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Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez

Kiser-Arena Distinguished Professor
Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
300 West Morgan Street, Box 3850, Durham, NC 27701
300 West Morgan Street, Box 3850, Durham, NC 27701

Awards & Honors


Membership Induction

Scholarly Society American Society for Clinical Investigation · April 2021 Founded in 1908, the ASCI is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected nonprofit medical honor societies and is focused on the role of physician-scientists in research, clinical care, and medical education. More about this award

Kiser-Arena Distinguished Professor

University Duke University · April 2020 More about this award

2019 Michael M. Frank Research Award

Department Duke Department of Pediatrics · June 2019 Awarded in recognition of significant contributions to children’s health research. More about this award

Membership Induction

Other Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Medical Society · 2017

2016 Young Investigator Award

National Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) · April 2016 The award recognizes a young physician whose research has generated outstanding contributions in the field of pediatric infectious diseases. Cohen-Wolkowiez is the author of more than 75 peer-reviewed publications and has led several multicenter pediatric studies, including trials for pediatric labeling. He also spent two years as a scientific advisor to the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and participated in a series of projects related to pediatric dosing and the ethical aspects of pediatric regulatory submissions. "This prestigious award could have not gone to a more deserving physician-scientist,” says Coleen Cunningham, MD, professor of pediatrics and chair of the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Global Health in the Duke Department of Pediatrics. Cohen-Wolkowiez received his medical degree from the Central University of Venezuela in 2001. He trained in pediatrics at the Miami Children’s Hospital in Florida and completed a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in 2009. PIDS is the world’s largest organization of professionals dedicated to the treatment, control and eradication of infectious diseases affecting children. Membership is composed of physicians, doctoral scientists, and others who have trained or are in training in infectious diseases or its related disciplines, and who are identified with the field of pediatric infectious diseases through clinical practice, research, teaching, and administrative activities - DCRI Pulse

In the News


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Published September 16, 2022
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Published February 7, 2022
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Published May 5, 2021
Cohen-Wolkowiez, Fecci, and Herman Elected Members of American Society for Clinical Investigation
Published October 6, 2020
DCRI, UNC, and Partners Receive $80 Million Award from NIH to Help Expand COVID-19 Testing
Published April 14, 2020
Duke Awards 29 University Distinguished Professorships
Published October 8, 2019
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Published January 14, 2015
DCRI Awarded Federal Contract to Test New Anti-Infection Drugs