Gary Cohen is the co-founder, President and Executive Director of Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), an international campaign for environmentally responsible health care. HCWH has partners in 35 countries and also manages Practice Greenhealth, a U.S. Membership organization with 1,100 hospitals and 80 businesses.
Alma mater | Clark University |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Environmental activism |
Institutions | Health Care Without Harm |
Gary Cohen is an American environmental activist and health advocate.[1] In 1996 he co-founded Health Care Without Harm, an organization that advocates for health-care corporations and hospitals to adopt more environmentally friendly practices, especially in regards to climate change.[2] For example, they advocate for increased professional training for staff and doctors and for the cessation of incinerating medical waste.[3] He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015.[3]
References[edit]
- ^'Gary Cohen'. MacArthur Foundation. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^Wetsman, Nicole (November 6, 2017). 'Hospitals are helping make us all sick'. Popular Science. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ abBlakemore, Erin (9 October 2015). 'Ask a MacArthur genius: How are hospitals trashing the planet?'. Washington Post. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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