Cole Cooper was awarded a Fulbright Open Study/Research Fellowship to pursue the project "Patterns of Emergency Medical Services Access and Utilization Among Arabic-Speaking and Druze Communities in Northern Israel" with Dr. Debra West, specialist in emergency medicine and director of emergency medicine studies at the University of Haifa’s Herta & Paul Amir School of Medicine. His research examines perspectives on emergency medical services in the north amid changing patterns of access, trust, and utilization following October 7, 2023. The project seeks to better understand the needs of medically underserved communities after unprecedented exposure to emergency care systems.

Cole is a fourth-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC. He graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University with bachelor’s degrees in Arabic and public health, and completed the thesis, "How Often Are Patients Receiving the Therapies They Should? An Analysis of Pre-Hospital CPR in Baltimore County." He began his work in emergency medicine by volunteering with the Baltimore County Fire Department and previously worked professionally as an EMT in New York City. Following his Fulbright fellowship, he plans to apply for residency training in Emergency Medicine.