Katie Peeler
Cognoscenti contributor
Katie Peeler is a pediatric critical care physician in the division of medical critical care at Boston Children's Hospital and on faculty at Harvard Medical School and medical expert for Physicians for Human Rights. Currently, she is a research fellow at The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.
Recently published
ICE's wanton use of solitary confinement defies even its own standards
Detained immigrants spent an average of 27 days in solitary confinement, well beyond the 15 days that the U.N. considers torture, write Katie Peeler, Anand Chukka, Brian Benitez and Natalie...
The outrage over migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard is justified. But we're missing the bigger story
When systems to help vulnerable people secure their rights fail, we don’t give up, writes Katie Peeler. We ask for help.
545 Children May Never See Their Parents Again. That Symbolizes Everything Wrong With Our Country
As detained mothers pleaded with her this summer to help them and their children avoid deportation, writes Dr. Katie Peeler, her purpose became clearer.
Thousands Of Immigrant Kids Are Detained, Far From Their Parents. They Need Protection From COVID-19, Too
How will the U.S. government protect immigrant children, who've been separated from their parents and are living in a detention shelter, from the coronavirus? What if the shelter workforce is...
Forced Family Separation Isn't Just Traumatic. It's Torture
I try to put myself in these parents’ shoes, daring to imagine what it would be like if my own children were suddenly taken away from me, writes Katie Peeler....
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The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights At 70: How Far Have We Come?
The United States is violating multiple articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the U.N. 70 years ago this month.