Maya Cosentino
What does a prevention-oriented, sustainable and purpose-based health care system in Switzerland look like?
Maya Cosentino (BE)
Current fields of activity: Mental Health, One/Planetary Health
The UN sustainability goals she promotes:
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all (SDG 3)
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns (SDG 12)
Dr. med. Maya Cosentino is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Bern. She attended medical school at Witten/Herdecke University in Germany and earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and neuroscience in the United States at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where she graduated with honors and received the Human Services Award. Maya is involved in promoting Planetary Health, she has studied Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and is a member of Think Tank 30, the young think tank of the Club of Rome in Germany.
Media
Community-Based Resilience: The Influence of Collective Efficacy and Positive Deviance on Climate Change-Related Mental Health, Springer International Publishing, Mai 2024
Coping with Eco-Anxiety: An Interdisciplinary Perspective for Collective Learning and Strategic Communication, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, January 2023
Towards Sustainable Health Care, PLOS Blogs, April 2023
Interview for Stapferhaus NATUR - Das Buch zur Ausstellung, April 2023. Full interview here.
Die Verbundenheit von Körper, Geist und Natur, Zeitgeist, August 2021
Interview with Finding Sustainia, Health, Relationships & Sustainability, March 2020
