clash", Workplace Safety and Prevention Services Conference, Thunder Bay, November 1, 2016.
“Pop Culture versus Reality! – Untangling the Twisted Messages About Health and Fitness” Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association, Kananaskis, Alberta, October 29, 2016.
“Are We Really in the Midst of Genetic ‘Personalized Fitness’ Revolution?” Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association, Kananaskis, Alberta, October 29, 2016.
“Is Popular Culture Screwing With the Health of Our Children and Families?” Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres, Annual Conference, Halifax, October 24, 2016..
“Legal Norms, Defensive Medicine and Personalized Medicine", American Society of Human Genetics Annual Conference, Vancouver, October 19, 2016.
"Twisting Health Messages: Popular Culture Versus Good Science!" RGA Canada, Behaviour Change Seminar, Toronto, October 18, 2016.
"Popular Culture, Stem Cell Hype and the Marketing of Unproven Therapies," University of California Irvice, Stem Cell Research Center, October 7, 2016
“Environmental Public Health Professionals as Science Communicators: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash”, CIPHI Annual Educational Conference, Edmonton, September 27, 2016.
Chair, “Emerging Research and the Consent Challenge” Health Law Institute, Banff, September 25-27, 2016.
“Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash” Distinguished Speaker Series, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, September 20, 2016.
"Spinning Science: Getting to the Truth About Our Health" Oncology Nurses Conference, Edmonton, September 17, 2016.
“Gene Editing: The Canadian Legal Landscape”, Stem Cell Network Policy Workshop, Ottawa, August 30, 2016.
“Germline Modification: The Regulatory Landscape”, International Society for Stem Cell Research, San Francisco, June 22, 2016.
"Is This Really a Revolution?: Personalized Medicine and the Promise of Better Health" 2016 Joint Conference of the Canadian College of Medical
Geneticists (CCMG) and the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC), Edmonton, June 19, 2016
"Health, Beauty and Celebrity Culture: Why Do We Believe the Bunk?" Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons to speak at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting in Ottawa, June 17, 2016.
“NIPT: Legal and Policy Tensions, ”The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, 72nd Annual Clinical and Scientific Conference, Vancouver, June 15, 2016.
“Vaccination Myths: What’s Going On?” The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, 72nd Annual Clinical and Scientific Conference, Vancouver, June 15, 2016.
"When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash," Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta, Accountability Summit, Edmonton, June 3, 2016.
"Is Kim Kardashian Ruining Our Lives?: The role of 'pseudoscience' in popular culture", AllerGen Annual Conference, Vancouver, May 30th, 2016.
"Unproven Complementary Allergy and Asthma Treatments: How Should We Respond?" AllerGen Annual Conference, Vancouver, May 30th, 2016.
“The Forces that Twist What We Hear About Health and Science” Canadian Orthopaedic Nurses Association, Edmonton, May 29, 2016.
“The Power of the Media in Health Messaging,” International Behavioural Trials Network Conference, Montreal, May 20, 2016
“Celebrity Culture Vs. Our Health: A Fight We Must Win!” 10th Annual Nurses Research Symposium, Eastern Health, St. John’s, Newfoundland, May 12, 2016.
"Is It Really a Revolution?: The Limits of Personalized Medicine." Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, May 11, 2016
“Celebrities and Our Health”, Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada Annual Conference, May 5, 2016, Maples, Florida
“Medical Advice for Medical People from a Non-Medical Person,” Vancouver Island Emergency Medicine Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, April 30, 2016.
“Medical Myths: Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong?” Vancouver Island Emergency Medicine Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, April 30, 2016.
"A War On Science?: Genetic Engineering and Public Trust", Genetics and Society Series, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, April 28, 2016.
“Popular Culture Versus Science: The Forces the Twist What We Hear and Believe About Research” North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, April 28, 2016.
"Are Celebrities Messing With Our Health?" College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta, AGM and Conference, Edmonton, April 27, 2016.
"Policy Challenges and BMT: Building a Research and Public Engagement Agenda" Annual Conference of the Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group, Vancouver, April 25, 2016.
