Craig Cohen, MD, MPH

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Craig Cohen, MD, MPH

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Craig Cohen, MD, MPH, is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, an Attending Physician at San Francisco General Hospital and co-Director of the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI: www.ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu). He conducts clinical and implementation research in two major areas: HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention and HIV/AIDS care and support in developing countries including the development of live biotherapeutic products to prevent bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition in women. In 1994, Dr. Cohen and his colleague Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) established the Research Care and Treatment Program (RCTP) a collaboration with projects in Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya. In addition to conducting research, the goal of the program is to enhance local capacity to conduct biomedical research through training and infrastructure development. RCTP employs over 700 full-time staff in Kenya including epidemiologists, physicians, nurse-counselors, laboratory technologists, field workers, data managers, biostatisticians and administrative staff. Dr. Cohen is the Founding Director of the Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES: www.faces-kenya.org) since its creation in 2004. FACES is a CDC/PEPFAR-funded HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in Western Kenya and supports the Ministry of Health to care for ~50,000 persons living with HIV. As part of FACES, Dr. Cohen has also developed the Student Training Elective Program (STEP), which allows medical students and residents to do research and clinical electives at FACES sites. Additionally, Dr. Cohen directs the UCSF Reproductive Infectious Disease (RID) Fellowship, which aims to provide Ob/Gyn and post-doctoral trainees with the tools and experience necessary to develop into independent investigators and launch productive careers in the field of RID. He also co-directs the newly established University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI) GloCal Health Fellowship which train fellows in global health research between in collaboration with 20 international collaborating institutions. Overall, Dr. Cohen has directly mentored more than 70 doctoral/professional students, residents and post-doctoral fellows, most of who have conducted research in Kenya. Areas of Interest: •Prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) •Microbicides, live biotherapeutic products to prevent HIV/STI *Integration of reproductive health and HIV services •Improvement of care to HIV infected persons living in resource poor settings *Multisectoral interventions to improve the lives of families affected by HIV •Research training and infrastructure development in developing countries
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  1. Truong HM, Guzé MA, Ouma D, Bushman D, Mocello AR, Kadede K, Bukusi EA, Odhiambo F, Cohen CR. Community-Based HIV Testing for Urban Youth in Western Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2021 Sep 14.
  2. Hickey MD, Ouma GB, Mattah B, Pederson B, DesLauriers NR, Mohamed P, Obanda J, Odhiambo A, Njoroge B, Otieno L, Zoughbie DE, Ding EL, Fiorella KJ, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Geng EH, Salmen CR. The Kanyakla study: Randomized controlled trial of a microclinic social network intervention for promoting engagement and retention in HIV care in rural western Kenya. PLoS One. 2021; 16(9):e0255945.
  3. Dommaraju S, Hagey J, Odeny TA, Okaka S, Kadima J, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Kwena Z, Eshun-Wilson I, Geng E. Preferences of people living with HIV for differentiated care models in Kenya: A discrete choice experiment. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0255650.
  4. Mitchell CM, Anyalechi GE, Cohen CR, Haggerty CL, Manhart LE, Hillier SL. Etiology and Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Looking Beyond Gonorrhea and Chlamydia. J Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 16; 224(Supplement_2):S29-S35.
  5. Patel RC, Amorim G, Jakait B, Shepherd BE, Mocello AR, Musick B, Bernard C, Onono M, Bukusi EA, Wools-Kaloustian K, Cohen CR, Yiannoutsos CT, Implant/Efavirenz Study Group and the East Africa IeDEA Regional Consortium . Pregnancies among women living with HIV using contraceptives and antiretroviral therapy in western Kenya: a retrospective, cohort study. BMC Med. 2021 08 13; 19(1):178.
  6. Nagata JM, Miller JD, Cohen CR, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira LA, Mocello AR, Otieno P, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD, Young SL. Water Insecurity is Associated with Lack of Viral Suppression and Greater Odds of AIDS-Defining Illnesses Among Adults with HIV in Western Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2021 Aug 09.
  7. Lagenaur LA, Hemmerling A, Chiu C, Miller S, Lee PP, Cohen CR, Parks TP. Connecting the Dots: Translating the Vaginal Microbiome Into a Drug. J Infect Dis. 2021 06 16; 223(12 Suppl 2):S296-S306.
  8. Miller JD, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira LA, Mocello AR, Bukusi EA, Otieno P, Cohen CR, Weiser SD, Young SL. Household Water and Food Insecurity Are Positively Associated with Poor Mental and Physical Health among Adults Living with HIV in Western Kenya. J Nutr. 2021 Jun 01; 151(6):1656-1664.
  9. Akatukwasa C, Getahun M, El Ayadi AM, Namanya J, Maeri I, Itiakorit H, Owino L, Sanyu N, Kabami J, Ssemmondo E, Sang N, Kwarisiima D, Petersen ML, Charlebois ED, Chamie G, Clark TD, Cohen CR, Kamya MR, Bukusi EA, Havlir DV, Camlin CS. Dimensions of HIV-related stigma in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda at the start of a large HIV 'test and treat' trial. PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0249462.
  10. Tuthill EL, Maltby AE, Odhiambo BC, Akama E, Pellowski JA, Cohen CR, Weiser SD, Conroy AA. "I Found Out I was Pregnant, and I Started Feeling Stressed": A Longitudinal Qualitative Perspective of Mental Health Experiences Among Perinatal Women Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2021 May 16.
  11. Shade SB, Osmand T, Kwarisiima D, Brown LB, Luo A, Mwebaza B, Mwesigye AR, Kwizera E, Imukeka H, Mwanga F, Ayieko J, Owaraganise A, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Charlebois ED, Black D, Clark TD, Petersen ML, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Jain V. Costs of integrating hypertension care into HIV care in rural East African clinics. AIDS. 2021 05 01; 35(6):911-919.
