Christopher Robertson, PhD
Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Christopher Robertson joined the BU Law faculty in 2020 as a tenured professor and N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health & Disability Law. He is also a Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management in the BU School of Public Health.
Professor Robertson is an expert in health law, institutional design, and decision making. His wide-ranging work includes torts, bioethics, professional responsibility, conflicts of interests, criminal justice, evidence, the First Amendment, racial disparities, and corruption.
In 2019, Harvard University Press published Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance is Incomplete and What Can be Done About It. Robertson has co-edited three books, Nudging Health: Behavioral Economics and Health Law (2016), Blinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science, and Law (2016), and Innovation and Protection: The Future of Medical Device Regulation (2022).
Professor Robertson is widely published in New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Science, and his work is featured in Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and NPR Marketplace. He is funded by the NIH and Greenwall Foundation, among others.
Other Positions
- Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives - Boston University School of Law
- Professor - Boston University School of Law
- N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health & Disability Law - Boston University School of Law
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis, PhD Field of Study: Philosophy
- Harvard Law School, JD Field of Study: Biotechnology/Ethics
- Washington University in St. Louis, MA Field of Study: Philosophy
- Southeast Missouri State University, BA Field of Study: Philosophy
Publications
- Published on 2/26/2025
Aaron DG, Robertson CT, King LP, Sage WM. A New Legal Standard for Medical Malpractice. JAMA. 2025 Feb 26. PMID: 40009364.
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- Published on 10/1/2024
Fishman J, Schaefer KA, Scheitrum D, Robertson CT, Albarracin D. Common measures of vaccination intention generate substantially different estimates that can reduce predictive validity. Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 01; 14(1):22843. PMID: 39353989.
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- Published on 5/25/2024
Silbaugh K, Del Valle L, Robertson C. Toward a Tobacco-free Generation - A Birth Date-Based Phaseout Approach. N Engl J Med. 2024 May 30; 390(20):1837-1839. PMID: 38804507.
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- Published on 6/6/2023
Kupke A, Robertson CT, Shachar C. Pulse Oximeters and Federal Antidiscrimination Law-Reply. JAMA. 2023 Jun 06; 329(21):1884-1885. PMID: 37278816.
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- Published on 5/6/2023
Khazanov GK, Stewart R, Pieri MF, Huang C, Robertson CT, Schaefer KA, Ko H, Fishman J. The effectiveness of financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review. Prev Med. 2023 Jul; 172:107538. PMID: 37156430.
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- Published on 2/7/2023
Kupke A, Shachar C, Robertson C. Pulse Oximeters and Violation of Federal Antidiscrimination Law. JAMA. 2023 Feb 07; 329(5):365-366. PMID: 36622690.
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- Published on 6/25/2022
Robertson C. What the harm principle says about vaccination and healthcare rationing. J Law Biosci. 2022; 9(1):lsac017. PMID: 35769941.
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- Published on 5/30/2022
Fishman J, Salmon MK, Scheitrum D, Aleks Schaefer K, Robertson CT. Comparative effectiveness of mandates and financial policies targeting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A randomized, controlled survey experiment. Vaccine. 2022 Dec 05; 40(51):7451-7459. PMID: 35914961.
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- Published on 4/5/2022
Sinha MS, Kesselheim AS, Robertson CT. Patient Assistance Programs and the Anti-Kickback Statute: Charting a Pathway Forward. JAMA. 2022 Apr 05; 327(13):1231-1232. PMID: 35266964.
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- Published on 3/9/2022
Robertson C, Houtz M. When Desperate Patients Go to Court for Unproven Treatments - The Battle for Hospital Independence. N Engl J Med. 2022 Mar 31; 386(13):1200-1202. PMID: 35263516.
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