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Christopher T. Robertson | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Alma mater | Southeast Missouri State University B.A. Washington University in St. Louis Ph.D. Harvard Law School J.D. |
| Occupations | Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation Founder, Regulatory Science Program |
| Employer | Boston University |
| Known for | Bioethics & law;health law; |
| Website | Christopher Robertson Boston University faculty page |
Christopher Tarver Robertson is a specialist in health law working at the intersection of law, philosophy and science.[1] His research explores how the law affects decision making in domains of scientific uncertainty and misaligned incentives, which he calls "institutional epistemology." Robertson is professor, N. Neal Pike Scholar, and Associate Dean atBoston University. He is affiliated faculty with the Petrie Flom Center for Health Care Policy, Bioethics and Biotechnology atHarvard Law School.[2] His work includes tort law, bioethics, the First Amendment, and corruption in healthcare and politics. His legal practice has focused on complex litigation involving medical and scientific disputes.
In 1997, Robertson attendedSoutheast Missouri State University, obtaining a B.A. in Philosophy. During his senior year he interned for theWhite House Chief of Staff,Erskine Bowles. He went on to earn a Ph.D. inPhilosophy atWashington University in St. Louis and taught Bio-Medical Ethics before attendingHarvard Law School, earning his J.D., in 2007. In 2008, he continued at Harvard Law as an Academic Fellow & Lecturer at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. Upon completing his fellowship, in 2010, he became a tenure-track professor at theUniversity of Arizona and was tenured as a full professor in 2015. As a visitor, he has also taught atLondon School of Economics,New York University, and Harvard Law School.
Robertson has co-edited two books:Nudging Health: Behavioral Economics and Health Law (2016, with Holly Fernandez Lynch andGlenn Cohen) andBlinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science and Law (2016, with Aaron Kesselheim). In 2019,Harvard University Press published his monographExposed: Why Our Health Insurance is Incomplete and What Can be Done About It.
In addition to his books, Robertson has written articles for legal and healthcare journals including theNew England Journal of Medicine;Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics,Journal of Legal Analysis,Journal of Law and Bioscience,Journal of Empirical Legal Studies,New York University Law Review,Cornell Law Review, andJournal of the American College of Radiology. He has given interviews, been published and cited in media outlets includingCBS News,[3]CNN,[4]The Washington Post,[5]The Wall Street Journal,[6] andNational Public Radio'sMarketplace.[7]
Robertson has received research support from theEdmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard, the Greenwall Foundation, theNational Institutes of Health and theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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