The Edmund Cohen Laboratory for Vascular Research is an integral component of the vision to create the new "Centre for Population Health Sciences." The laboratory was opened as an annexe to the Chronic Disease Research Centre on March 31st 2004 by Edmund Cohen Esq, philanthropist and past chairman of Courts furniture retailer.
Clive Landis, Peter Cohen, Kim Quimby, André Greenidge
The laboratory, under the leadership of Professor Clive Landis, has rapidly established itself as the leading vascular research centre in the Caribbean with over 50 peer reviewed papers during the past ten years. The laboratory’s main research interest is into the role of inflammation in wound healing, such as diabetic foot, and recovery from surgery.
The body of published work and the HIV training programs coordinated out of the Edmund Cohen Laboratory have made a significant impact on our understanding of the risk factors for HIV transmission and the effectiveness of treatment programs to curtail this sexually transmitted disease in the Caribbean.
Raj Patel FRCP
President, British Association for Sexual Health & HIV; Past President, International Union against STI (IUSTI)
The laboratory also serves as an Immunology training hub, delivering the Immunology undergraduate medical and PhD programmes for The University of the West Indies, publishing HIV research in collaboration with the National AIDS Program in Barbados, and acting as the regional coordinating unit tasked with running accredited HIV/AIDS training workshops across the Caribbean.
Since the passing of Edmund Cohen in July 2013, the laboratory’s operations have been maintained with the assistance of the Peter Cohen Charitable Trust.
The Edmund Cohen Laboratory forVascular Research deserves great credit for the impact that it has had on the field of cardiac surgery. There are few basic science labs that are interested in the practical applications of basic research findings towards improving patient care in the short term.This laboratory has produced research that has improved the surgeon’s understanding of inflammation and hemostasis.As a result,their work has impacted patient care in ways that will continue to be felt many years to come.
Robert Poston, MD
Michael Drummund Distinguished Professor of Surgery; Director, Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Transcatheter Aortic Valve program (TAVI), University of Arizona Medical Center
The George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre
A Unit of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research
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