Rachel Kohn, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, core member, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
836 Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
836 Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
BA (Chemistry)
University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology, concentration in Patient Centered Outcomes Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2017.
Permanent linkBA (Chemistry)
University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania, 2011.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology, concentration in Patient Centered Outcomes Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2017.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Kohn's clinical interests include inpatient pulmonology and critical care. She serves as an attending physician on the following services: Pulmonology Consultation Services, the Pulmonary Diagnostic Lab, and the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Kohn completed a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research is primarily at the intersection of health services, healthcare operations, and healthcare delivery equity, particularly surrounding representativeness in clinical trials and other prospective research, and inpatient care deliverySelected Publications
Blady S, Sheu D, Patel N, Lieberman A, Zhu J, Kohn R: A participant-centered guide to paying research participants at Penn. The Roybal Retreat, Skytop, PA October 2025.Patel N, Whitman C, Lieberman A, Blady S, Morse C, Naseer N, Weaver J, Ogunniyi M, Kohn R, Volpp KG, Halpern S, Morris AA, Stephens-Shields A, Fanaroff AC: A series of iterative randomized clinical trials leveraging behavioral economics to increase racial and ethnic diversity of patients: Rationale and design of ITERATE. American Heart Journal 286: 80-87, August 2025.
Kohn R, Kerlin MP: Gender inequities in academic medicine: Peer review and beyond. CHEST 168(1), July 2025.
Federico L, Kwiatkowski C, Dine CJ, Prasad TV, Dress E, Scott S, Harhay MO, Hadler RA, Kohn R: Internal consistency of the Patient Dignity Inventory in survivors of acute respiratory failure. The University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine Research Day June 2025.
Patel N, Whitman C, Lieberman A, Blady S, Morse C, Naseer N, Weaver J, Ogunniyi MO, Kohn R, Volpp KG, Halpern SD, Morris AA, Stephens-Shields A, Fanaroff AC: A series of randomized trials testing behavioral economic strategies to increase the racial and ethnic diversity in clinical research participation. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting June 2025.
Levy E, Claar D, Co I, Fuchs B, Ginestra J, Kohn R, McSparron JI, Patel B, Weissman GE, Kerlin MP, Sjoding MW: Development and external validation of a detection model to retrospectively identify patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Critical Care Medicine 53(6): e1224-e1234, June 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006662.
Patel N, Whitman C, Lieberman A, Blady S, Morse C, Naseer N, Weaver J, Ogunniyi MO, Kohn R, Volpp KG, Halpern SD, Morris AA, Stephens-Shields A, Fanaroff AC: A series of randomized trials testing behavioral economic strategies to increase the racial and ethnic diversity in clinical research participation. The University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine Research Day June 2025.
Kwiatkowski C, Silvestri JA, Dress EM, Prasad TV, Ryu E, Kerlin MP, Harhay MO, Klaiman T, Kohn R: Acute respiratory failure survivors’ needs throughout a year of recovery: A qualitative analysis using the Timing It Right framework. The University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine Research Day June 2025.
Patel B, Bayes B, Madden V, Dircksen J, Suleiman Z, Berger R, Lazo L, Arcot K, Roth D, Halpern SD, Kohn R: Factors associated with social needs screening in a multistate healthcare system. The University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine Research Day June 2025.
Joseph B, Mitchell S, Richards J, Klaiman T, Silvestri J, Maitra MR, Ross M, Sheu D, Lieberman A, Kohn R: The Joint Research Practices Working Group: Disseminating research results to study participants. The University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine Research Day June 2025.