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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
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 & Outcomes at Arizona State University. He founded and directed Duke’s Center for Genome Ethics, Law & 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 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:
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-
| 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 |
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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