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).
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 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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- Published on 1/11/2022
Robertson CT, Rukavina M, Fuse Brown EC. New State Consumer Protections Against Medical Debt. JAMA. 2022 Jan 11; 327(2):121-122. PMID: 35015031.
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- Published on 1/1/2022
Wright M, Baughman SB, Robertson C. Inside the Black Box of Prosecutor Discretion. UC Davis Law Review. 2022.
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