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Alasdair Cohen, PhD, MPH, MSc

Assistant Professor
Alasdair Cohen portrait
Room 391
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Alasdair Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Epidemiology in Public Health in the Department of Population Health Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech.

PhD, Environmental Science, Policy & Management - University of California, Berkeley

MPH, Epidemiology - University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health

MSc, Water Science, Policy & Management - University of Oxford

Dr. Cohen conducts research on drinking water (contamination, treatment, and supply), sanitation, and environmental health in lower-income rural areas, with a focus on developing and improving safe water programs. Dr. Cohen's research website can be found here

A list of Dr. Cohen’s publications are available on Google Scholar.

  • Drinking Water and Health
  • Introduction to Environmental Health