Raquel Eidelnan Cohen, MD — psychiatry
Courtesy Raquel Eidelnan Cohen, MD, MPH, PhD, photograph by Joan Knight Photography
Dr. Raquel E. Cohen (b. 1922) was a student in the first graduating class to include women from Harvard Medical School, in 1949. She went on to become an international authority on the psychological and social consequences of disasters such as Hurricane Mitch in Central America in 1998, and intervention methods for humanitarian workers, used in assisting survivors of the Mariel Boatlift of 1980 and victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Her expertise in disaster management has been sought by both public and private relief organizations.
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