Ellen Cohn

Ellen R. Cohn is an associate dean and associate professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, with a secondary faculty appointment at University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She is a faculty member of the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine.[1][2]

She received a BA from Douglass College of Rutgers University in 1974, an MS from Vanderbilt University in 1975 and a PhD from University of Pittsburgh in 1980.

Her research interests are in the areas of cleft palate, dentofacial and craniofacial disorders; clinical training in speech-language pathology; pharmacy-based and small group communication; and instructional and telerehabilitation based applications of electronic communication. She has done substantial work in supervision of clinicians who deliver speech-language therapy, and in website content development, including websites that seek to engage an international audience.

She has authored multiple distance education manuals, and co-authored Videofluroscopic Studies of Speech in Patients with Cleft Palate with radiologist M. Leon Skolnick. Cohn is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. She has also contributed to: Educause Quarterly, IT Practitioners Journal, The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Disorders, and Radiology. Cohn is the founding editor of the International Journal of Telerehabilitation, a peer-reviewed open access journal published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.[3] Cohn is currently the chair of the Telerehabilitation Special Interest Group of the American Telemedicine Association.[4]

Selected publications

References

  1. "Bio: Ellen Cohn, PhD, CCC-SLP". Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Telerehabilitation Web site. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. "Ellen R. Cohn Biographical Profile". School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Web site. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  3. Cohn, Ellen (2009). "Editor's Note: Journal Overview". International Journal of Telerehabilitation 1 (1): 1–2. doi:10.5195/ijt.2009.699. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. "Telerehabilitation SIG". American Telemedicine Association Web site. American Telemedicine Association. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

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