Careers in Global Health - Dr. Craig Cohen

[Michelle Rose Meyer]

Hi everyone,

Dr. Cohen will be speaking tomorrow (Monday) in S-214, from 12-1. Burritos provided! His bio is below - see you there.

Cheers,
Michelle, Jenn, Jay

Craig Cohen MD, MPH

Dr. Craig Cohen is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and an Attending Physician at San Francisco General Hospital. He conducts medical research in two major areas: HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention and HIV/AIDS care and support in developing countries.  Dr. Cohen is the Director of the Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) , a HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in Western Kenya and Nairobi. As part of FACES, Dr. Cohen has also developed the Student Training Elective Program (STEP), which allows medical students and residents to do clinical and research electives at FACES sites.  Additionally, Dr. Cohen directs the UCSF Reproductive Infectious Disease (RID) Fellowship, which aims to provide Ob/Gyn and post-doctoral trainees with the tools and experience necessary to develop into independent investigators and launch productive careers in the field of RID. He also began the Infectious Disease Research Training Program (IDRTP), a program for Kenyan masters and doctoral students and a joint effort between KEMRI and UCSF.  Dr. Cohen and his colleague Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) established the Research Care and Treatment Program (RCTP) a collaboration with projects in Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya.