Farewell to a friend and mentor: H. Jack Geiger, 1925-2020
When I met Jack Geiger in 1987, he was already legendary. One of the founders of Physicians for Social Responsibility and a co-author—along with Vic Sidel, Bernard Lown, and others—of a series of groundbreaking articles about the medical consequences of nuclear war published by the New England Journal of Medicine in 1962, he had just finished his ...
Dr. Robert M. Gould, SF Bay PSR president, participated in the webinar: From East Bay to New Mexico, Community Power Against Nuclear Energy
Dr. Robert M. Gould, SF Bay PSR president, participated in the webinar, “From East Bay to New Mexico, Community Power Against Nuclear Energy,” hosted by Local Clean Energy Alliance (LCEA). WATCH the recording.
Board Member Sarah Schear published in AAP Voices: It’s Time to Wake Up to Threat of Climate Change and to Act
As pediatricians and trainees, we have all experienced moral awakenings that have compelled us to take action to protect children. As I step outside each day in San Francisco during the pandemic, putting on my mask reminds me of a time of moral awakening: the fall of 2018, when the Camp Fire raged through Paradise, ...
Dr. Robert M. Gould spoke on the Sojourner Truth Radio Show about the health impacts of the wildfires on West Coast communities.
Dr. Robert M. Gould spoke on the Sojourner Truth Radio Show about the health impacts of the wildfires on West Coast communities.
Dr. Mary Williams presented a CME lecture, “Heat Climate Change & Dermatology” for the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health.
Dr. Mary Williams presented a CME lecture, "Heat Climate Change & Dermatology" for the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health.
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Coates and Dr. Mary Williams for their recent publications in the International Journal of Women’s Dermatology: special issue on climate change
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Coates and Dr. Mary Williams for their recent publications in the International Journal of Women’s Dermatology: special issue on climate change
Congratulations to Dr. Tom Newman for receiving a 2019-2020 Outstanding Lecture Award from the UCSF School of Medicine for his lecture “The Health Emergency of our Changing Climate.”
Congratulations to Dr. Tom Newman for receiving a 2019-2020 Outstanding Lecture Award from the UCSF School of Medicine for his lecture "The Health Emergency of our Changing Climate."
Huffington Post: The Beloved Community: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Prescription for a Healthy Society, by Dr. Jeff Ritterman
How is Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community a prescription for a healthy society? Fundamental to the concept of the Beloved Community is inclusiveness, both economic and social. The notion that all can share in earth’s bounty describes a society in which the social product is shared far more equally than it is in today’s world. ...