(2015) DrPH, Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University
(2001) MPH, Community Health, Temple University
Appointment at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute: Professor of Public Health
Other appointments:
• President of the Hepatitis B Foundation
• Assistant Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
• Co-Chair, Hep B United
• Chair, Coalition Against Hepatitis in People of African Origin (CHIPO)
• Inaugural Community Chair, Jefferson Health’s Kimmel Cancer Center
• Community Advisory Board Member, Governing Board, International Coalition to Eliminate HBV (ICE-HBV)
• Co-Chair, Hep Free PA
• Member, Patient Advisory Group, AASLD
• Advisory Committee Member, HepVu
• Member, HBV Forum
• Editorial Review Board, “Viruses”
Dr. Cohen’s research focuses on documenting quality of life and challenges related to hepatitis B/D prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment. She and her team also identify patient and community perspectives towards research and treatment, and develops and tests strategies to create patient-centered programming and improve the care cascade for hepatitis B globally.
Fellows and Students: Dr. Cohen and her team mentor five to seven undergraduate and graduate public health students each year.
Dr. Cohen currently is co-leading a multi-year project to better understand patient and community perspectives towards future hepatitis B/D therapies, including long-acting antivirals. She also co-leads a PCORI-funded project that is creating a patient-centered research agenda for hepatitis B, which will be used to identify future research projects that are important to people living with hepatitis B, to improve prevention, diagnosis, and care/treatment. Dr. Cohen is leading a global research project to assess how living with hepatitis B impacts quality of life, and to identify why some people are able to adhere to long-term hepatitis B treatment and why some people are not. Results of these projects will play a role in improving future care and treatment for people living with hepatitis B, to help save more lives.
View Dr. Cohen’s publications on Google Scholar.