Faculty | Infectious Diseases Division

Jennifer E. Cohn, MD MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director, Global Health Equities Residency Track, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Associate Fellow, Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives

Attending Physician, University of Pennsylvania, Infectious Disease Service

Department: Medicine

Contact information

3rd Floor Silverstein, Suite E
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

Email:
jennifer.cohn@geneva.msf.org

Education:
BA (Human Biology)
Brown University, 1999.
BA (Psychology)
Brown University, 1999.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
MPH (Global Health)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2011.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2004-2005.
Resident in Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2005-2007.
Fellowship in Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2007-2009.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007.
Infectious Diseases American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009.

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Selected Publications

O’Brien M, Thaler A, Dunlevy H, Cohn J, Speck R and McCunn M : Basic Needs Evaluation of Kenyan Healthcare Providers’ Training and Confidence in Assessment of Hypotension at Mbagathi Hospital, Nairobi American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Washington, DC October 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Cohn J and Xiong K : Mobile telemedicine for improved community-level clinical decision making, referrals and medical information transmission and storage: a pilot study in Nairobi, Kenya. 2012 International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC July 2012 Notes: Oral presentation.

Cohn J and Headley J : Ending AIDS: The tools are there, but the body politic is weak. 2012 International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC July 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Holtzman D, Sander L, Pauly M and Cohn J : Study of Time Savings Realized Through Task Shifting to Community Health Workers in Kenyan Health Facilities. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine Research Day June 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Tillekeratne G, Linkin D, Obino M, Omar A, Wanjiku M, Holtzman D, Cohn J: Surveillance for catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a resource-limited setting. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine Research Day June 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Ganster K, Dunlevey H, Okoth C and Cohn J: Curriculum Development for Clinical Officer Interns in Nairobi, Kenya. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL May 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

O’Brien M, Thaler A, Dunlevy H, Cohn J, Speck R and McCunn M : Basic Needs Evaluation of Kenyan Healthcare Providers’ Training and Confidence in Assessment of Hypotension at Mbagathi Hospital, Nairobi. Association of University Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio May 2012 Notes: Poster presentation.

Tillekeratne G, Dunlevy H and Cohn J: Hemorrhagic Fevers Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Basic Principals and Clinical Practice, 6th Edition. Coleman, Hirsh, Marder, Clowes and George Eds (eds.). 2012.

Lynch S, Ford N, Custem G, Bygrave H, Janssens B, Decroo T, Andrieux-Meyer I, Roberts T, Balkan S, Casas E, Ferreyra C, Bemelmans M, Cohn J, Kahn P and Goemaere E: Getting HIV Treatment to the Most People Science 337(6092): 298-300, 2012.

Cohn J, von Schoen-Angerer T, Jambert E, Arreghini G and Childs M: When falsified medicines enter the supply chain: Description of an incident in Kenya and lessons learned for rapid response Journal of Public Health Policy 2012 Notes: In press.