Robyn Cohen | Profiles RNS

Robyn T. Cohen, MD

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Pediatrics

Pediatric Subspecialties (Pediatric Pulmonary & Allergy)

MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health

Websites

Boston Medical Center Physician Provider Profile

ORCID : 0000-0002-6902-3118

Pulmonary complications of sickle cell anemia; asthma health disparities, pediatric asthma clinical research; asthma in Latino communities; social determinants of health

Section Director
Boston University School of Medicine

2011 Society for Pediatric Research

2008-2010 Drexel Univeristy College of Medicine: DeWitt Petitt Career Development Fellowship

BMC Sponsored Research

IMPROVE 2: Inhaled Mometasone to Promote Reduction in Vaso-occlusive Events
08/01/2018 - 06/30/2019 (PI)
Mount Sinai Medical Center NIH-NHLBI

Impact of SHS on Children w/ Sickle Cell Disease
09/01/2012 - 09/30/2017 (PI)
Flight Attendant Med Research Institute

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

Menzies-Gow A, McBrien CN, Baker JR, Donnelly LE, Cohen RT. Update in Asthma/Airway Inflammation 2018. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Apr 26. PMID: 31026407.
Togias A, Gergen PJ, Hu JW, Babineau DC, Wood RA, Cohen RT, Makhija MM, Khurana Hershey GK, Kercsmar CM, Gruchalla RS, Liu AH, Wang E, Kim H, Lamm CI, Bacharier LB, Pillai D, Sigelman SM, Gern JE, Busse WW. Rhinitis in children and adolescents with asthma: Ubiquitous, difficult to control, and associated with asthma outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Mar; 143(3):1003-1011.e10. PMID: 30213627.
Willen SM, Cohen R, Rodeghier M, Kirkham F, Redline SS, Rosen C, Kirkby J, DeBaun MR. Age is a predictor of a small decrease in lung function in children with sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2018 03; 93(3):408-415. PMID: 29226507.
Willen SM, Rodeghier M, Strunk RC, Bacharier LB, Rosen CL, Kirkham FJ, DeBaun MR, Cohen RT. Aeroallergen sensitization predicts acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell anaemia. Br J Haematol. 2018 02; 180(4):571-577. PMID: 29363738.
Cohen RT, Klings ES. Commentary: Heterogeneity of respiratory disease in children and young adults with sickle cell disease. Thorax. 2018 06; 73(6):503.View Related Profiles.
Klings, Elizabeth
Cohen, Robyn
PMID: 29353255.
Childs E, Laws MA, Drainoni ML, Nath A, Reid MJ, Sandel M, Cohen RT. Caring for Young Children with Asthma: Perspectives from Urban Community Health Centers. J Urban Health. 2017 Dec; 94(6):824-834.View Related Profiles.
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Sandel, Megan
Cohen, Robyn
PMID: 28741283.
Worsham CM, Martin ST, Nouraie SM, Cohen RT, Klings ES. Clinical and laboratory findings associated with sleep disordered breathing in sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2017 12; 92(12):E649-E651.View Related Profiles.
Klings, Elizabeth
Cohen, Robyn
PMID: 28833466.
Willen SM, Rodeghier M, Strunk RC, Rosen CL, Kirkham FJ, Field JJ, DeBaun MR, Cohen RT. Airway Hyperresponsiveness Does Not Predict Morbidity in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 06 01; 195(11):1533-1534. PMID: 28569575.
Cohen RT, Rodeghier M, DeBaun MR. Reply: Decline of Lung Function in Children with Sickle Cell Disease Is Not Associated with Restrictive Defects. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Mar; 14(3):478. PMID: 28248586; DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201612-1019LE;.
Pongracic JA, Krouse RZ, Babineau DC, Zoratti EM, Cohen RT, Wood RA, Khurana Hershey GK, Kercsmar CM, Gruchalla RS, Kattan M, Teach SJ, Johnson CC, Bacharier LB, Gern JE, Sigelman SM, Gergen PJ, Togias A, Visness CM, Busse WW, Liu AH. Distinguishing characteristics of difficult-to-control asthma in inner-city children and adolescents. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Oct; 138(4):1030-1041. PMID: 27720017; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.06.059;.

