Robert (Bob or BCD) Cook-Deegan
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Phone: 202-446-0395
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1800 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006
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Mail code: 6002Campus: Tempe
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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 (2002-2016). 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 the 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.
- M.D. University of Colorado 1979
- B.A. Chemistry (manga cum laude), Harvard College 1975
Science policy, health policy, biomedical research, cancer, intellectual property, patents
Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
see CV
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 2024
Earth BioGenome Project, ELSI committee, 2020-
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
FIS 494 | Special Topics |
FIS 494 | Special Topics |
PIT 598 | Special Topics |
PIT 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
HSD 591 | Seminar |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
HSD 591 | Seminar |
PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 590 | Reading and Conference |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 595 | Continuing Registration |
PIT 593 | Applied Project |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
FIS 494 | Special Topics |
HSD 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HSD 598 | Special Topics |
FIS 494 | Special Topics |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
DIrector, Master of Science in Public Interest Technology
PIT 503: Technology Assessment
HSD 591: Professional Development Seminar
Board of Reviewing Editors, Science, 2011-present
Board of Editors, Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 2016-2022
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