“Advancing the Intersection Between Science, Policy and Public Agendas,” Annual Public Health Chairs Meeting, CIHR-Institute of Population and Public Health is planning with Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, April 22, 2016.
"Scienceploitation on Twitter: Social Media and the Spread of Unproven Therapies" Genes, Germs & GMOs: Social Media Effects on Scientific Controversy, Boston University, April 20, 2016
“Are Popular Culture and Social Media Bad for Your Health?” Discovery Conference, Responsible Gambling Council, Toronto, April 19th, 2016.
“Physician liability and non-invasive screening,” All about preconception, preimplantation and prenatal genetic testing, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Maastricht, Netherlands, April 15, 2016.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash.” 21st Annual Western Conference on Safety, An Occupational Health and Safety Conference, Vancouver BC, April 11, 2016.
“Public health versus Pop Culture: Can we transform the conversation?” The Ontario Public Health Convention (TOPHC), Toronto, April 6, 2016.
"Have We Yoga-fied Spirituality?" Walrus Talks Spirituality, Toronto, April 4, 2016.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash”, Ontario Home Economics Association Conference: Classic Skills for a Modern World, Burlington, Ontario, April 2, 2016.
“The Policy Challenge: The Ethics of Marketing of Unproven Stem Cell Therapies” 8th Regional Conference on Stem Cells: Promises and Controversies, Arabian Gulf University, March 27, 2016.
“Stem Cells, Science Hype and Health Policy,” 8th Regional Conference on Stem Cells: Promises and Controversies, Arabian Gulf University, March 26, 2016,
“Public Trust and Twisted Science,” Meta-Research Innovation Center, Stanford University, March 21, 2016.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash”, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP), Banff, Alberta, March 11, 2016.
“Celebrity Culture and our Health”, 90th Annual Greater Edmonton Teachers’ Convention, Edmonton, February 26, 2016.
“Evidence versus Popular Culture: Fighting a Losing Battle for Our Health?” The Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada Sixth Pan-Canadian Conference Toronto, February 24, 2016.
Chair, “The Commercialization of NIPT: Past, Present and Future” Genome Quebec GELS Workshop, February 11-12, 2016.
“A 'Revolution'? - The Limits of Personalized Medicine” Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa, January 26th, 2016.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash” Arden Theatre, St. Albert, Alberta, January 16, 2016.
“Realistic Expectations?: Public Representations of (unproven) stem cell therapies,” he Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration, University of Lund, Sweden, December 9-11, 2015.
“Panel: Genome editing: current developments and challenges,” International meeting. Sharing science, sharing values: the challenge of diversity. Toulouse, France, December 3, 2015.
“Realistic Expectations?: Public Representations of (unproven) stem cell therapies,” The Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration, University of Lund, Sweden, December 9-11, 2015.
“Panel: Genome editing: current developments and challenges,” International meeting. Sharing science, sharing values: the challenge of diversity. Toulouse, France, December 3, 2015.
“Panel: Science and Ethics Meets Policy: Current Challenges,” Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Workshop, EUCelLEX, Toulouse, France, December 3, 2015.
“Stem Cell Hype in Mass and Social Media” (and Co-Chair of event), Brocher Foundation, Geneva Switzerland, December 1, 2015.
"Gwyneth Paltrow Versus Science (and Why This Battle Really Matters!)" National Health Law Conference, University of Ottawa, November 20, 2015.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash” Fall Feast of Words: Strathcona County Library, October 22, 2015.
“Is Gwyneth Paltrow wrong about everything?” Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas, Berkeley, California, October 16, 2015.
“Debunking Celebrity Health Myths, Keynote,” Physiotherapy Alberta Annual Conference, Kananaskis, Alberta, October 4, 2015.
“The Role of the Media in Improving Health Care Outcomes, Keynote,” BC Provincial Renal Agency Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, October 2, 2015.
“Why All the Bunk?: Public Trust, Pseudoscience and the Battle for Your Beliefs, Keynote," Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Annual Retreat, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, October 1, 2015.
