The Center for Applied Ethics: Adena Cohen-Bearak

Ms. Cohen-Bearak has worked for various non-profit agencies as a health educator and trainer, curriculum developer, and content specialist over a 15 year span. After receiving her M.P.H. in 1999 from Boston University, she shifted her focus to research, working at Harvard School of Public Health on a qualitative study of an instrument to help schools assess their physical activity and nutrition programs, and at Boston Medical Center on a quantitative study of a telephone intervention to improve diet, exercise, and medication adherence in African American hypertensive adults in Boston. Now at EDC, Ms. Cohen-Bearak is coordinating implementation of an NIH-funded study entitled “Improving End-of-Life Care in the Pediatric ICU.” This three-phase, multi-year study will utilize her skills and experience in project coordination, staff supervision, and both qualitative and quantitative research. After development of a new instrument, based on information gleaned from interviews with parents and focus groups with clinicians, the instrument will be pilot tested at 2 PICU sites, followed by primary data collection at 6 PICU sites.


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Home > Staff > Adena Cohen-Bearak Staff Adena Cohen-Bearak, MEd, MPH Research Associate Ms. Cohen-Bearak has worked for various non-profit agencies as a health educator and trainer, curriculum developer, and content specialist over a 15 year span. After receiving her M.P.H. in 1999 from Boston University, she shifted her focus to research, working at Harvard School of Public Health on a qualitative study of an instrument to help schools assess their physical activity and nutrition programs, and at Boston Medical Center on a quantitative study of a telephone intervention to improve diet, exercise, and medication adherence in African American hypertensive adults in Boston. Now at EDC, Ms. Cohen-Bearak is coordinating implementation of an NIH-funded study entitled “Improving End-of-Life Care in the Pediatric ICU.” This three-phase, multi-year study will utilize her skills and experience in project coordination, staff supervision, and both qualitative and quantitative research. After development of a new instrument, based on information gleaned from interviews with parents and focus groups with clinicians, the instrument will be pilot tested at 2 PICU sites, followed by primary data collection at 6 PICU sites.

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