Robert M. Cook-Deegan, Research Professor of Public Policy Studies; Research Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine; Research Professor, Department of Biology and Director, Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy (GELP), Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP)  

Office Location: 242 North Bldg
Office Phone: 919.668.0793
Email Address: bob.cd@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise:
Environment and Science
Health Policy

Education:
MD, University of Colorado, 1979
B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1975

Research Categories: Health policy, science policy, bioethics

Research Description: Ethics and policy of genomics; history of genomics; global health; science and health policy; intellectual property in life sciences; health research policy

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Angrist M and Cook-Deegan R. "Who Owns the Genome?." The New Atlantis 11 (Winter, 2006): 87-96.
  2. D Tofano, IR Wiechers, and R.M. Cook-Deegan. "Edwin Southern, DNA blotting, and Microarray Technology: A case study of the shifting role of patents in academic molecular biology.." Genomics, Society, and Policy Journal 2.2 (Summer, 2006): 50-61.
  3. R.M. Cook-Deegan. "Blogger." Issues in Science and Technology (online version of the journal only) (Spring-Winter, 2006). Administered by the Green Center at University of Texas, Dallas, and the National Academies
  4. Pressman L, Burgess R, Cook-Deegan R, McCormack SJ, Nami-Wolk I, Soucy M and Walters L. "The Licensing of DNA Patents by US Academic Institutions: An Empirical Survey." Nature Biotechnology 24 (January, 2006): 31-39.
  5. Ginsburg GS, Angrist M, R M Cook-Deegan. "Genomics and Medicine at a Crossroads in Chernobyl." Science 314 (2006): 62-3.