Selected Articles and Work with the Popular Press and Media

Selected Articles and Work with the Popular Press and Media

I engage with the public on a wide range of health and science policy issues by working closely with the popular media, providing public lectures and tweeting daily to a growing number of followers (currently over 26,900 members). I now do well over a 100 interviews (regional, national and international) annually with radio, TV and print media, and have been featured in Reuters, The Guardian, Time Newsweek, USA Today, The Washington Post, Slate Magazine, Maclean’s, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, and The Daily Beast, and on The Discovery Channel, CTV and CBC National News, and The Current, among others media outlets. As well, I regularly contribute essays and op-eds to a variety of sources including The Atlantic, The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Ottawa Citizen (to name a few), as well as deliver numerous public lectures on an annual basis, and contribute regularly to the digital magazines Policy Options and Healthy Debate. Lastly, I recently co-wrote, co-produced and hosted the new TV series A User’s Guide to Cheating Death, a unique science based program, which involved significant background research, writing, consulting on locations, conducting interviews and extensive travel. It is currently being shown throughout the world on networks such as BBC Earth, SBS Australian, and Vision TV, and has garnered significant media attention, with Season Two currently under production.

Kleiderman, Michael Rudnicki, “Gene editing: exploring the Canadian context” (16 September 2016) BioNews.

Timothy Caulfield, “Blinded by Science” (16 August 2011), The Walrus.

Timothy Caulfield, “Twisted: If genetics is the key to a better future, where’s the evidence to prove it?” (Fall 2010),Eighteen Bridges 22-31.

Timothy Caulfield, “The cure for MS includes healthy scepticism and a dose of hope” (8 September 2010), The Globe and Mail.

Timothy Caulfield, “Do Gene Patents Hurt Research?” (29 October 2009) Science Progress
http://www.scienceprogress.org/2009/10/do-gene-patents-hurt-research/.

Timothy Caulfield, “When it Comes to ‘Saviour Siblings’, let’s Just Stick to the Facts” (with Erin Nelson) (25 June 2009), The Globe and Mail.

Timothy Caulfield, “Profits and Research: A Good Mix?” (18 June 2009), Edmonton Journal.

Timothy Caulfield, “Discussing our (genetic) differences” (May 2009), University Affairs 35.

Timothy Caulfield, “To Endorse Naturopathy is to Reject Science” (26 February 2009), Vancouver Sun.

Timothy Caulfield, “Pop Culture Puts Spin on Cloning” (15 November 2008), Edmonton Journal.

Timothy Caulfield, “The Bioethics Debate” (7 May 2008), Vancouver Sun. “Geneses of Neo-Racism?” (22 December 2007), Edmonton Journal.

Timothy Caulfield, “Beware Stem Cell Quackery” (24 September 2007), The Globe and Mail A15.

Timothy Caulfield, “Media hype threatens research” (23 May 2006), The Toronto Star.

Timothy Caulfield, “Should Canada Use Privately Insured Healthcare as an Option to the Current System?” (October 2005), Report Magazine 18.

Timothy Caulfield, “Too Heavy a Hand on Science” (3 June 2005), The Globe and Mail A21.

Timothy Caulfield “Research Databanks Pose a Dilemma of Consent” (with Nola Ries) (23 July 2004), NewsExpress http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/expressnews/articles/ideas.cfm?p_ID=5961§ion=Guest%20Column&s=m.

Timothy Caulfield, “What will cure the health system: Myths about overuse, potential savings from private sector a risky basis for reform” (with Nola Ries) (7 July 2004), Edmonton Journal A11.

Timothy Caulfield, “Nanotechnology: addressing the ethical issues” (with Lorraine Sheremeta) (24 October 2003), Folio 4.

Timothy Caulfield, “Not all cloning is alike” (24 February 2003) (with A Daar, P. Singer, B. Knoppers, D. Castle, and R. Forbes) The Hill Times http://www.thehilltimes.ca/2003/february/24/caulfield/.

Timothy Caulfield, “Parliament Must be Clear on Reasons Behind Reproduction Law” (with Angela Campbell) (16 January 2003), Edmonton Journal A14.

Timothy Caulfield, “I Smell a Cloned Rat” (4 January 2003), The Globe and Mail A15.