“Celebrity Spin: What's Driving (and How to Deal With) Health Myths & Pseudoscience?" Annual Education Day, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, Vancouver, September 25, 2015.
“The Marketing of Unproven Stem Cell Treatments,” Community expectations of stem cell treatments in borderless healthcare, University of Melbourne, September 10, 2015.
“Public Lecture: Marketing, Celebrity Culture and Stem Cells,” University of Melbourne, September 10, 2015.
“Technology Push: Commercialization Pressure, Science Hype and Public Expectation” Assessing the social and Ethical, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Emerging Technologies, Monash University, Melbourne, September 9, 2015.
"Believing Science-Free Stuff: Nutrition Perceptions and the Role of Popular Culture" Institute of Medicine’s Food Forum, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, September 3, 2015.
“Translation Pressure, Commercialization and the Issue of Science Hype,” University of Helsinki, August 17, 2015.
“Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash” The Amazing Meeting, Las Vegas, July 18th, 2015.
“Promise, Progress and Hype” The International Society for Stem Cell Research, Media Panel, Stockholm, Sweden, 25 June, 2015
“When Celebrities and Culture Clash!”, Edmonton Community Foundation, Edmonton, June 16, 2015.
“Biomedicine, Commercialization and the Challenge of Science Hype,” University of Heidelberg, Germany, June 11, 2015.
“Physicians and Organ Trafficking”, Canadian National Transplantation Research Program, Second Annual Scientific Meeting, Montebello, Quebec, June 8-9, 2015.
“Finding truth in a sea of myth and misinformation” Dieticians of Canada National Conference, Quebec City, June 4-6, 2015.
"The Clinic of the Future: Revolution Free (I Hope So!)" Translation in Healthcare – Exploring the Impact of Emerging Technologies, Oxford University, June 23-25, 2015.
“Nutrigenetics Translation: From Genetic Variation to Dietary
Intervention”
Canadian Nutrition Society Annual Conference, Winnipeg, May 28-30, 2015.
“Celebrities and Science Spin”, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Annual Conference, Edmonton, May 29-30, 2015.
“Bioethics, Technology and the Body: Who Owns What?” le corps en question(s)2: the body in question(s), University of Alberta Museums, Edmonton, June 19, 2015.
"The Forces That Twist Science,” Fifth International Congress on Bone Conduction Hearing and Related Technologies, May 20-23, 2015 Lake Louise, Canada
“The Forces that Twist Health Science (and How to Get to the Truth)”, 2015 Stirling Lecture, Workers Compensation Board, Edmonton/Calgary, May 26-27, 2015
Timothy Caulfield, “Celebrities, Pseudoscience and Social Media: What’s Driving Vaccine Hesitancy?” Vaccine Hesitancy: Combatting a ‘Wicked’ Risk Communication Problem, Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication, Ottawa, May 13-14, 2015.
“Genetic Modifications in Humans: The Scientific Methods, Medical Applications and Ethical Implications,” Stem Cells in Focus, ISSCR Webinar, May 8, 2015.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash,” Centre for Inquiry, Ottawa, May 6, 2015.
“Defining Trust in Science and the Factors that Erode It,” National Academy of Sciences: Does the Public Trust Science? Washington DC, May 5–6, 2015.
“Keynote: Is Gwyneth Really Wrong (and Why It Matters)? Celebrities, Science and Our Health” CAREB-ACCER 2015 National Conference and AGM, Vancouver, May 1-2, 2015.
“Debunking Health Myths” University of Alberta’s President’s Farewell Reception, Hong Kong, April 28, 2015.
“Academic research in genomics: Facing the translation and commercialization policy pressure” Canadian GE3LS and Health Services & Policy Research Conference: Integrated Approaches to Challenges in the Genomics Era, Vancouver, April 18-21, 2015.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash,” Centre for Inquiry, Toronto, April 15, 2015.
“Reflections on the Regulation of Regenerative Medicine,” EUCelLEX first International Conference, Toulouse, France, March 30-31, 2015.
