Keri A. Cohn, MD, MPH, DTM&H

Dr. Cohn has long been involved in international health trough her work with many international organizations throughout the world including the regions of West Africa, South Africa, East Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and South East Asia. After completing her pediatrics residency at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she worked with Médecins Sans Frontières as the chief expatriate physician in the northern rebel region of the Cote d’Ivoire.

Dr. Cohn received her diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2007. Then, she created a five-year intensive fellowship combining pediatric infectious diseases and pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston to further her academic pursuit of international health. While acting as an instructor at Harvard Medical School, she completed a fellowship in global health and a master’s in public health.

In 2010 she was awarded Pediatric Infectious Disease Society Burtis Burr Breese Award for her tuberculosis research in Haitian migrant children living in the Dominican Republic. For five years she was intimately involved as a senior advisor with the MGH Division of Global Health and Human Rights, and was the founding director of the Initiative to End Childhood Malnutrition in Rukungiri, Uganda. Additionally, she works closely with the Global Emergency Care Collaborative, developing training programs for providers to train in advance emergency care in Eastern Africa.

In addition to continuing her work abroad, Dr. Cohn is committed to advancing post-graduate academic education for medical professionals in global health.