Timothy Caulfield, “Science, with a Bang: The hype unleashed in the rush to cash in on the genetic revolution threatens to doom important research” (8 July 2002) Ottawa Citizen A15; also in the Edmonton Journal as “‘Genohype’ and the Genetic Revolution” (8 July 2002).

Timothy Caulfield, “Ban cloning, not its life-saving cousin” (with A. Daar, P. Singer, and B. Knoppers) (9 May 2002), The Globe and Mail A21.

Timothy Caulfield, “Stem-Cell Research: Mps have the wrong focus” (with A. Daar, P. Singer, and B. Knoppers) (2 May 2002), The Globe and Mail A17.

Timothy Caulfield, “Canadian Reproductive Technology Law: A Step Backwards” (25 January 2002), Folio 5.

Timothy Caulfield, “Ottawa Must Act on DNA Patents” (R. Gold, T. Caulfield, B. Knoppers, et al.) (15 December 2001) The Montreal Gazette B7. Also published as: “ADN: il faut modifier la loi sur les brevets” (16 January 2002), La Presse, A15.

Timothy Caulfield, “The Dark Side of Gene Patenting” (with R. Gold) (21 November 2001), The Ottawa Citizen A19. “Don’t Make Science a Crime” (with B.M. Knoppers) (20 August 2001) The Globe and Mail A9.

Timothy Caulfield, “Science, the Law and Stem-Cell Research” (9 February 2001), Folio 5.

Timothy Caulfield, Book Review, K. Taft, and G. Steward, “Clear Answers: The Economics and Politics of For-Profit Medicine” (September/October, 2000), AlbertaViews 60.

Timothy Caulfield, Guest Column, “Bill 11 isn’t answer on enhanced care” (14 March 2000), Edmonton Journal A1.

Timothy Caulfield, Guest Column (with Barb von Tigerstrom): “Good and bad in health-privacy Bill” (6 December 1999), Edmonton Journal.

Timothy Caulfield Guest Column: “Deciding What is ‘Medically Necessary’”: It’s only going to get tougher” (3 September 1999), Folio 5.

Timothy Caulfield, “Keeping Up With Science” (October 1998), The UNESCO Courier 36.

Book Reviews, Introductions, and Commentaries

“Introduction: The Big Tent Theory of Health Law” (with Colleen Flood and Jocelyn Downie) Canadian Health Law and Policy, 4^th Ed., (LexisNexis, 2011) xxxi-xxxviii.

“Science and Pop Culture,” Perception of Promise Exhibit, Public Material, Glenbow Museum (Winter 2011).

“Introduction: Special Issue” (2010) 18 Health Law Review 3.

“Book Review: Future Bioethics: Overcoming Taboos, Myths and Dogma,” by Ronald A. Lindsay (New York: Prometheus Books, 2008) Science Communications 313 pp.

“Introduction: Stem Cell Research Special Issue” (2008) 16:2 Health Law Review 3.

“Book Review: Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research: Regulation, Conflict of Interest, and Liability Edited by Trudo Lemmens and Duff R. Waring” (2008) Canadian Public Administration Journal.

“Human Cloning a Decade after Dolly” (2007) 176 CMAJ 613.

“Ten Years After Dolly: The Lessons” (21 February 2007) The Globe and Mail A15.

“Introduction: Infectious Disease Forum” (2005) 43 Alberta Law Review 495-96.

“DNA Databanks: Balancing Consent Laws and Research Goals” (April 2004) Parkhurst Exchange 230.

“Human Genome Project (revisions)” and “Genetics Ethics and the Law” The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Historica Foundation of Canada, (2004) http://www.histoir.ca and www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com.

“Facing the Challenges: Making Stem Cell Therapies a Reality: Workshop Report” (co-author) (October 2003) 10 CELLlines 2.

“Give Stem Cell Research a Chance” (20 June 2003) The Globe and Mail A11.

“A Historic Meeting in Montreal” (with Conrad Brunk) (Spring 2003) 1 GE³LS 1-3.

“The Romanow Report: Proven Strategies for Modest Reform” (January 2003) Parkhurst Exchange 162.

“The Mazankowski Report: Some Good, Some Bad.... But Mostly Disappointing” (2002) 10 Parkhurst Exchange 166.

“Symposium on Bill C-13: The Assisted Human Reproduction Act” (2002) 11 Health Law Review 3-4.

