Cohen was awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Cancer Institute of Canada. Since then, he has received continual research support from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States in the form of R01 funding, with up to four R01’s funded at a time. In 2007, he became a Distinguished Clinical Professor of Fudan University Cancer Hospital, where he continues his research on traditional Chinese medicine that started in 2003. In 2007, Cohen earned the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of Shanghai Municipality. In 2008, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government awarded Cohen the Silver Magnolia Memorial Award and in 2011 the Gold Magnolia Memorial Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the city of Shanghai. In 2011, Cohen was recognized by the Society for Integrative Oncology with the Outstanding Achievement Award. Cohen is a Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
Published works
Cohen has published extensively in the field of integrative therapies in oncology and beyond.
Books
L Cohen, M Markman. Integrative Oncology: Incorporating Complementary Medicine into Conventional Cancer Care. Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, 2008.
Frenkel M, Cohen L. Integrative Medicine in Oncology: Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 22, 4. Elsevier, Inc.: Philadelphia, 2008.
Original Reports
Cohen L, Chandwani K, Perkins G, Nagendra HR, Raghurham NV, Spelman A, Nagarathna R, Johnson K, Fortier A, Banu A, Kirschbaum C, Haddad R, Wei Q, Morris S, Scheetz J, and Chaoul A. A randomized, controlled trial of yoga in women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology. In Press.
Cohen L, Zhen Chen, Arun B, Zhimin Shao, Dryden M, Linhhui Xu, Le-Petross C, Dogan B, McKenna BJ, Markman M, Babiera G. External Qigong therapy for women with breast cancer prior to surgery. Integr Cancer Ther 9:348-353, 12/2010.
Cohen L, Parker PA, Vence L, Savary C, Kentor D, Pettaway C, Babaian R, Pisters L, Miles B, Wei Q, Wiltz L, Patel T, Radvanyi L. Pre-surgical stress management improves post-operative immune function in men with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy. Psychosom Med 73:218-25, 4/2011. e-Pub 1/2011.
Cohen L, Cole SW, Sood AK, Prinsloo S, Kirschbaum C, Arevalo JM, Jennings NB, Scott S, Vence L, Wei Q, Kentor D, Radvanyi L, Tannir N, Jonasch E, Tamboli P, Pisters L. Depressive symptoms and cortisol rhythmicity predict survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma: role of inflammatory signaling. PLoS One 7:e42324, 2012. e-Pub 8/2012..
Book Chapters
Lee RT, Garcia MK, Chaoul MA, Baynham-Fletcher L, Gower L, Cohen L. Integrative Medicine Center. In: Manual of Psycho-Social Oncology. McGraw-Hill Medical: Burr Ridge, 2010.
Cohen L, Russell N, Garcia MK, Biegler K, Frenkel M. Integrative Oncology. In: Psycho-Oncology, 2. Oxford University Press: New York, 447-454, 2010.
Cohen L, Russell N, Garcia K, Frenkel M. The Role of Integrative Oncology in Cancer Care. In: Cancer Medicine, 8. People's Medical Publishing House-USA: Shelton, 846-853, 2010.