“The Limits of Personalized Medicine,” CIHR Best Brains Exchange: Canada as a Leader in the Development and Deployment of Precision/Personalized Medicine, Ottawa, March 23, 2015.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash: The Twisting of Research and Health Policy,” Baker Institute for Public Policy, Houston Texas, March 18, 2015.
“Stem Cell Tourism” Rice University, Houston, Texas, March 18, 2015.
“Science Hype and Stem Cell Tourism,” StemCellTalks 2015 Toronto, March 13, 2015.
“The Cure for Everything: Personalized Medicine?,” Annual Update in Adult Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, March 10, 2015.
“The Cure for Everything: Celebrity Advice?” Annual Update in Adult Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, March 10, 2015.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash,” Centre for Inquiry, Calgary, March 8th, 2015.
“When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash!” Health Leaders Northern Alberta Chapter Event, Edmonton, February 18th, 2015.
"When Celebrities and Science Clash (and Why It Matters)," Edmonton World Health Organization Simulation at the University of Alberta, February 14, 2015.
"Science Hype & Pressure to Commercialize: Balancing Risks and Benefits," 2nd Annual Stem Cell Research Policy and Ethics Symposium, UC Davis, Sacramento, California, February 12, 2015.
“Science Hype and the Marketing of Unproven Stem Cell Therapies," Bioethics Distinguished Lecture Series, UC Davis, Sacramento, California, February 11, 2015.
“Health Myths and Mistake and the Forces that Twist Science,” The North Central Teachers Convention Association, Edmonton, February 6, 2015.
“Debunking the Promises that Flow from Pseudo-Science in our Celebrity Culture”, Ideas Speakers Series, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, January 12, 2015.
"When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash: The Distortion of Independent Research” Olivieri Lectureship on Medical Ethics, University of Alberta, January 8th, 2015.
“Social Media and Anti-Vaccination Myths” Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC 2014), Ottawa, December 3-4, 2014.
Co-Chair, “Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Organ Removal and the Ethical and Legal Obligations of Healthcare Providers", International Symposium: Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Organ Removal, European Commission, The Hague, November 20-21, 2014.
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“Stem Cell Research and the Drive to Commercialize: Balancing Risks and Benefits," Till & McCulloch Meetings, Ottawa, October 27-28, 2014.
Keynote: The Cure for Everything: The Forces that Twist What we Hear About Science and Health, CSACI 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, October 23, 2014.
Co-Chair, Driving Regenerative Medicine to the Market and the Clinic, Health Law Institute, Stem Cell Network Workshop, Toronto, Toronto, November 6-8, 2014.
“The Obesity Gene and the (Misplaced) Search for a Personalized Approach to Our Weight Gain”.
“Obesity Policy”, The Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology, Ottawa, October 30th, 2014.
“Healthcare Zombies: What Keeps them Walking?”, Longwood’s Breakfast with the Chiefs, Toronto, October 22, 2014.
“Genome Research and Translation: The Hope, Harm and Confusion!”,
Pop-Gen Seminar on Genetics and Healthcare, University of Iceland, October 18, 2014.
“Is Personalized Medicine Really the Answer? Mapping the Benefits and Limits of Using Genetic Testing to Improve Your Health,” Reykjavik, Iceland, October 16, 2014.
“The Cure for Everything: The Forces that Twist – What We Hear About Science and Health” 2014 CSACI Annual Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, October 24, 2014.
“Stem Cell Hype and Stem Cell Tourism” Presidential Guest Lecture, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, San Diego, September 12, 2014.
“Twisting the Truth?: An Exploration of the Forces that Distort What we Hear and Believe About What Makes Us Healthy” Basel, Switzerland, August 26, 2014.
“Regulation and Personalized Medicine: Focusing Reform”, Leading or Leaping?: Regulation in the Age of Personalized Medicine, University of Tasmania, July 11, 2014.
“Health Myths and the Forces that Twist”, Inaugural Ethics, Law and Society Lecture, University of Adelaide, Australia, July 9, 2014.
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