Myron Cohen
Mirobiology & Immunology
UNC Institute For Global Health & Infectious Diseases
China
Biography
In addition to serving as IGHID director, Myron Cohen is Yeargan-Bate Eminent Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Public Health at UNC. In 2007 he was appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. Dr. Cohen has served as the chief of the UNC Division of Infectious Diseases since 1988 and is associate director of the UNC Center for AIDS Research. Dr. Cohen’s research focuses on the transmission and prevention of HIV, with emphasis on the role played by STD co-infections. Dr. Cohen is the architect and principal investigator of the multinational HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 study, which demonstrated that antiretroviral treatment prevents the sexual transmission of HIV-1. This work was recognized by Science Magazine as the “Breakthrough of the Year” in 2011.
Research Interest
Research on all Microbiological Studies
