Timothy Caulfield, OC, is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. He was the Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy for over 20 years (2002–2023).

His interdisciplinary research has allowed him to publish almost 400 academic articles.

He has won numerous academic, science communication, and writing awards, and is a Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

He contributes frequently to the popular press and is the author of two 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). His most recent book is The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters (Allen Lane, 2025).

Tim is also the co-founder of the science engagement initiative #ScienceUpFirst and has hosted and produced documentaries, including A User’s Guide to Cheating Death, which has been shown in over 60 countries.