Deborah Cohan, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Medical Director, Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC)

Email: cohand@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Deborah Cohan is Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at University of California, San Francisco. She is medical director of Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC) and has extensive experience in the gynecologic and prenatal care of HIV-infected women. She is also the Associate Director of the National HIV Perinatal Consultation and Referral Service. In this role, she consults on the perinatal HIV cases nationwide. Dr. Cohan’s research interests include HIV testing strategies in the prenatal setting, anti-retroviral use in the prenatal setting, prevention of placental malaria among HIV-infected pregnant women, and the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections and HIV among sex workers.

Areas of Interest:

• Sex worker health
• Interface of the law and public health
• HIV testing policy
• Perinatal HIV
• Gynecologic manifestations of HIV

Publications on PubMed


Updated January 2009