Ellen Cohn
Ellen R. Cohn is an associate dean and associate professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, with a secondary faculty appointment at University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She is a faculty member of the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine. She received a BA from Douglass College of Rutgers University in 1974, an MS from Vanderbilt University in 1975 and a PhD from University of Pittsburgh in 1980. Her research interests are in the areas of cleft palate, dentofacial and craniofacial disorders; clinical training in speech-language pathology; pharmacy-based and small group communication ; and instructional and telerehabilitation based applications of electronic communication. She has done substantial work in supervision of clinicians who deliver speech-language therapy, and in website content development, including websites that seek to engage an international audience. She has authored multiple distance education manuals, and co-authored "Videofluroscopic Studies of Speech in Patients with Cleft Palate" with radiologist M. Leon Skolnick. Cohn is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. She has also contributed to: "Educause Quarterly", "IT Practitioners Journal", "The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal", "Plastic and  Reconstructive Surgery", "The Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Disorders", and "Radiology". Cohn is the founding editor of the "International Journal of Telerehabilitation", a peer-reviewed open access journal published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. Cohn is currently the chair of the Telerehabilitation Special Interest Group of the American Telemedicine Association.