SF Bay PSR Board Member Dr. Jeff Ritterman spoke at a press conference organized by Dr. Amanda Millstein of Climate Health Now and sponsored by SF Bay PSR among others, to call on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) board to Pass Rule 6-5, to implement best-available technology at Chevron and PBF ...
PSR Committee Member Dr. Lisa Patel and co-author, Dr. Karina Maher, published a maintenance of certification module for the American Board of Pediatrics on climate change and health. Bravo! To access: 1. Log in to your ABP Portfolio. 2. Under Activity Points, click on the blue My Activities button in the MOC section. 3. Click ...
SF Bay Board Member Dr. Mary Williams, SF Bay PSR Member Dr. Todd Sack, and other members spoke at the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Annual Meeting in May. WATCH: Greening your Medical Practice: Dr. Todd Sack WATCH: Dermatology and Climate Change: Dr. Mary Williams (her talk starts at 47:38 minutes)
Congrats to SF Bay PSR Board President, Dr. Robert Gould, who has been a leading environmental health advocate within the CA Medical Association since the 1990s, for his recent work with colleagues to advance issues stemming from our climate crisis to a more central place in CMA's agenda. CMA recently integrated several old policies into ...
June 15, 2021 PSR MEMBER NEWS, ANTI-NUCLEAR AND CALIFORNIA POLICY WATCH, AND MORE How do we heal? At SF Bay PSR we are constantly asking this question as we look through a public-health lens at our intertwined core issues: the environment, climate, racial and social injustice, and nuclear weapons abolition. We ...
PSR’s beloved Dr. James Yamazaki passed away on March 5, 2021, at the age of 104 “Jim was the quintessential physician for social responsibility.” Denise Duffield Denise Duffield of PSR-LA wrote, “Dr. Yamazaki served in WWII as a combat surgeon, visiting his parents in an internment camp before he set off for war. He was ...
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Gundling, SF Bay PSR committee member, for being awarded The Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award. This award will support two years of UCSF Center for Climate, Health, and Equity’s efforts to build a clinical toolbox and patient education library that will advance the climate-related clinical care of patients at UCSF ...
On Earth Day, April 22, Dr. Aude Bouagnon, SF Bay PSR board member, spoke about the urgent need for the City of San Francisco to address environmental justice issues and health inequities at the PEOPLE’S EARTH DAY RALLY for Bayview Hunters Point & Treasure Island Residents.
Dr. Rohini J. Haar, SF Bay PSR board member, co-authored a paper about the health and social impacts of the 2017/18 California wildfires. Cal News also published a Q&A about it. The researchers interviewed first responders and health care workers about their experiences. Conclusion: the impacts of the fires lasts far longer than the smoke.
Dr. Michael Martin, SF Bay board member, presented at Palo Alto 350 on Health Issues Related to Climate Change, plus upcoming advocacy and education opportunities. WATCH HERE.
