Michael Waitzkin
Senior Lecturing Fellow in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
After more than 30 years of litigation experience in Washington, DC, Michael “Buz” Waitzkin joined the faculty at Duke University where he teaches courses on science law and policy, ethics, data use and privacy, federal regulation and other issues related to emerging technologies. He is the Deputy Director of the Initiative for Science & Society, Director of Graduate Studies for the Masters in Bioethics & Science Policy, a Core Faculty Member in the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy and has appointments as Senior Lecturing Fellow in both the Law School and Science & Society and Adjunct Faculty in the Medical School.
He is a co-founder and member of the board of Orbit Genomics, a start-up company developing and commercializing a genomic diagnostic technology, based on microsatellites, which others have discarded as “junk DNA”.
He practiced law in the District of Columbia for 35 years, where he handled complex commercial and criminal cases in federal and state trial and appellate courts throughout the country. He has extensive experience in advising the biomedical research community on issues relating to legal and regulatory strategy, product acquisition, exclusivity strategies, clinical research and ethics. He also 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).
September 2019
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Senior Lecturing Fellow in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014
- Deputy Director of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014
- Director of Graduate Studies of the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Science Policy, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2022
- MMCi Instructor in the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2020
- Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke - Margolis Center For Health Policy, Initiatives 2019
- Faculty Lead of the Huang Fellows Program in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2021
Contact Information
- 174 Sarvisberry Ln SW, Floyd, VA 24091
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michael.waitzkin@duke.edu
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