“Public Perceptions and Regulatory Policy” (2002) 3 Nature Reviews Genetics 902.

“A Rejoinder to Professor Anand” (2002) 40 Alberta Law Review 507-510.

“Genetic Services and Market Forces” (2002) 3 Nature Reviews Genetics 734.

“Genetics, ‘Family Consent” and the Law” (2002) 3 Nature Reviews Genetics 647.

“Gene Banks and Blanket Consent” (2002) 3 Nature Reviews Genetics 577.

“Stem Cells Research: Two Views Get to the Root of the Controversy” (October 2001) Parkhurst Exchange 24.

“Patents, Labels and the Regulatory Environment” (2001) 4 Biotechnology Focus 16, 24-25.

Participant, “Around the Table: New Technologies, Old Systems: An Uncomfortable Fit” (2000) 3 Health Policy Forum 10-15.

“Physicians, Alternative Medicine and the Duty of Informed Consent” (2000) 11 Health Ethics Today 5-7.

“Law, Reproductive Autonomy and the Allure of Technopolicy: A Comment on Winnipeg Child and Family Services v. D.F.G.” (with Erin Nelson) Canadian Bioethics Society Newsletter.

Conference proceedings, “Looking Back from 2050” in Health for All: Setting Targets for the 21^st Century (Proceedings of an International Conference, 1999) pp. 64-66.

Letter, “Data Disclosure in the Human Genome Project” (1998) 4 Molecular Medicine Today 336.

Book Review, Glenn McGee, The Perfect Baby: A Pragmatic Approach to Genetics (1997) 17 Philosophy in Review 363-65.

Guest Essay, “Selling Genetics in Canada” (12 September 1997) Folio 4.

“The Death of Canada’s Proposed Reproductive and Genetic Technology Act” (1997) 7 Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 108.

“Medical Malpractice and Cost Containment: The Canadian Experience” (1996) 6 Dispatches 4-6.

“Informed Consent in an Era of Cost Containment” (1994) 5 Canadian Association of Medical Legal Societies Bulletin 5.

“Family Physicians as Gate Keepers in Nova Scotia” (1993) 4 Canadian Association of Medical-Legal Societies Bulletin 10.

“Diagnosing Death: When Does Someone Cease to Operate?” (with Karen Munro) (1990) 14 Law Now 14.

“Reproductive Issues: and Baby Makes Three...Four? Five?” (with Karen Munro) (1990) 14 Law Now 12.

Timothy Caulfield, “The Mair Decision: Balancing the Public Good Against Individual Rights” (1989) 3 Health Law News 3.

Selected National and International Policy Reports/Commissioned Papers and Reports

Timothy Caulfield, et al, “Organ Trafficking and the Ethical and Legal Obligations of Healthcare Providers” HOTT Project on Human Trafficking, The European Commission (March, 2015).
Maeghan Toews, Timothy Caulfield, Erin Nelson, Ubaka Ogbogu and David Hartell,

“Fast Policy Facts: Rights and Interests in Human Bodies and Biological Materials” (June 1, 2015) Canadian National Transplantation Research Program

Zubin Master and Timothy Caulfield, Patient Booklet: What you need to know about stem cell therapies (Health Law Institute/Stem Cell Network, 2014) 18pp.

The Expert Panel on the Integrated Testing of Pesticides, Integrating Emerging Technologies into Chemical Safety Assessment (Council of Canadian Academies, 2012) 291 pp.

Timothy Caulfield and Bartha Knoppers, “Consent, Privacy and Research Biobanks: Policy Brief No. 1”, Genomics, Public Policy and Society (Genome Canada, 2010).

Timothy Caulfield, “Living Organ Donation: Consent Challenges” (a paper prepared for the Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation, 2006) 16 pp.

Timothy Caulfield and Nola Ries, “The Allocation of Organs: Emerging Legal Issues” (a paper prepared for the Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation, 2006) 14 pp.

Nola M. Ries and Timothy Caulfield, “Accountability in Health in Health Care and Legal Approaches: Health Care Accountability Papers - No 3” (Canadian Policy Research Networks, May 2004) (http://www.cprn.org/en/doc.cfm?doc=622) 45 pp.

