Clinical Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jonathan E. Cohen, JD MPhil (he/him/his) is Clinical Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California, where he is also the Director of Policy Engagement for the Institute on Inequalities in Global Health. In 2022-2023, he is a Health and Aging Policy Fellow and American Political Science Congressional Fellow, serving in the office of U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD). An internationally recognized expert in health and human rights, Cohen designs and leads policy interventions that equip health leaders and systems to reach socially excluded groups and reflect demographic change and diversity. He also leads organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, serving as Faculty Lead for the initiative on Continuous Learning for Antiracist Curricular Change (CLARCC) at the University of Southern California’s Department of Population and Public Health Sciences. Prior to his academic appointment, Cohen was Public Health Program Director at the Open Society Foundations, overseeing 63 staff and a budget of $39,000,000 to advance health and human rights worldwide. Earlier in his career, he was a researcher with the HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. He holds degrees from Yale College, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
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Policy Series: Health and Aging Policy Fellows: Linking Policy and Practice to Benefit Older People
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET