Robert (Bob or BCD) Cook-Deegan
Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
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1800 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006
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Mail code: 5603Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
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.
Education
- M.D. University of Colorado 1979
- B.A. Chemistry (manga cum laude), Harvard College 1975
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