
Louis Cohen
Assistant Professor of Medicine · Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
Credentials: · · · ·
History
- 2010–2013
Gastroenterology
- 2007–2010
Internal Medicine
2003–2007
Research
Commensal bacteria make GPCR ligands that mimic human signalling molecules
Nature · 2017 · First of 18 authors · 383 citations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015 · First of 9 authors · 161 citations
Discovery of MRSA active antibiotics using primary sequence from the human microbiome
Nature Chemical Biology · 2016 · 156 citations

8 papers
- DG
6 papers · 4 as a fellow

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Grants
- 2025–2030
Understanding Hematopoietic Stem Cell Dysfunction in Refractory Crohn's Disease
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.3M · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2023–2028
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.5M · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2020–2022
Functional Interrogation of Host-Microbial Interactions in Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R03
Contact PI · $254.3K · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2016–2021
Defining Host-Microbial Interactions Using Functional Metagenomics
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · K08
Contact PI · $834.2K · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical trials
- 2025–2028
Moving Beyond Inflammation as a Therapeutic Target for Crohn's Disease
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 2
Washington University School of Medicine
- 2018–2028
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Crohn's Disease
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 2
Aaron Etra


