cohen was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship from the national cancer institute of canada. since then, he has received continual research support from the national cancer institute, national institutes of health, united states in the form of r01 funding, with up to four r01’s funded at a time. in 2007, he became a distinguished clinical professor of fudan university cancer hospital, where he continues his research on traditional chinese medicine that started in 2003. in 2007, cohen earned the international scientific and technological cooperation award of shanghai municipality.