Printable Biography of Murray Cohen

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.