Dr. Chari A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH - President, Hepatitis B Foundation

Dr. Chari A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH ( https://blumberginstitute.org/faculty/chari-a-cohen/ ) is the President of the Hepatitis B Foundation ( https://www.hepb.org/ ), a global nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure and improving the quality of life for people affected by hepatitis B worldwide.

Dr. Cohen conducts research and implements programs to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes associated with hepatitis B, as well as hepatitis D, and liver cancer.

Dr. Cohen is also co-chair of the Hep B United Coalition, co-founder and chair of Hep B United Philadelphia, co-founder and chair of CHIPO: Coalition Against Hepatitis for People of African Origin; and immediate past co-chair of the Hep Free PA Coalition.

Dr. Cohen is also a member of the International Coalition to Eliminate of HBV (ICE-HBV) steering committee, HepVu advisory committee (an online platform that visualizes data and disseminates insights on the viral hepatitis epidemic across the U.S), and HBV Forum for Collaborative Research.

Dr. Cohen serves as both a Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, and adjunct faculty for Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

Dr. Cohen received her DrPH in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University and her MPH from Temple University.

The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute ( https://blumberginstitute.org/ ) is a nonprofit translational research organization focused on understanding the pathobiology of hepatitis B virus and related diseases, developing diagnostics for early detection of liver cancer, and discovering therapeutics, antivirals and immune modulators for the cure of chronic HBV and other RNA viruses that cause hepatitis and hemorrhagic fever.

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