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Robert Cook-Deegan
- bcd@asu.edu
- 202/446-0395
- 1800 I Street, NW Washington
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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 Duke’s Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy (2002-2012), and Duke-in-Washington through June 2016. 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 300 other publications.
Education:
- M.D. University of Colorado 1979
- B.A. Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude), Harvard College 1975
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Research Interests:
Science policy, health policy, biomedical research, cancer, intellectual property
Research Group:
Center for Better Biomedical Innovation
Publications:
see CV
Research Activity:
Building the Medical Information Commons, Sept 2015-June 2019
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| 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 |
| Spring 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| HON 494 | Special Topics |
| HSD 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| HSD 501 | Science & Technology Policy |
| POS 571 | Science & Technology Policy |
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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