Dr. Otis Cosby is currently an Assistant Professor and Director of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division and Residency Training Program at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He also serves as the Civil Service Medical Examiner for Metro Nashville and Davidson County government employees. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Cosby received a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University in Baltimore and completed both medical school and residency training at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He is Board-Certified in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and completed an Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Clinical Fellowship in Environmental Medicine from 1992 to 1994 before assuming a full-time faculty position at Meharry. Dr. Cosby has conducted research in both occupational and environmental health and recently served as the Principal Investigator of a Meharry study focused on an analysis of seat belt use among diverse populations.

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