Eisenberg, Carola

Carola Eisenberg, 1917-, Lecturer in Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and practicing psychiatrist, served as Dean of Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School for 12 years, beginning in 1978. Eisenberg received her MD in 1944 from the University of Buenos Aires, and completed a fellowship in child psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to her tenure at Harvard, Eisenberg served as Dean of Student Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.); she was the first woman to serve in that position and the first woman to serve on the Academic Council, its highest academic governing authority. Eisenberg participates in human rights missions around the world, and has served as Vice-President of Physicians for Human Rights, an organization that mobilizes health professionals to advance health, dignity, and justice and promotes the right to health for all. The organization shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its work in the campaign against land mines.

From the description of Personal and professional papers, 1977-2006. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 406917207

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