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January 30 – Pesticide Exposures in Urban Settings – How to Recognize and Manage Pesticide Illness

January 30 – Pesticide Exposures in Urban Settings – How to Recognize and Manage Pesticide Illness

More than half of pesticide-related poisonings cases in California are caused by non-agricultural use, including home use insecticides. Join PSR-LA’s Environmental Health Ambassador Program for a health professional training on how to recognize and manage pesticide illness.

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Training Faculty: Michael O’Malley, MD

Dr. Michael O’Malley is a featured Environmental Health Ambassador for the Dec. 5 training, Pesticide Exposures in Urban Settings: How to Recognize and Manage Pesticide Illness. Read more about the training. Dr. Michael O’Malley is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He graduated from the University [...]

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Exploring the Links Between Reproductive Health and Chemicals

Exploring the Links Between Reproductive Health and Chemicals

The June 24th, 2009 training session of PSR-LA’s Environmental Health Ambassador Program “Exploring the Links Between Women’s Reproductive Health and Chemicals” was a great success! Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH and Richard Jackson, MD, MPH speak about women’s reproductive health.

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Training Faculty: Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH

Dr. Woodruff was a featured trainer in our June 24th, 2009  Environmental Health Ambassador training, “Exploring the Links Between Reproductive Health and Chemicals.” Read more about the training. Environmental health scientist Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, is an expert on the impact of chemicals on reproductive health in both men and women. Her research focuses on [...]

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Training Faculty: Richard Jackson, MD, MPH

Dr. Jackson was a featured trainer in our June 24th, 2009  Environmental Health Ambassador training, “Exploring the Links Between Reproductive Health and Chemicals.” Read more about the training. Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, is an internationally recognized environmental health expert who has done extensive work on the impact of the environment on health, particularly relating to [...]

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Environmental Health Ambassador Sandra Aronberg, MD, MPH visited key legislators in Sacramento to advocate for a SB 797 (The Toxics-Free Toddlers and Babies Act), a bill that protect toddlers and babies from exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA). Here, she is being interviewed outside the Senate Health Committee room on April 29, 2009.

Become an Environmental Health Ambassador—June 24

With the successful launch of our Peace and Security Ambassador program this past winter, we are pleased to announce another in-depth training series for health professionals: PSR-LA’s Environmental Health Ambassador Program on June 24, 2009.

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Getting Active with UCLA Student PSR

Getting Active with UCLA Student PSR

By Kelley O’Donnell | Second year M.D.-Ph.D. Candidate | Co-leader of UCLA SPSR “We cannot be silent” was the clear take home message from the April UCLA Student PSR lunch lecture series.  The three part series, co-sponsored by the UCLA Medical Student Council and PSR-LA, addressed the social and environmental determinates of health, and the [...]

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PSR-LA Ambassadors from Sept. 20 session—Front row (left to right) Milford Wyman MD; Natalia Koteva; Ken Levy MFT; Ana Mascareñas (staff); Ruth Tavlin MFT; Farideh Kioumehr-Dadsetan, DVM, DrPH, MPH; Sharon Squassoni (presenter); Tova Fuller; Jose Quiroga MD; Denise Duffield (staff); Margaret Wacker MD; Wayne Glass PhD (presenter);  Martha Dina Argüello (staff) Back row (left to right) Bob Dodge MD; Michael Gutstadt PsyD; Stephen Coles MD, PhD; Bennet Ramberg PhD, JD (presenter); Curren Warf MD;  Bill Perkins MD; Anshu Vashishtha MD, PhD, MACP, RAC; Dorcas Tokes (not pictured); Shirah Vollmer MD (not pictured)

PSR-LA Ambassador Program: Health Professionals and Nuclear Policy

After holding two training sessions, the PSR-LA Ambassador Program: Health Professionals and Nuclear Policy, is shaping up to be the premier health professional voice on peace and security issues in  Southern California. The featured speaker of the inaugural September 20th training was Sharon Squassoni of the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace. Dr. Bennett Ramberg also [...]

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Dr. Jose Quiroga, PSR-LA Board of Directors

Setting the Right Course—Meet With Congress Now

As health professionals, your voice is powerful in helping this country take the next steps forward. PSR-LA has to work harder and smarter than ever in California to ensure that the policies needed to change our country are not diluted, dissolved, or ignored. To really improve the health of children and families exposed to pesticides, [...]

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PSR-LA Ambassadors at a September 20, 2009 training session.

Health Professionals and Nuclear Policy

After holding two training sessions, the PSR-LA Ambassador Program: Health Professionals and Nuclear Policy, is shaping up to be the premier health professional voice on peace and security issues in Southern California.

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PSR-LA Ambassador Program – Health Professionals and Nuclear Policy

PSR-LA Ambassador Program – Health Professionals and Nuclear Policy

When: Saturday, September 20, 2008 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Where: University of Southern California Center for International Studies Seminar Room PSR-LA is looking for health care professionals who want to deepen their knowledge about nuclear security and disarmament and what we can do to build a safer future. The PSR-LA Ambassador Program will create [...]

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Pediatric Environmental Health ToolkitThis toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. The materials are visually appealing, practical and easy to use. The Toolkit is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

This toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. The materials are visually appealing, practical and easy to use. The Toolkit is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

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In Harm’s Way

Pesticides Training Presentation The In Harm’s Way PowerPoint presentation was created as the core curriculum for the In Harm’s Way Training Programs for Health Professionals which was designed to assist health professionals in understanding and preventing toxic threats to child development. The presentation includes slides and notes based on the Greater Boston Physicians for Social [...]

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