Susan Ellen Cohn

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Research Interests

Dr. Cohn is an expert in HIV medicine, infectious disease, HIV clinical trials and health services outcomes research. She has been an active participant in the NIH/NIAID AIDS Clinical Trials Group since 1988, and has held numerous leadership positions including Vice Chair and Chair of the Women’s Health Committee and the Outcomes Committee, Vice-Chair of the Underrepresented Populations Committee 2008-2010 and Chair of the Women’s Health Internetwork Scientific Committee (WHISC). She is chair and vice-chair of major protocols pertaining to women's health, self-management and outcomes, recruitment of women and minorities into clinical trials, and optimizing ART, and is an active team member on many other protocols. Her current research areas have included optimizing the health of HIV-infected women, improving adherence to antiretrovirals, and improving access to health care and clinical trials for underrepresented populations. Dr. Cohn has maintained an active HIV clinical practice, has been a teacher of HIV medicine to medical students, residents, fellows, nurses and other care professors for over 25 years. She has mentored nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, residents, and other faculty both in and out of her institution, helping to advance their careers in both research and clinical medicine. Dr. Cohn is the past Chair of Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization (WFO) which is committed to advancing the careers of women faculty members at all levels within Feinberg School of Medicine.

Certifications and Licenses

	Internal Medicine
	Infectious Disease

Training Experience

1987	Residency, Boston City Hospital
1991	Fellowship, University of North Carolina Hospitals

Education/Academic qualification

MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

… → 1992

MD, Cornell University Medical College

… → 1984

Research interests

AIDS
HIV Infection
Health Services Research
Infectious Diseases: Viral
Women's Health / Women's Reproductive Health

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Grants

2 Active
17 Finished

Pharmacologic strategies to use the levonorgestrel implant in HIV-infected women

Cohn, S. E. & Darin, K.

University of Nebraska Medical Center, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

12/1/15 → 11/30/20

Project: Research project

Chicago Clinical Trials Unit

Achenbach, C. J., Cohn, S. E., Green, R., Hawkins, C. A., Murphy, R. L., Palella Jr, F. J., Ragin, A. B. & Taiwo, B. O.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

12/10/13 → 11/30/20

Project: Research project

ACTG A5376 Cohn WHISC Support

Cohn, S. E.

University of California at Los Angeles, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

12/1/18 → 11/30/19

Project: Research project

Reducing HIV Stigma to Improve Health Outcomes for African American Women

Cohn, S. E.

University of Washington, National Institute of Mental Health

7/1/16 → 6/30/17

Project: Research project

Chicago Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS V)

Cohn, S. E. & Goldsmith, S. L.

Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

1/1/16 → 12/31/18

Project: Research project

Research Output

2962 Citations
91 Article
8 Letter
7 Chapter
7 Review article
3 More
- 3 Comment/debate

Exploring HIV-Related Stigma as a Determinant of Engagement in HIV Care by African American Women

McCoy, K., Lipira, L., Kemp, C. G., Nevin, P. E., Huh, D., M Turan, J., Mugavero, M. J., Cohn, S. E., Bahk, M., Simoni, J. M., Andrasik, M. P. & Rao, D., Mar 1 2020, In : The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC. 31, 2, p. 167-175 9 p.