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Zohara Cohen, Ph.D. Program Director Division of Discovery Science and Technology Democracy Plaza II, Suite 200 Tel: 301-402-1127 Fax: 301-480-1614 E-mail: zcohen@mail.nih.gov

Since October 2006, Dr. Zohara A. Cohen has directed NIBIB’s scientific programs in image analysis -- including image processing, display and observer performance -- and biomedical informatics. Dr. Cohen participates in trans-NIH working groups dedicated to supporting image analysis and informatics research. These include the Trans-NIH Biomedical Informatics Coordinating Committee (BMIC) and the Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative (BISTI) Consortium. She also serves on the NIH project teams that lead the following initiatives: the National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBCs), the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC), the Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF), and PhysioNet (a research resource for complex physiologic signals).

Dr. Cohen began her time in NIBIB’s Extramural Science Programs office as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in September 2005. Prior to embarking on a career in science policy and research administration, Dr. Cohen conducted research in musculoskeletal biomechanics, with a focus on the knee joint. She used MRI data to investigate subject-specific joint kinematics, simulate orthopaedic procedures, and measure three-dimensional features of articular cartilage. Dr. Cohen performed this research as a graduate student at Columbia University in the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory and as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the Clinical Center.