UNC med school students address new emerging public health threat: Climate change
North Carolina Health News article quoting PSR Texas President Dr. Lisa Doggett.
The Recent Natural Gas Blowout in South Texas Highlights the Need for Strong Regulation
Op-ed in Common Dreams by Hasan Seede, Texas PSR board member and medical student.
Look with clear eyes at danger
Letter to the editor in Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Hasan Seede, Texas PSR board member and medical student, on the public health dangers of climate change.
AMA Calls for Climate Change Health Education in Medical Schools
The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted as official policy a call for teaching about climate change in medical schools and “across the medical education continuum.” This welcome development was spearheaded by PSR board member Todd Sack, MD FACP, with assistance from Erica Frank, MD, former PSR board member now living in Canada.
HB 6 is the wrong way to reform energy programs
Letter to the editor the Columbia Dispatch by Molly Hammersmith, student member of PSR.
My Patients’ Health Depends on Addressing Climate Change
Op-ed in OtherWords by medical student and Student PSR member Autumn Vogel.
Rollback of standards threatens Lake Erie fish
Op-ed by Molly Hammersmith, PSR climate ambassador and student PSR member, in The Toledo Blade.
Preparing Medical Students for a Warmer World
Now more than ever, in this anti-regulatory and polluter-friendly political environment, the medical community must come to grasps with the imminent health threat posed by the uncontrolled release of greenhouse gases. Op-ed by medical student Christian Cayon in Common Dreams.
Air Pollution Is Killing Kids, But Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Seem To Care
Op-ed in the Huffington Post by Eric Sullivan, Student PSR member and fourth-year medical student at at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
The Clock Is Ticking on Addressing Climate Change—Med Students Can Help
Op-ed by Student PSR member Sidhant Gugale, a second year medical student at Drexel College of Medicine in Philadelphia.