Her focus is on strengthening the integration of an equity/social justice lens in public health education, research, policy and practice. Dr. Cohen's research activities have included work on the role of public health agencies in addressing child & family poverty; poverty and social inclusion among psychiatric survivors; a health equity scan of tobacco control programs in Canada; a scoping review of the role of advocacy for health equity in public health practice; an equity-focused health impact assessment of a proposed provincial parenting program; and development of a Conceptual Framework of Organizational Capacity for Public Health Equity Action.