Chari Cohen is President of the Hepatitis B Foundation. She conducts research and implements programs to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis D and liver cancer. Dr. Cohen is co-chair of the Hep B United coalition, co-founder and chair of Hep B United Philadelphia, co-founder and chair of CHIPO: Coalition Against Hepatitis for People of African Origin. She is a member of the ICE-HBV steering committee, HepVu advisory committee, HBV Forum for Collaborative Research, and former member of the Patient Advocacy Group and Strategic Planning Committee for the AASLD. Dr. Cohen is Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute. She received her DrPH in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University and her MPH from Temple University.