  12. Mungo C, Osongo CO, Ambaka J, Randa MA, Samba B, Ochieng CA, Barker E, Guliam A, Omoto J, Cohen CR. Feasibility and Acceptability of Smartphone-Based Cervical Cancer Screening Among HIV-Positive Women in Western Kenya. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 05; 7:686-693.
  13. Okoko N, Mocello AR, Kadima J, Kulzer J, Nyanaro G, Blat C, Guzé M, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Abuogi L, Shade SB. Improvements in pediatric and adolescent HIV testing and identification in western Kenya under the Accelerating Children's HIV/AIDS Treatment initiative. AIDS Care. 2021 Apr 05; 1-13.
  14. Koss CA, Havlir DV, Ayieko J, Kwarisiima D, Kabami J, Chamie G, Atukunda M, Mwinike Y, Mwangwa F, Owaraganise A, Peng J, Olilo W, Snyman K, Awuonda B, Clark TD, Black D, Nugent J, Brown LB, Marquez C, Okochi H, Zhang K, Camlin CS, Jain V, Gandhi M, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Charlebois ED, Petersen ML, Kamya MR, Balzer LB. HIV incidence after pre-exposure prophylaxis initiation among women and men at elevated HIV risk: A population-based study in rural Kenya and Uganda. PLoS Med. 2021 02; 18(2):e1003492.
  15. Meffert SM, Neylan TC, McCulloch CE, Blum K, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Verdeli H, Markowitz JC, Kahn JG, Bukusi D, Thirumurthy H, Rota G, Rota R, Oketch G, Opiyo E, Ongeri L. Interpersonal psychotherapy delivered by nonspecialists for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among Kenyan HIV-positive women affected by gender-based violence: Randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2021 01; 18(1):e1003468.
  16. Mwangwa F, Getahun M, Itiakorit H, Jain V, Ayieko J, Owino L, Akatukwasa C, Maeri I, Koss CA, Chamie G, Clark TD, Kabami J, Atukunda M, Kwarisiima D, Sang N, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Cohen CR, Charlebois ED, Havlir DV, Camlin CS. Provider and Patient Perspectives of Rapid ART Initiation and Streamlined HIV Care: Qualitative Insights From Eastern African Communities. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2021 Jan-Dec; 20:23259582211053518.
  17. Wanga V, Mackelprang RD, Thomas KK, Donnell D, Cohen CR, Mugo NR, Bukusi EA, de Bruyn G, Irungu E, Celum C, Baeten JM, Lingappa JR, Partners in Prevention HSV/HIV Transmission Study and the Partners PrEP Study . Brief Report: Bacterial Vaginosis and Risk of HIV Infection in the Context of CD101 Gene Variation. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 12 15; 85(5):584-587.
  18. Vivek Jain, Lillian B Brown, Carina Marquez, Luis Rubio, Natasha Spottiswoode, Bethlehem Churnet, Katherine Brooks, Mengyu Zhou, Timothy Muldoon, Carolyn Hendrickson, Adithya Cattamanchi, Antonio Gomez, Brian Haas, Edwin Charlebois, Annie Luetkemeyer, Annie Luetkemeyer, Monica Gandhi, Diane Havlir, Sumant Ranji, Lisa Gail Winston. 448. Disproportionate Burden of COVID-19 on Latinx Residents among Hospitalized Patients at San Francisco’s Public Health Hospital. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 31; 7(Suppl 1):s292-s292.
  19. Hickey MD, Ayieko J, Kwarisiima D, Opel FJ, Owaraganise A, Balzer LB, Chamie G, Jain V, Peng J, Camlin C, Charlebois ED, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Havlir DV. Improved Viral Suppression With Streamlined Care in the SEARCH Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 12 15; 85(5):571-578.
  20. Balzer LB, Havlir DV, Kamya MR, Chamie G, Charlebois ED, Clark TD, Koss CA, Kwarisiima D, Ayieko J, Sang N, Kabami J, Atukunda M, Jain V, Camlin CS, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Van Der Laan M, Petersen ML. Machine Learning to Identify Persons at High-Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquisition in Rural Kenya and Uganda. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 12 03; 71(9):2326-2333.
  21. Nagata JM, Anicete LM, Cohen CR, Frongillo EA, Burger RL, Wekesa P, Weke E, Weiser SD, Bukusi EA. Presence of Older Adolescents in the Household is Associated with Depressive Symptoms Among Women Living with HIV in Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2020 Dec; 24(12):3574-3578.
  22. Truong HM, Mocello AR, Ouma D, Bushman D, Kadede K, Ating'a E, Obunge D, Bukusi EA, Odhiambo F, Cohen CR. Community-based HIV testing services in an urban setting in western Kenya: a programme implementation study. Lancet HIV. 2021 01; 8(1):e16-e23.
  23. Hatcher AM, Weiser SD, Cohen CR, Hagey J, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira L, Frongillo EA, Bukusi EA. Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Individuals in Rural Kenya. Am J Prev Med. 2021 04; 60(4):563-568.
  24. Cohen CR, Parks T, Hemmerling A. Randomized Trial of Lactin-V to Prevent Recurrence of Bacterial Vaginosis. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2020 08 20; 383(8):791-792.
  25. Okoko N, Kulzer JL, Ohe K, Mburu M, Muttai H, Abuogi LL, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Penner J. They are likely to be there: using a family-centered index testing approach to identify children living with HIV in Kenya. Int J STD AIDS. 2020 10; 31(11):1028-1033.