AHRQ
Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends
540 Gaither Road
Rockville
MDUSA
20850
Biographical Sketch: Steven B. Cohen, Ph.D., is Director, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Dr. Cohen directs a staff of approximately 50 highly trained and skilled economists, statisticians, social scientists, clinicians and support staff conducting intramural and supporting extramural research on behalf of the Agency. He also directs activities necessary to conduct and support a wide range of studies related to the cost and financing of personal health care services. Dr. Cohen also leads the Center's administration of surveys and development of large primary data sets, including the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), to support health care policy and behavioral research and analyses. Dr. Cohen has authored numerous journal articles and publications in the areas of biostatistics, survey research methodology, estimation, survey design and health services research. He has also served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University and the Department of Health Services Administration at the George Washington University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina and his B.A. in Mathematics and History, CUNY. He is also a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.