Richard Gold elected to prestigious Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Richard Gold has been elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. This prestigious fellowship brings together Canada’s top-ranked health and biomedical scientists and scholars to make a positive impact on the urgent health concerns of Canadians. The CAHS Fellowship is considered one of the highest honours for members of the Canadian health sciences community.

Professor Richard Gold is a pioneering scholar in biomedical innovation who has produced leading scholarly and policy work on biomedical patenting, research collaborations, international intellectual property, and open science. His interdisciplinary expertise spans science, law, international relations, and management.

His research on human gene patents and research collaborations led to policy change within international organizations and courts in Canada and the United States. He is a co-founder of Conscience, a Canadian non-profit supporting open science drug innovation.

Professor Gold is a leading figure in shaping intellectual property policy and breaking down disciplinary barriers, with a profound impact on biomedical innovation scholarship.

Please join us in congratulating him!