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.