Theodore Cohen

Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology

Department of Epidemiology

Education

MD; Duke University School of Medicine, 2001

MPH; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001

DPH; Harvard School of Public Health, 2006

Ted Cohen, MD, MPH, DPH is an epidemiologist whose research focuses on the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. While Dr. Cohen’s primary research focus is on the emergence and control of drug resistant tuberculosis, his work also extends to other pathogens of public health importance including HIV, influenza, S. pneumoniae, and SARS. He uses a combination of mathematical modeling techniques and traditional methods for epidemiological analysis in his research and is currently working on research projects in South America and sub-Saharan Africa.