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Cohen RT, Rodeghier M, Kirkham FJ, Rosen CL, Kirkby J, DeBaun MR, Strunk RC. Exhaled nitric oxide: Not associated with asthma, symptoms, or spirometry in children with sickle cell anemia. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Nov; 138(5):1338-1343.e4. PMID: 27521278; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.06.043;.
Cohen RT, Strunk RC, Rodeghier M, Rosen CL, Kirkham FJ, Kirkby J, DeBaun MR. Pattern of Lung Function Is Not Associated with Prior or Future Morbidity in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Aug; 13(8):1314-23. PMID: 27300316; PMCID: PMC5021073; DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201510-706OC;.
Boyer D, Thomson CC, Cohen R, Rao D, Dell S, Rayment J, Wang R, Dy FJ, Wambach J, Tam-Williams J, Simon D, Price E, Oermann CM, Singh A, Rettig JS, Duncan ED, Baker CD, Liptzin DR, Moore PE. ATS Core Curriculum 2016: Part III. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 06; 13(6):955-66. PMID: 27295156; DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201602-097CME;.
Cohen RT, Celedón JC. Community Violence and Health Disparities in Asthma. J Pediatr. 2016 06; 173:13-5. PMID: 27063806; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.03.043;.
Cohen RT, Klings ES, Strunk RC. Sickle cell disease: wheeze or asthma? Asthma Res Pract. 2015; 1:14.View Related Profiles.
Klings, Elizabeth
Cohen, Robyn
PMID: 27965767.
Cohen RT, Pelton SI. Individual Benefit vs Societal Effect of Antibiotic Prescribing for Preschool Children With Recurrent Wheeze. JAMA. 2015 Nov 17; 314(19):2027-9.View Related Profiles.
Cohen, Robyn
Pelton, Stephen
PMID: 26575058; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.14953;.
Teach SJ, Gill MA, Togias A, Sorkness CA, Arbes SJ, Calatroni A, Wildfire JJ, Gergen PJ, Cohen RT, Pongracic JA, Kercsmar CM, Khurana Hershey GK, Gruchalla RS, Liu AH, Zoratti EM, Kattan M, Grindle KA, Gern JE, Busse WW, Szefler SJ. Preseasonal treatment with either omalizumab or an inhaled corticosteroid boost to prevent fall asthma exacerbations. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Dec; 136(6):1476-85. PMID: 26518090; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.09.008;.
Hayden LP, Hobbs BD, Cohen RT, Wise RA, Checkley W, Crapo JD, Hersh CP. Childhood pneumonia increases risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the COPDGene study. Respir Res. 2015; 16:115. PMID: 26392057; PMCID: PMC4578796; DOI: 10.1186/s12931-015-0273-8;.
Belfort MB, Cohen RT, Rhein LM, McCormick MC. Preterm infant growth and asthma at age 8 years. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2016 May; 101(3):F230-4. PMID: 26354369; DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308340;.
He H, Butz A, Keet CA, Minkovitz CS, Hong X, Caruso DM, Pearson C, Cohen RT, Wills-Karp M, Zuckerman BS, Hughes ME, Wang X. Preterm Birth with Childhood Asthma: The Role of Degree of Prematurity and Asthma Definitions. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Aug 15; 192(4):520-3.View Related Profiles.
Zuckerman, Barry
Cohen, Robyn
PMID: 26278798; PMCID: PMC4595670; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201503-0522LE;.
Rice JL, Matlack KM, Simmons MD, Steinfeld J, Laws MA, Dovey ME, Cohen RT. LEAP: A randomized-controlled trial of a lay-educator inpatient asthma education program. Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Jun 29. PMID: 26210342; DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.020;.
Vance LD, Rodeghier M, Cohen RT, Rosen CL, Kirkham FJ, Strunk RC, DeBaun MR. Increased risk of severe vaso-occlusive episodes after initial acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell anemia less than 4 years old: Sleep and asthma cohort. Am J Hematol. 2015 May; 90(5):371-5. PMID: 25619382; PMCID: PMC4409481; DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23959;.
Cohen RT, Klings ES, Strunk, RC. . Sickle cell disease: wheeze or asthma?. Asthma in Research and Practice. 2015; 1:15.
DeBaun MR, Rodeghier M, Cohen R, Kirkham FJ, Rosen CL, Roberts I, Cooper B, Stocks J, Wilkey O, Inusa B, Warner JO, Strunk RC. Factors predicting future ACS episodes in children with sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2014 Nov; 89(11):E212-7. PMID: 25088663; DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23819;.
