• Environmental Science, at Gunpoint

  • Jul 18 2024
  • Length: 36 mins
  • Podcast

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Environmental Science, at Gunpoint

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  • As a young doctor, Diddier Prada wanted to bring his medical skills to cocoa planters in the Colombian Amazon. But then he and his fellow doctors were kidnapped by a group of paramilitary guerillas and required to treat hundreds of patients a day—at gunpoint. Today, Dr. Prada brings the skills of resilience and flexibility he learned in South America to performing environmental justice research at Mount Sinai.

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