Murray Cohen

Dr. Cohen is Chairman of the Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation, Ltd. (a global NGO), and owner of Consultants in Disease and Injury Control Inc. (an SDVOB). Frontline Foundation developed the Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Conferences in the 1990s to revitalize efforts in hospitals and alternative healthcare settings to prevent the transmission of blood-borne viruses and develop methods of implementing protective technologies/strategies. Also in association with Frontline Foundation, Dr. Cohen conceived and produced the Homeland Security Summit in 2002-3, an accredited training program in mass casualty management and terrorism response for medical personnel and first responders. Through CDIC, he works to develop innovative technologies in hospital safety, risk assessment, and environmental sciences.

Dr. Cohen was a charter Voting Member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), and served on the Federal Interagency Expert Panel for Anthrax Spore Efficacy Test Methods and Surrogates from 2003-2012. His international work has included developing model legislation for healthcare worker safety and laboratory biosafety, regulations and training for prevention of transmission of HIV/HBV/HCV, and predictive epidemiology for emerging pathogens and public health preparedness. He worked in low-resource countries in Africa, Asia, and South America to engage the global life science research communities for a voluntary moratorium on publishing results of experiments deemed as dangerous dual use research of concern, and training to identify and manage Dual Use Research of Concern.

Dr. Cohen is a global champion for credentialed, sustainable professional education to meet the burgeoning needs for medical and laboratory manpower and access to quality healthcare services. He served on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and is a frequent speaker on laboratory and hospital safety training at international biosafety association symposia as an active member of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA), Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association, the International Federation of Biosafety Associations, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was honored by ABSA with the Everett Hanel, Jr. Award for Biosafety Career Achievement in 2012.

Dr. Cohen has testified before Congress regarding workplace safety for healthcare workers, has chaired numerous scientific panels and programs worldwide, and has appeared as an analyst for the Fox News regarding anthrax and ricin bioterrorism. His research led to being awarded U.S. Patent #7,776,292 for Method and Apparatus for Bioweapon Decontamination (Anthrax) in 2010. His most recent technical publications focus on application of advanced methodologies for microbial risk assessment, sustainable credentialed laboratory and hospital safety training, and prevention of global spread of emerging infectious diseases.