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]
Alma mater | Clark University |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Environmental activism |
Institutions | Health Care Without Harm |
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Sep 19, 2016 Gary Cohen is the Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm, an international coalition of more than 500 members in 53 countries working to transform health care worldwide, so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leading advocate for environmental health and justice. The coalition collaborates with doctors, nurses. Jul 17, 2018 Gary Cohen, Health Care Without Harm - Imagine. Unsubscribe from Health Care Without Harm — US & Canada? Cancel Unsubscribe. Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe 142.
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- ^'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.