Dr. Steve Cohen, an assistant professor in the Health Studies was profiled in the fall issue of Momentum: Research and Innovation, the University of Rhode Island’s journal that presents highlights of the university.

Dr. Cohen is a social epidemiologist and applied public health demographer, studying the impacts of aging on health and health care delivery. His research has two primary focus area. First, Dr. Cohen studies socioeconomic and demographic disparities in informal, family caregiving in the United States and their impacts on caregiver health and quality of life.  The second examines social factors and place-based characteristics associated with health, health behaviors, and health care services use in older adults, with a primary focus on rural-urban and other sociodemographic disparities.

Here is the link to the article:  Momentum_Dr, Cohen