Gary Cohen is an American environmental activist and health advocate. 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.
For example, they advocate for increased professional training for staff and doctors and for the cessation of incinerating medical waste.
He was awarded a
MacArthur Fellowship
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...
in 2015.
References
Living people
MacArthur Fellows
American environmentalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Clark University alumni
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