Camryn Cohen, B.S.

Black Women Have Highest Mortality Rate of Cervical Cancer Subtype

Adenocarcinoma of the cervix had lowest incidence but highest mortality rate.

Camryn Cohen (she/her/hers) joined the Clinical Genetics Branch (CGB) as a postbaccalaureate fellow in 2021. She earned a Bachelor of Science with majors in biology, chemistry, and Health: Science, Society, & Policy from Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Ms. Cohen is currently pursuing a Master of Science in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.  

In CGB, she studies HPV-associated biomarkers for cervical and anal cancer screening and management, with a special focus on addressing cancer health disparities, under the mentorship of Megan Clarke, Ph.D., M.H.S., Earl Stadtman Investigator, and Nicolas Wentzensen, M.D., Ph.D., senior investigator and Branch Deputy Director.