Forbes recognizes campus community members' contributions to health
Forbes 50 Over 50 list featured two members of the UC Berkeley community to recognize the impact of their work on health and science.
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Forbes 50 Over 50 list featured two members of the UC Berkeley community to recognize the impact of their work on health and science.
Forbes 50 Over 50 UC Berkeley School of Public Health alumna Dr. Laura Stachel, CEO of Berkeley-based We Care Solar, has been named to The list features 50 women, winnowed down from an initial pool of 10,000 nominees, who are achieving their biggest career achievements after the age of 50. Stachel is in good company: the list also includes Vice President Kamala Harris, television producer Shonda Rimes, and Nobel Laureate and UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna. When a back injury ended Dr. Stachel’s career as an OB-GYN in her mid-40s, she enrolled at Berkeley Public Health, where she rec...
A longtime OB-GYN whose clinical career was ended by a devastating back injury, 50 Over 50 listee Dr. Laura reconfigured herself as a social entrepreneur—one whose company, We Care Solar, is using solar electricity to make births safer around the world.
A Power Couple Finds the Spark Once Again Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, who created the Solar Suitcase, had a Jewish wedding ceremony in 2000, but they never had a legal one. Twenty years later, it finally seemed time to be married. Hal Aronson and Dr. Laura Stachel were married Nov. 4 at Redwood Park in Oakland, Calif. Their children took part, with Rachel Aronson officiating and Ari’el Stachel and Atalya Stachel Yeshayahu holding the huppah. By Alix Wall Dec. 18, 2020 When Hal Aronson walked Dr. Laura Stachel back to the hospital after their first meeting in March 1999, neither wanted to...
Women and their families get to celebrate birth, where they don't have to worry whether or not they're going to survive. this is why i'm here on this earth right now. [ applause ] >> it is my honor to present cnn hero, dr. laura stachel. [ applause ] >> none of this would have been possible, and i wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for the ingenuity of my husband hal aronson.