Leora Nadine Rosen

Background

Leora Rosen was born on January 16, 1950, in South Africa, into the family of Abraham and Miriam (Kahnevsky) Rosen. Since 1984 she is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Education

In 1976 Leora received Doctor of Philosophy at University of the Witwatersrand, and then she earned Master of Public Health at Columbia University in 1980.

Career

Leora Rosen started her career in Johannesburg, where she worked as a lecturer in social anthropology for a year at the University of the Witwatersrand. After that she left for the United States and served as a research assistant in lithium clinic from 1977 to 1978. Then she moved to Washington and worked as a research assistant at the Psychiatric Institutes of Washington in 1981 - 1985. Since 1985 Leora holds the position of research social scientist in Department of Military Psychiatry in Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

Moreover, Leora is a contributor of more than fifty articles to professional journals, including African Studies, Journal of Affective Disorders, The Anthropology of the Body, Archives of General Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Southern Medical Journal.

Achievements

• Leora Rosen is famous as the author of a book "The Hostage Child: Sex Abuse Allegations in Custody Disputes", written with Michelle Etlin.

Works

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• book

  • The Hostage Child: Sex Abuse Allegations in Custody Disputes 1996
  • Beyond the Hostage Child: Towards Empowering Protective Parents 2017
  • Miriam's Life: A Pictorial Biography 2017
  • A Jewish Spirit in the Wild: Stories of Jewish life in South Africa from the late 19th century to 1979 2013
  • The Unit Manning System Family Health Study 1988

Connections

In 1974 Leora married Norman Rosenthal, but they divorced in 1983. Nevetheless, the couple remarried on July 21, 1986. They have a common son Joshua Rosenthal.

Father:

Abraham Rosen

Mother:

Miriam (Kahnevsky) Rosen

Spouse:

Norman Rosenthal

Son:

Joshua Rosenthal