New research assistant at CeBIL – Katarina Foss-Solbrekk
Katarina is a PhD candidate in Law at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on pharmaceutical patent law, with the aim of ensuring timely and affordable access to generic/biosimilar drugs. Her DPhil is funded by the Social Sciences Graduate Studentship from St Hilda’s College and a Schjødt stipend.
Katarina has published articles in leading IP/tech journals, presented her work in several forums at the University of Oxford and at the EPIP Conference, and contributed to the Research Handbook on EU Data Protection Law. Her published research was recently cited in a decision by the Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office and was awarded the 2023 European Policy for Intellectual Property Young Scholar Award.
At Oxford University, Katarina has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses on IP law, co-convened the IP discussion group, and worked as a research assistant on projects relating to genetic testing, public law and human rights law.
Katarina is an expert adviser in data governance at the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory, based in the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oxford, focusing on enabling data sharing to further medical research on infectious diseases and emerging infections.