Meet Director Shannon Cohn
Shannon is an award-winning filmmaker & social impact strategist who utilizes storytelling to change hearts & minds while challenging the status quo.
Shannon has worked globally on topics related to gender health equity. Her films and TV series have aired on PBS, National Geographic, Apple TV, Amazon and Netflix.
Her films are key parts of larger social movements that propel meaningful change in policy, education initiatives, & widespread awareness.
As part of the film’s Impact Campaign, she co-taught a bioethics class at Harvard Medical School utilizing the film as part of 40-site medical school screening series and partnered with the NIH’s 27 Institutes in a special event for its 20,000+ employees. She organized multiple bi-partisan screenings of Below the Belt on Capitol Hill for members of Congress that led directly to introduction of the Endo CARE Act calling for $250 million in research funding. Recently, Shannon co-created Think Endo in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, a new front-line provider educational campaign aimed to decrease the diagnostic delay of endometriosis.
The View
Hillary Clinton and Shannon Cohn raise awareness.
Shannon tells THE VIEW hosts how her personal experience inspired the film: "I had symptoms at 16. I didn't hear the word [endometriosis] until 13 years later."
The Tamron Hall Show
She’s Sounding the Alarm to Help Other Women.
Shannon joins the episode titled TAKING CHANGES, FACING FEARS to discuss the film.
PBS News Hour
Film shows uphill battle in women’s health.
PBS’ Ali Rogin speaks with Shannon about the fight to raise awareness.
Good Morning America
GMA COVER STORY
Shannon speaks with GMA about gender bias in health care.
HerMD
Shannon Cohn on Gender Bias in Healthcare
Shannon discusses the impact of gender bias in healthcare and how we can address it.
TEDx
The Most Common Disease You’ve Never Heard Of
In this popular Tedx talk viewed by almost a quarter million people, Shannon shares how her personal story shaped not only her career but helped change policy.
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To contact Shannon, email info@belowthebelt.film