All Entries in the "Training Health Professionals" Category
Jan. 12 — Environmental Influences on Neurodevelopment
Please join us on January 12, 2012 at UCLA for an important forum exploring the environmental influences on neurodevelopment. This event is co-sponsored by The Autism Society, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment’s (CHE’s) Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative and the UCLA School of Public Health, and PSR-LA.
October 29 — Telling the Story of Toxics and Health
Please join PSR-LA for this unique speaker training conducted by professional media and speaking coach, Allegory, leading state chemical policy experts, and local community leaders. Participants will include health professionals, environmental health and justice leaders and reproductive justice advocates.
October 19 — “Beating Back Bed Bugs” Workshop in LA Shows How to Protect Property and Health
Bed bugs have re-emerged as a public health threat in five-star hotels, apartments, dorm rooms, and homes. You can learn how to prevent bed bug infestations and provide effective, safe treatment in case they occur — attend the comprehensive workshop, “Beating Back Bedbugs” on Tuesday, October 19th.
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.
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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.
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 [...]
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).