Cheri Geckler

Areas of Expertise

Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology; Photographic Art; Social Activism (Political and Gender Issues in Sudan and Microfinancing of Women’s Cooperatives in Guatemala)


Email: cgeckler@brandeis.edu

Current Project

The first project is aimed at improving the financial well-being of women in Guatemala by creating a collaborative to produce quality clothing from alpaca fiber.  Microfinance strategies are being used to support the collaborative and individual members. The second project, visual art, is designed to portray the impact of environmental degradation on human health vis-à-vis discrete biological systems.

Biography

Cheri is a clinical neuropsychologist and photographic artist. She has served on the clinical faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine. Cheri’s education and training in clinical neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience evolved into an expertise in lifespan neuropsychology and brain-behavior relationships. Professionally, Cheri applied her understanding to medical patients in neurology, psychiatry, and pediatrics. Currently, Cheri is in private practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts and Cleveland, Ohio.  

Cheri’s involvement in social activism is centered on the young women and men who escaped the violence in South Sudan by re-settling in the U.S., often after living in refugee camps for many years. Cheri is on the board of the Sudanese Educational Fund, a non-profit dedicated to educational advancement for men and women, and family-oriented support for women in particular. Also, Cheri is working with a group in Guatemala to create a women’s cooperative in the fiber arts through microfinancing.

Cheri’s interest in the visual arts is centered on portraying the exquisite beauty of various biological systems and on environmental issues such as the impact of industrial development and decay.

Education

Ph.D., The Ohio State University

M.A., The Ohio State University

B.A., Allegheny College

Representative Publications

Born, P. and C. Geckler.  “HMO Quality and Financial Performance: Is There a Connection?”  Journal of Health Care Finance 24.1 (1998): 65-77.

Geckler, Cheri. Medical Practice Perspectives and Decision Making in Medical Residents, A Working Paper Series. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1997.