Ellen Rae Cooper, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Biography
Dr. Ellen Cooper is Professor of Pediatrics at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and is in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Boston Medical Center. She founded and still directs the Pediatric HIV Program which now also includes an Adolescent HIV Initiative. In addition she leads the Transition Program for older adolescents who are transitioning to adult care.
She has published widely on the subject of Pediatric HIV treatment and care. She was a principal investigator of a large US based study designed to answer questions surrounding the perinatal transmission of HIV, and this continues to be one of her special interests. She was one of the original members of the HIV Consensus Committee, whose purpose was to establish guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV infected infants in the US, and her expertise led her to focus also on treatment and care in a number of high burden and low resource countries. She has worked in sites in Uganda, Cameroon, South Africa, Zambia, and in Ethiopia.
She was a participant, trainer and advisor to curriculum development and implementation for the MTCT-Plus Programs in Africa, and served as a technical advisor for ICAP, Columbia in their efforts to establish a Center of Excellence for the care of HIV infected children in Zambia. She continues to be an active participant in the NIH sponsored IMPAACT Network.
Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, MD
- Johns Hopkins University, MA
- Wellesley College, BS
Publications
- Published on 1/20/2025
Rozen Eisenberg I, Campbell JI, Clarke D, Cooper ER, Pelton SI, Vuppula SS. Practice Variability in Uptake and Implementation of New U.S. DHHS Guidelines for Feeding of HIV-Exposed Infants. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025 Jan 20; 14(1). PMID: 39726301.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2023
Melvin AJ, Yee KL, Gray KP, Yedla M, Wan H, Tobin NH, Teppler H, Campbell H, McCarthy K, Scheckter R, Aurpibul L, Ounchanum P, Rungmaitree S, Cassim H, McFarland E, Flynn P, Cooper E, Krotje C, Townley E, Moye J, Best BM. Pharmacokinetics, Tolerability, and Safety of Doravirine and Doravirine/Lamivudine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Fixed-Dose Combination Tablets in Adolescents Living With HIV: Week 24 Results From IMPAACT 2014. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Feb 01; 92(2):153-161. PMID: 36215957.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/21/2022
Fee C, Fuller J, Guss CE, Woods ER, Cooper ER, Bhaumik U, Graham D, Burchett SK, Dumont O, Martey EB, Narvaez M, Haberer JE, Swendeman D, Mulvaney SA, Kumar VS, Jackson JL, Ho YX. A Digital Platform to Support HIV Case Management for Youth and Young Adults: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Nov 21; 6(11):e39357. PMID: 36409541.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/14/2021
Sabharwal V, Bartolome R, Hassan SA, Levesque BM, Camelo IY, Wachman EM, Figueira M, Yarrington CD, Cooper ER, Barnett ED, Parker MG. Mother-Infant Dyads with COVID-19 at an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital: Clinical Manifestations and Birth Outcomes. Am J Perinatol. 2021 06; 38(7):741-746. PMID: 33853145.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/26/2021
Epstein RL, Penwill N, Clarke DF, Hamilton S, Horbowicz K, Dorfman D, Moses JM, Cooper ER. "Meds-in-Hand" Intervention to Reduce Critical Process Delays in Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Mar 26; 10(2):196-200. PMID: 32347312.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/16/2021
Hale JE, Platt CD, Bonilla FA, Hay BN, Sullivan JL, Johnston AM, Pasternack MS, Hesterberg PE, Meissner HC, Cooper ER, Barmettler S, Farmer JR, Fisher D, Walter JE, Yang NJ, Sahai I, Eaton RB, DeMaria A, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Comeau AM. Ten Years of Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in Massachusetts. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 05; 9(5):2060-2067.e2. PMID: 33607339.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/2/2021
McEntire CRS, Fong KT, Jia DT, Cooper ER, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Mateen FJ, Anand P, Thakur KT. Central nervous system disease with JC virus infection in adults with congenital HIV. AIDS. 2021 02 02; 35(2):235-244. PMID: 33394671.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/25/2020
Sinha P, Mostaghim A, Bielick CG, McLaughlin A, Hamer DH, Wetzler LM, Bhadelia N, Fagan MA, Linas BP, Assoumou SA, Ieong MH, Lin NH, Cooper ER, Brade KD, White LF, Barlam TF, Sagar M. Early administration of interleukin-6 inhibitors for patients with severe COVID-19 disease is associated with decreased intubation, reduced mortality, and increased discharge. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct; 99:28-33. PMID: 32721528.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2018
Haffey M, Bellamy P, McLaud D, O’Brien A, Moloney C, Clarke D, Amo K, Spinale S, Cooper E, Pelton S. Achieving US Public Health metrics in care of youth with HIV. Presented at the HRSA Ryan White and Global HIV/AIDS Program National Meeting, Boston, MA. 2018.
- Published on 1/1/2017
Epstein R, Penwill N, Clarke D, Hamilton S, Moses J, Cooper E. Reducing Delays to Antiretroviral Receipt in Children Prescribed Post Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV. Presented at ID Week, San Diego CA. 2017.
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