UC SAN FRANCISCO STUDENT CHAPTER
The UCSF student chapter of Physicians for
Social Responsibility strives to uphold the principles of
ensuring quality public health, protecting the environment,
and addressing the issues of violence and social justice.
UCSF–SHPSR supports cooperation between all health care
students and professionals to instill a conscientious approach
to health care for our communities and environments. The group
includes students from all the graduate health science divisions
at UCSF, along with medical students at the UC Berkeley/UC
San Francisco Joint Medical Program. Although the UCSF Student
Health Professionals for Social Responsibility (SHPSR) is
only a few years old, it is one of the most active and well-organized
of the 30 student chapters throughout the U.S. The student
chapter has worked on universal access to health care, violence
and public health, and the problems of toxins in hospital
waste. In 1998, the student chapter received the SF Bay Area
PSR Fred Epstein Award for their commitment to peace and social
justice issues and in 2000 received the Broad Street Pump
award from National PSR. UCSF–SHPSR is affiliated with
the San Franscico Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility.
For more information, contact PSR at 510-845-8395.
