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Robert Cook-Deegan
- bcd@asu.edu
- 202/446-0395
- 1800 I Street, NW Washington
Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5603
Senior Global Futures Scientist
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5603
Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5603
Biography:
Dr. Robert Cook-Deegan is a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and with the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. He founded and directed the Duke Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy (2002-2012). Prior to Duke, he was with the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (1991-2002); National Center for Human Genome Research (1989-1990); and congressional Office of Technology Assessment (1982-1988). His research interests include science policy, health policy, biomedical research, cancer, and intellectual property. He is the author of "The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome" and more than 350 other publications.
Education:
- M.D. University of Colorado 1979
- B.A. Chemistry mcl, Harvard College 1975
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Research Interests:
Science policy, health policy, biomedical research, cancer, intellectual property
Research Group:
Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
Publications:
see CV
Research Activity:
Building the Medical Information Commons, Sept 2015-June 2019
The Sulston Project: Making the Knowledge Commons for Interpreting Inherited Cancer Risk More Effective, Apr 2019-Mar 2023
BRAINshare: Sharing Date in the BRAIN Initiative, Aug 2021-Jul 2025
Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, ELSI embed, Sep 2021-Jul 2022
Earth BioGenome Project, ELSI committee, 2020-
| Summer 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| PIT 593 | Applied Project |
| PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
| Spring 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| PIT 593 | Applied Project |
| PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
| Fall 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
| PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
| PIT 593 | Applied Project |
| PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
| HSD 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| HON 494 | Special Topics |
| HSD 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HON 494 | Special Topics |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| HSD 501 | Science & Technology Policy |
| POS 571 | Science & Technology Policy |
| HSD 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HON 494 | Special Topics |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| HSD 501 | Science & Technology Policy |
| POS 571 | Science & Technology Policy |
| HSD 598 | Special Topics |
Presentations:
DIrector, Master of Science in Public Interest Technology
PIT 503: Technology Assessment
Editorships:
Board of Reviewing Editors, Science, 2011-present
Board of Editors, Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 2016-2022
Work History:
Internship and Residency, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1979-1982
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, Office of Technology Assessment, 1982-3
Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress, 1982-1988
Acting Executive Director, Biomedical Ethics Board, US Congress 1988-1989
Assistant to National Center for Human Genome Research 1989-1990
Program Officer, Board Director and Division Director, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine 1991-2002
Research Professor, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, 2002-2016
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