C2E2 Annual Lecture 2016

Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation

A Losing Battle?
Health Science in the Age of Celebrity
 
There is a ridiculous amount of science-free health and wellness advice floating around in popular culture. And much of this information is conflicting, misleading or just plain crazy. In this provocative presentation Professor Caulfield will explore why and how health information gets so twisted, including the increasingly important role of celebrity culture. He will also review why this matters (and it does!) and how it impacts our health and health policy. Join us for the 2016 C2E2 Annual Lecture - this lecture will provide important perspectives on understanding on how to deal with the myriad of misinformation and will be of interest to health care providers, decision makers, patients and members of the public.
 
Speaker Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. Over the past several years he has been involved in a variety of interdisciplinary research endeavours that have allowed him to publish over 300 academic articles. He is a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation and the Principal Investigator for a number of large interdisciplinary projects that explore the ethical, legal and health policy issues associated with a range of topics, including stem cell research, genetics, patient safety, the prevention of chronic disease, obesity policy, the commercialization of research, complementary and alternative medicine and access to health care. Professor Caulfield is and has been involved with a number of national and international policy and research ethics committees. He has won numerous academic awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.  He writes frequently for the popular press and is the author of two recent national bestsellers: The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness (Penguin 2012) and Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash (Penguin 2015).   
A photographer will be on-site taking photographs for the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology &amp; Evaluation (C2E2), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). These photos may be used by C2E2, VCHRI, VCH and/or applicable stakeholders for communication purposes.

VGH Paetzold Lecture Theatre, Jim Pattison Pavilion

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