At our Annual Gala on September 22, 2021, we presented three awards to early career/student health professionals for outstanding achievements in health activism in environmental justice and anti-racism in medicine, and the climate crisis and health. Our awardees are given a certificate and $250 each. CONGRATULATIONS! You three inspire all of us at SF Bay ...
Bravo to Dr. Robin Cooper, SF Bay PSR Environmental committee member, for her work addressing mental health issues caused by the climate crisis. SF Public Press: Battling Despair Over a New Climate Change Reality
Alma Hernandez coordinates our building electrification community outreach project. Jasmine Campos supports our Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee including tracking our anti-nuclear policy work, and she helps with social media, and events. Daisy Valdivieso continues to support the Environmental Health Committee and to diligently track our CA environmental policy work. Alma Hernandez: I graduated from Berkeley ...
Over 450 doctors from 50 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico call for democracy reforms to protect human health in the climate health emergency. By Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health and Climate Health Now.
SF Bay PSR Board Member Dr. Tom Newman dedicated his book, Evidence-Based Diagnosis: An Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology, (co-authored by Michael A. Kohn), to his parents, Ed and Carol Newman, in whose honor he is donating his royalties to Physicians for Social Responsibility, in support of its efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Sarah Abdelrahman has left her internship with us to complete a master’s degree in public health at UC Berkeley. When she graduates, she would like to work with a non-profit organization that focuses on health and conflict, specifically water, sanitation, and hygiene in conflict settings in the Middle East. Her goal is to find a ...
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Schear who graduated from UCSF in May and left our board to focus on her residency in pediatrics at Children's National Hospital in Washington DC. Thank you Sarah for your service and highly valued contributions to SF Bay PSR! We wish you all the best!