Strunk RC, Cohen RT, Cooper BP, Rodeghier M, Kirkham FJ, Warner JO, Stocks J, Kirkby J, Roberts I, Rosen CL, Craven DI, DeBaun MR. Wheezing symptoms and parental asthma are associated with a physician diagnosis of asthma in children with sickle cell anemia. J Pediatr. 2014 Apr; 164(4):821-826.e1. PMID: 24388323; PMCID: PMC3962704; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.11.034;.
Cohen RT, Strunk RC, Field JJ, Rosen CL, Kirkham FJ, Redline S, Stocks J, Rodeghier MJ, DeBaun MR. Environmental tobacco smoke and airway obstruction in children with sickle cell anemia. Chest. 2013 Oct; 144(4):1323-9. PMID: 23681054; PMCID: PMC3787918; DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1569;.
Barakat LP, Patterson CA, Mondestin V, Chavez V, Austin T, Robinson MR, Li Y, Smith-Whitley K, Cohen R. Initial development of a questionnaire evaluating perceived benefits and barriers to pediatric clinical trials participation. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Mar; 34(2):218-26. PMID: 23149214.
Glassberg JA, Wang J, Cohen R, Richardson LD, DeBaun MR. Risk factors for increased ED utilization in a multinational cohort of children with sickle cell disease. Acad Emerg Med. 2012 Jun; 19(6):664-72. PMID: 22687181; PMCID: PMC3375948; DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01364.x;.
Cohen RT, Celedón JC. Breastfeeding and asthma: where are we? Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2011 Nov-Dec; 39(6):315-7. PMID: 22029964; DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2011.09.001;.
Cohen RT, Madadi A, Blinder MA, DeBaun MR, Strunk RC, Field JJ. Recurrent, severe wheezing is associated with morbidity and mortality in adults with sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2011 Sep; 86(9):756-61. PMID: 21809369; DOI: 10.1002/ajh.22098;.
Cohen RT, Raby BA, Van Steen K, Fuhlbrigge AL, Celedón JC, Rosner BA, Strunk RC, Zeiger RS, Weiss ST. In utero smoke exposure and impaired response to inhaled corticosteroids in children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Sep; 126(3):491-7. PMID: 20673983; PMCID: PMC2937829; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.06.016;.
Cohen RT, DeBaun MR, Blinder MA, Strunk RC, Field JJ. Smoking is associated with an increased risk of acute chest syndrome and pain among adults with sickle cell disease. Blood. 2010 May 6; 115(18):3852-4. PMID: 20448118; PMCID: PMC2915907; DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-01-265819;.
Cohen RT, Canino GJ, Bird HR, Celedón JC. Violence, abuse, and asthma in Puerto Rican children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep 1; 178(5):453-9. PMID: 18556622; PMCID: PMC2542427; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200711-1629OC;.
Cohen RT, Canino GJ, Bird HR, Shen S, Rosner BA, Celedón JC. Area of residence, birthplace, and asthma in Puerto Rican children. Chest. 2007 May; 131(5):1331-8. PMID: 17494783.
Cohen RT, Celedón JC. Asthma in Hispanics in the United States. Clin Chest Med. 2006 Sep; 27(3):401-12, v. PMID: 16880050.
Cohen RT, Celedón JC, Hinckson VJ, Ramsey CD, Wakefield DB, Weiss ST, Cloutier MM. Health-care use among Puerto Rican and African-American children with asthma. Chest. 2006 Aug; 130(2):463-71. PMID: 16899846.
Wright RJ, Cohen RT, Cohen S. The impact of stress on the development and expression of atopy. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2005 Feb; 5(1):23-9. PMID: 15643340.
Cohen R, Franco K, Motlow F, Reznik M, Ozuah PO. Perceptions and attitudes of adolescents with asthma. J Asthma. 2003 Apr; 40(2):207-11. PMID: 12765323.
Reznik M, Ozuah PO, Franco K, Cohen R, Motlow F. Use of complementary therapy by adolescents with asthma. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Oct; 156(10):1042-4. PMID: 12361452.
Sharif I, Oruwariye T, Cohen R, Ozuah PO. Effectiveness of clinician training in smoking cessation counseling. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Sep; 156(9):944-5. PMID: 12197805.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 40 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2015