Gary Cohen

President and Co-Founder - Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth (PGH)

A pioneer in the environmental health movement for 30 years, Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm, and Practice Greenhealth. He was also instrumental in bringing together NGOs and hospital systems to form the Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI). Along with HCWH and PGH, the initiative was created to transform the healthcare sector to be environmentally sustainable and serve as anchor institutions to support environmental health in their communities.

Cohen was Executive Director of the Environmental Health Fund for many years and has helped build global coalitions and networks to address the environmental health impacts related to toxic chemical exposure and climate change.

Sessions

Friday 12th October

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