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Murray Cohen, PhD
Keynote Fee : $5,001 - $10,000 plus expenses Fee Note Travels From: GA |
Topics
- Environmental Health
- Risk Management
- Safety / Security
- AIDS
Formats
- Keynote
Programs
Frontline Report on AnthraxA compelling account of Dr. Cohen's frontline involvement with the 2001 Anthrax attacks. On-site at American Media, Inc., since the first days of the attack, during the investigation, and throughout the building remediation efforts, Dr. Cohen reveals knowledge gained as a key player in the response to the Anthrax-in-the-mail bioterrorism.
Bioterrorism & Emerging Infections: The Science Behind the BugsDr. Cohen breaks down the science behind the latest headlines, including practical pointers for understanding and responding to issues related to emerging diseases, including Anthrax, smallpox, SARS, influenza, microbial resistance, and ebola.
Homeland Security for Hospitals and Healthcare ProvidersA panel discussion drawing on experts' personal knowledge and experience to thoroughly present current Homeland Security issues as they relate to hospitals and healthcare systems.
Risk Management for Hospitals and Healthcare ProvidersA panel discussion drawing from experts' personal knowledge and experience to thoroughly present corporate risk management issues and challenges.
Speaker Information
Dr. Murray L. Cohen is an internationally recognized expert in bioterrorism, workplace safety, biosafety, industrial hygiene and infectious disease control. He served for 21 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a career Public Health Service officer. His specialty area was the prevention of occupationally transmitted infections, including bacterial diseases (anthrax, tuberculosis) and bloodborne viruses (HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, ebola). After retiring from the DCD in 1996, Dr. Cohen founded Consultants in Disease and Injury Control, Inc., (CDIC) and the Frontline Healthcare Worker's Safety Foundation Ltd.
Since the identification of Anthrax as the active biological agent of the recent mail delivered attacks, Dr. Cohen has worked on the frontline with the responding government agencies. He is on the scientific team conducting ongoing research on antrhax at government laboratories. He has helped develop sampling techniques, containment strategies, safe mail handling procedures, and decontamination techniques. He also serves on several anthrax task forces, ad hoc committees, and has provided briefings on Capitol Hill.
Dr. Cohen has also been a leader in helping American business understand the science behind the attacks. Working with top security, risk management and technical firms, he developed the "gold standard" of smart and cost effective strategies for businesses wishing to protect their employees, customers and shareholders from today's new risks. Whether a company is looking for safer mail handling procedures or a complete overhaul of safety and security plans, Dr. Cohen is helping provide the scientifically based business solutions.
The recipient of numerous professional honors and awards, including commendations from the United States Public Health Service, Dr. Cohen is the author of journal articles, book chapters, government publications and training videos on a variety of health and safety-related topics. He is a Diplomate in the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene and a member of the American Biological Safety Association, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and the American Industrial Hygiene Association. He earned his Ph.D. in occupational and environmental health sciences at the University of Illinois Medical Center, a master's degree in community health sciences from the University of Texas School of Public Health, and a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the University of Texas.
Testimonials
"Dr. Cohen is a visionary; he has an uncanny ability to predict the next public health crisis and have ready approaches and solutions. Not only does he have the ability to hone in on the critical issues defining a complex problem, he thinks 'outside the box' in providing practical, cost-effective solutions and approaches. His advice is simple, direct and feasible."
- Occupational Safety and Health Branch Division of Safety, National Institutes of Health
"We just want to thank you again for coming to speak to our Risk Managers. Your lecture and slides were interesting and informative, and the workshop was excellent. We are extremely satisfied with the results of evaluations and comments we received for the...workshop. This was said to be the best workshop we have hosted."
- Community Health Systems
"We have worked very closely with Dr. Murray Cohen for nearly a decade on issues related to preventing healthcare workers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens. We have grown to depend on Dr. Cohen a great deal for his knowledge of current issues and the challenges that lie ahead in developing prevention strategies for infectious diseases. ...Dr. Cohen continues to remain on the cutting edge of issues related to infectious diseases."
- Palmetto Hospital Trust Systems