Mikael B. Waitzkin
Board Member
Orbit Genomics .
China
Biography
Michael B. Waitzkin is the Deputy Director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society and teaches courses in the graduate, law and medical schools on issues of science law, policy and ethics. Before coming to Duke, he practiced law in the District of Columbia for 35 years and has extensive experience in advising the biomedical research community on issues relating to legal and regulatory strategy and ethics. He served as Special Counsel to the President in the White House Counsel’s Office. He attended the University of Virginia (BA 1971; Phi Beta Kappa, Echols Scholar), Stanford Law School (JD 1974) and Yale Law School (LLM 1975, Commonwealth Fellow in Law, Science and Medicine).
Research Interest
Clinical Sciences.
