Profiles

Noelle Marie Cocoros, DSc

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Dr. Cocoros is an Epidemiologist and Research Associate in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She has a background in infectious disease epidemiology and public health surveillance. She currently works on the FDA-sponsored Sentinel Initiative for drug safety surveillance as well as MDPHnet, an EHR-based distributed data network for chronic disease surveillance and infectious disease reporting.

Prior to coming to DPM, she spent nearly eight years in the Bureau of Infectious Disease at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, most recently as the Director of Research and Evaluation. Dr. Cocoros received a doctorate in epidemiology from the Boston University School of Public Health where her research focused on influenza epidemiology and the long-term health effects of early life infections. She also has a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health and a Bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College.

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, DSc Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Hampshire College, BA Field of Study: Cell & Molecular Biology

Publications

  • Published on 12/1/2024

    Singh S, Li X, Cocoros NM, Antonelli MT, Avula R, Crawford SL, Dashevsky I, Fouayzi H, Harkins TP, Mazor KM, Michnick AI, Parlett L, Paullin M, Platt R, Rochon PA, Saphirak C, Si M, Zhou Y, Gurwitz JH. High-Risk Medications in Persons Living With Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Dec 01; 184(12):1426-1433. PMID: 39432286.

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  • Published on 7/1/2024

    Nagavedu K, Eberhardt K, Willis S, Morrison M, Ochoa A, Soliva S, Scotland S, Cocoros NM, Callahan M, Randall LM, Brown CM, Klompas M. Electronic Health Record Data for Lyme Disease Surveillance, Massachusetts, USA, 2017-2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jul; 30(7):1374-1379. PMID: 38916563.

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  • Published on 6/1/2024

    Cocoros NM, Eberhardt K, Nguyen VT, Brown CM, DeMaria A, Madoff LC, Randall LM, Klompas M. Electronic Health Record-Based Algorithm for Monitoring Respiratory Virus-Like Illness. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jun; 30(6):1096-1103. PMID: 38781684.

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  • Published on 4/15/2024

    Nguyen VT, Nagavedu K, Morrison M, Chen T, Randall LM, Landazabal C, John B, Klompas M, Cocoros NM. COVID-19 Severity in People With HIV Compared With Those Without HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Apr 15; 95(5):479-485. PMID: 38301641.

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  • Published on 4/1/2024

    Fuller CC, Rosen E, Rai A, Cosgrove A, Miller K, Bright P, Haffenreffer K, Poland RE, Pratt N, Sands K, Shinde MU, Platt R, Cocoros NM, Klompas M, Dutcher SK. Validity of inpatient electronic health record-based measures of oxygen-related therapy in the United States: Lessons applicable for studying COVID-19 endpoints. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2024 Apr; 33(4):e5785. PMID: 38565526.

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  • Published on 2/12/2024

    Singh S, Cocoros NM, Li X, Mazor KM, Antonelli MT, Parlett L, Paullin M, Harkins TP, Zhou Y, Rochon PA, Platt R, Dashevsky I, Massino C, Saphirak C, Crawford SL, Gurwitz JH. Developing a PRogram to Educate and Sensitize Caregivers to Reduce the Inappropriate Prescription Burden in the Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease (D-PRESCRIBE-AD): Trial protocol and rationale of an open-label pragmatic, prospective randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2024; 19(2):e0297562. PMID: 38346025.

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  • Published on 2/10/2024

    Lo Re Iii V, Cocoros NM, Hubbard RA, Dutcher SK, Newcomb CW, Connolly JG, Perez-Vilar S, Carbonari DM, Kempner ME, Hernández-Muñoz JJ, Petrone AB, Pishko AM, Rogers Driscoll ME, Brash JT, Burnett S, Cohet C, Dahl M, DeFor TA, Delmestri A, Djibo DA, Duarte-Salles T, Harrington LB, Kampman M, Kuntz JL, Kurz X, Mercadé-Besora N, Pawloski PA, Rijnbeek PR, Seager S, Steiner CA, Verhamme K, Wu F, Zhou Y, Burn E, Paterson JM, Prieto-Alhambra D. Risk of Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Events Among Patients with COVID-19: A Multi-National Collaboration of Regulatory Agencies from Canada, Europe, and United States. Clin Epidemiol. 2024; 16:71-89. PMID: 38357585.

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  • Published on 9/1/2023

    Cocoros NM, Kluberg SA, Willis SJ, Forrow S, Gessner BD, Nutt CT, Cane A, Petrou N, Sury M, Rhee C, Jodar L, Mendelsohn A, Hoffman ER, Jin R, Aucott J, Pugh SJ, Stark JH. Validation of Claims-Based Algorithm for Lyme Disease, Massachusetts, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Sep; 29(9):1772-1779. PMID: 37610117.

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  • Published on 7/21/2023

    Cocoros NM, Willis SJ, Eberhardt K, Morrison M, Randall LM, DeMaria A, Brown CM, Madoff LC, Zambarano B, Sljivo S, Nagavedu K, Klompas M. Syndromic Surveillance for COVID-19, Massachusetts, February 2020-November 2022: The Impact of Fever and Severity on Algorithm Performance. Public Health Rep. 2023; 138(5):756-762. PMID: 37476917.

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  • Published on 7/11/2023

    Fuller CC, Cosgrove A, Shinde M, Rosen E, Haffenreffer K, Hague C, McLean LE, Perlin J, Poland RE, Sands KE, Pratt N, Bright P, Platt R, Cocoros NM, Dutcher SK. Treatment and care received by children hospitalized with COVID-19 in a large hospital network in the United States, February 2020 to September 2021. PLoS One. 2023; 18(7):e0288284. PMID: 37432951.

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