Directory Profile
Trevor Cohen
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Dr. Cohen joined ASU in 2007, after completing his doctoral studies at Columbia University's Department of Biomedical Informatics. Previously he has worked as a physician in South Africa.
My research focus is at the intersection between statistical models of language and cognitive models of medical expertise. In particular I am interested in the simulation of aspects of expert comprehension to support applications in clinical and consumer health informatics. In addition, I have an interest in the distributed cognitive processes that underlie medical error in the critical care domain, with a focus on error detection and prevention within this complex work environment.
Education
Ph.D. Columbia University - 2007
Contact Info
Office Location: ABC 234
Phone: 602.827.2530
Email: trevor.cohen@asu.edu
Website: http://www.public.asu.edu/~tcohen1/
Research/Areas of Expertise
- Latent semantic analysis
- Comprehension and medical expertise
- Distributed cognition and medical error
Research Center Involvement
- Decision Making & Cognition
Courses Taught
- BMI 541 Cognition and Decision Making in Healthcare
Selected Publications
T. Cohen, B. Blatter, C. Almeida, E. Shortliffe, and V. Patel. Distributed cognition in the Psychiatric Emergency Department. “A cognitive blueprint of collaboration in context.” Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 2006:37(2):73-83.
T. Cohen, B. Blatter, C. Almeida, V. Patel. “Reevaluating recovery: Perceived violations and preemptive interventions on emergency psychiatry rounds” JAMIA May-Jun 2007, 14(3):312-9
T. Cohen, B Blatter, V. Patel Cohen, T. Blatter, B. Patel, V. “Exploring dangerous neighborhoods: Latent Semantic Analysis and computing beyond the bounds of the familiar”. Proceedings of the Conference of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2005. 151-155
T. Cohen, D. Kaufman, T. White, G. Segal, A. Bennet-Staub, V. Patel, M. Finnerty. “Cognitive evaluation of an innovative psychiatric clinical knowledge
enhancement system.” Medinfo 2004:1295-9.
P. Sharda, A. Das, T. Cohen, V. Patel. “Customizing clinical narratives for the EMR interface using cognitive methods”. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2006:75(5):346-68.
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