Professor Michael H. Cohen's scholarly research has involved legal, regulatory, and ethical issues relating to complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies (such as acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, herbal treatments) and the implications of integrating these therapies within conventional medical delivery systems. He has received support as principal investigator in projects funded by the National Library of Medicine and the Greenwall Foundation, and additional support from the Rudolph Steiner Foundation, the Frederick S. Upton Foundation, and the Helen M. and Annetta E. Himmelfarb Foundation. He has also served as co-investigator in a variety of research projects, including Models of Integrative Care in an Academic Health Center (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH), International Center for CAM Research (NCCAM, NIH), Credentialing, Liability, and Dietary Supplements Policies (Medtronic Foundation), and Asian Herbal Products for Epilepsy (The Epilepsy Foundation). He served as law clerk to the Hon. Thomas P. Griesa in the Southern District of New York, and as Fortieth Anniversary Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School. Most recently he served as Consultant to M. D. Anderson Cancer Center's Integrative Medicine Program, and as Consultant to the Institute of Medicine Committee on Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public. In 2006, Professor Cohen became a Solicitor (non-practicing) of the Supreme Court of England & Wales.
M.F.A., 1990, University of Iowa
M.B.A., 1988, University of California, Berkeley
J.D., 1986, University of California, Berkeley