Christopher T. Robertson, JD, MA, PhD
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Boston University School of Law

PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
JD, Harvard Law School
MA, Washington University in St. Louis
BA, Southeast Missouri State University



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.

Professor
Boston University School of Law


N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health & Disability Law
Boston University School of Law


Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management




Alternatives to the Mandate for Health Insurance: An Experimental Test
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
DePaul University Robert W Johnson Fdn




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  1. Miller JE, Robertson C. The Ethics of Industry-Funded Speakers' Bureaus-How They Disseminate Innovation and Could Corrupt Medicine. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 02; 8(9):e2532331. PMID: 40960835; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.32331;
     
  2. Robertson C, Epstein WN. The Resurgence of Private Law in American Health Care. N Engl J Med. 2025 Aug 14; 393(7):630-631. PMID: 40787923; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2504064;
     
  3. Robertson C, McCuskey E, Ahmed A, Lomax D, Zeiler K, McCarthy D, Stephens L, Ulrich M, Vernaglia L, Duryea DP, Huberfeld N, Outterson K. Celebrating 70 Years of Health Law at BU. Am J Law Med. 2024 Dec; 50(3-4):149-160.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40126117
     
  4. Aaron DG, Robertson CT, King LP, Sage WM. A New Legal Standard for Medical Malpractice. JAMA. 2025 Feb 26. PMID: 40009364
     
  5. Aaron DG, Robertson C. E-Cigarettes at the Supreme Court - Potential Implications for the FDA and Public Health. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jan 30; 392(5):417-419. PMID: 39868961; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2412621;
     
  6. Robertson C, Bibbins-Domingo K, Curfman G. The US Preventive Services Task Force in Legal Jeopardy. JAMA. 2024 Nov 19; 332(19):1607-1608. PMID: 39312258; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.17377;
     
  7. Sklar T, Robertson C. The States' Hodgepodge of Physician Licensure Regulations. J Law Med Ethics. 2024; 52(2):419-421. PMID: 39435941; DOI: 10.1017/jme.2024.113;
     
  8. 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; PMCID: PMC11445513; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69129-5;
     
  9. Robertson C. Harm-Prevention Arguments are Easier to Confuse Than to Rebut. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Jul; 24(7):100-101. PMID: 38913465; DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2353830;
     
  10. 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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Healthcare Brew 5/2/2025

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An Arm and a Leg: Don’t Get ‘Bullied’ Into Paying What You Don’t Owe

Physician’s Weekly 8/27/2024

‘I haven’t slept in a year’: Grieving family members advocate for medical civil rights bill

MassLive 12/16/2023

The best way to convince healthy people to get insurance is not ‘because it’s in your financial interest’

STAT 11/3/2023

Inside the pro-DeSantis debate strategy

The Hill 8/17/2023

Who gets to decide who receives experimental medical treatments?

MIT Technology Review 8/10/2023

Donald Trump’s right - he is getting special treatment, far better than most other criminal defendants

The Conversation 8/9/2023

'Gave the world a gift': Henrietta Lacks' family gets justice 70 years after cells taken without consent

CBS Boston 8/2/2023

Advocates push for medical civil rights

The Bay State Banner 5/17/2023

‘Abortionists.’ ‘Unborn human.’ Legal experts blast ‘incendiary’ rhetoric of Texas ruling on abortion pill.

The Boston Globe 4/10/2023

It’s Time to Repeal the ABA’s Law School Testing Mandate

Bloomberg Law 8/16/2022

Is it a crime to forge a vaccine card? And what’s the penalty for using a fake?

The Conversation 8/30/2021

Covid Shots for U.S. Flights Should Be Next Step

The Washington Post 8/26/2021

Pfizer court fight could legalize Medicare copays and unleash ‘gold rush’ in sales

Fortune 7/28/2021

The ethical questions raised by COVID-19 vaccines: 5 essential reads

The Conversation 6/30/2021

Answering Questions About Vaccine Passports, Mandates, Incentives, And More

GBH 5/20/2021

COVID vaccine weekly: Britain expands rollout to avoid variant delaying end of lockdown

The Conversation 5/20/2021

Paying people to get vaccinated might work – but is it ethical?

The Conversation 5/19/2021

Can the Government Force You to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine to Travel?

Newsweek 12/10/2020

What are emergency use authorizations, and do they guarantee that a vaccine or drug is safe?

The Conversation 12/3/2020

Conservatives backed the ideas behind Obamacare, so how did they come to hate it?

The Conversation 11/10/2020

Brigham president resigns from Moderna board after conflict of interest questions raised

The Boston Globe 7/30/2020

Harvard Law School: Health Law Scholar Award
Harvard Law School: Oberman Prize for Health Law and Bioethics
Harvard Law School: Hewlett Research Fellow in Law and Negotiation
Harvard Law School: Petrie-Flom Student Fellow in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
Washington University in St. Louis: Graduate Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship
Washington University in St. Louis: Research assistantship with Social Norms Marketing Research Project (EDC)
Southeast Missouri State University: National Merit, Governor’s, and Bright Flight Scholarships
Southeast Missouri State University: White House Chief of Staff’s Office Internship
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