Tara Cohen, PhD, is the Director of Surgical Safety and Human Factors Research at Cedars-Sinai. She is also a research scientist and associate professor in the Department of Surgery. In 2017, she earned her doctorate in human factors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Her research interests involve proactive approaches to patient safety through potential threat identification. Dr. Cohen has published her work in a number of peer-reviewed journals including Anaesthesia, the American Journal for Medical Quality, the Journal for Patient Safety, the Journal for Medical Systems and the Journal for Healthcare Quality. She has also given a number of presentations at both national and international meetings.

• Undergraduate: University of Southern California, 2013
• Master's: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2015
• Doctorate: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2017