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: Otherus
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Dr. Robert Cook-Deegan, MD, is a professor at Arizona State University in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes. He was at Duke University 2002-2016, after a career in Washington at 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 (magna cum laude), Harvard College 1975
Science policy, health policy, biomedical research, cancer, intellectual property, patents
Consortium for Science, Policy & 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 2024
BRAINshare: Sharing Date in the BRAIN Initiative, Aug 2021-Jul 2025
Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, ELSI embed, Sep 2021-Jul 2029
Earth BioGenome Project, ELSI committee, 2020-
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| FIS 494 | Special Topics |
| PIT 598 | Special Topics |
| PIT 598 | Special Topics |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
| PIT 503 | Technology Impact Assessments |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 503: Technology Assessment
PIT 598/FIS 494HSD 591: Bombs, Bytes & Biotech
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