Timothy Caulfield, “Rapporteur’s Report: Human Genetic Research Databases: Issues of Privacy and Security” (prepared for the OECD, March 6, 2004).

Timothy Caulfield, “How Do Current Common Law Principles Impede or Facilitate Change?: Discussion Paper No. 24” (prepared for the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada [The Romanow Report] (Ottawa, 2002)) 35 pp. Re-published as “Medical Malpractice, the Common Law, and Health-Care Reform” in G. Marchildon, T. McIntosh, and P. Forest, The Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2004) pp. 81-109.

Richard Gold and Timothy Caulfield, “Human Genetic Inventions, Patents and Human Rights” (prepared for Department of Justice, 2003) 50 pp.

T. Caulfield, L. Arbour, J. Evans, and D. Willison, “National Cohort Study: White Paper on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues” (prepared for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, January 2003).

T. Caulfield and L. Sheremeta, “The Retention and Use of Human Biologic Materials: A Discussion of the Emerging Legal and Ethical Issues” (prepared for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, 2003) 43 pp.

National Health Law and Family Law Sections, (co-author) Canadian Bar Association, Submission on Draft Legislation on Assisted Reproduction (presented to the Standing Committee on Health, November, 2001), (2002) 10 Health Law Review 25-29.

B. von Tigerstrom, M. Deschenes, B.M. Knoppers, and T. Caulfield, “Opportunities and Barriers for Access to and Use of Cancer Patient Information for Surveillance Purposes: A Systematic Review of Legislation, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines” (prepared for the Canadian Coalition on Cancer Surveillance, 2000) 148 pp.

E. Nelson, C. Flood, and T. Caulfield, “Financial Incentives, Conflicts of Interest and Physical Therapists: A Discussion Paper on the Legal and Ethical Issues in managed Care” (a paper prepared for the College of Physical Therapists of Alberta, April 1999).

Erin Nelson, Wayne Renke, and Timothy Caulfield, “Records Policy” (a paper commissioned by the Faculty of Medicine, 1998).

T. Caulfield and N. Inions, “Ownership of Health Information” (a background paper for Alberta Health, HIPA, Steering Committee, March 1998).

Timothy Caulfield, “The Commercialization of Human Genetics: a Discussion of Issues Relevant to Canadian Consumers” (a paper commissioned by Industry Canada, 1997) 49 pp.

Silvia Yee, Timothy Caulfield, and Mona Sidarous, “The Registered Nurse’s Legal Authority to Handle Drugs” (a paper commissioned by Health Canada, 1997).

Silvia Yee, Timothy Caulfield, and Mona Sidarous, “An Overview of Canadian Health Care Standards” (a paper commissioned by Health Canada, 1997) 350 pp.

Timothy Caulfield and Kim Nayyer, “Consent Manual” (a paper commissioned by Regional Health Authority 5, 1997) 20 pp.

Linette McNamara-Paetz and Timothy Caulfield, “The Use of ‘Smart Card’ Technology for the Monitoring of Prescription Drug Abuse: Legal Issues and Policy Concerns” (a paper commissioned by the Slave Lake regional Council, 1996) 67 pp.

Timothy Caulfield, Marie Hirtle, and Sonia Le Bris, “Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Act: Bill C-47: Draft Submission for the National Health Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association” (a paper commissioned by the National Health Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, 1996) 42 pp.

Timothy Caulfield, Linette McNamara, and Catherine Miller, “Legal Implications of Registered Nurses Working as Auxiliary Health Care Workers: A Background Paper” (a paper commissioned by the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, 1996) 56 pp.

Timothy Caulfield, Kathy Cherniawsky, Dale Gibson, Patricia James, and Margaret Shone, “Health Reform in Alberta: A Health Law Perspective” (a paper commissioned by Health Canada, 1995) 208 pp.

Timothy Caulfield, “Genetic Screening Policies” (a paper commissioned by the Canadian Genome Analysis Program, MELSI Advisory Committee, 1995) - Gerald Robertson, Patricia James, Timothy Caulfield, and Margaret Shone, “Amending the Mental Health Act” (a paper commissioned by the Government of Alberta, Alberta Health, 1994) 167 pp.

Timothy Caulfield, “Health Care Reform: Can Tort Law Meet the Challenge?” (a research paper prepared for the Canadian Bar Association Task Force on Health Care, 1994)