Dr. Kathleen Liddell

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Kathleen Liddell is a University Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and the Director of the Cambridge Centre for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences. She holds degrees in law and science from the University of Melbourne and bioethics from Monash University. Dr. Liddell's research focuses on the intersection of health, medicine, and society, particularly examining how legal frameworks can be improved to support innovation in these fields. She investigates how intellectual property rights can both facilitate and hinder the translation of medical discoveries into effective clinical treatments. Her international collaborations span five areas of bioinnovation, including pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, biologics, rare diseases, and machine-learning based precision medicine. Additionally, she provides empirical evidence to help inform legal policy and uses a variety of legal methodologies in her research. Dr. Liddell teaches multiple courses and supervises PhD students, with an emphasis on the legal implications of emerging health technologies.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Lecturer

2015-01-01 — Present

University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England

Lectures on intellectual property law and supervises research theses.

Senior Fellow

2000-01-01 — Present

University of Melbourne • Melbourne, Australia

Teaches 'Law and Emerging Health Technologies' as an intensive LLM course.

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.