Conversations in Public Health with Timothy Caulfield and Maiken Scott

Join the College of Public Health at Temple University and the host of WHYY's The Pulse and two-time Temple graduate Maiken Scott, KLN'97, CLA'99, for an interview with Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in health law and policy, 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.

Caulfield has published more than 350 articles on topics like stem cells, genetics, research ethics, public representations of science, and public health policy. 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 Vaccination Picture" (Penguin, 2017).

The conversation will focus on issues surrounding communicating and disseminating public health information and debunking pseudoscience on a local, national and international level.