Apr 10, 2009 | Latest News, Quarterly Newsletter, Students, Training Health Professionals
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...
Oct 9, 2006 | Environmental Health, Health and Human Rights, Peace and Security, Staff, Students, Volunteer
In a region decimated by war and conflict, a U.S. led bombing campaign against Iran would make matters worse—especially for U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Congress must oppose U.S. bombing and instead work for a peaceful resolution to the nuclear...
Oct 9, 2006 | Environmental Health, Health and Human Rights, Staff, Students, Volunteer
On October 10, 2006 the esteemed medical journal The Lancet released an epidemiological study concluding that 655,000 Iraqis died from war-related injury and disease from March 2003 to July 2006. This shockingly high figure has drawn attacks from the Bush...
Oct 9, 2006 | Environmental Health, Health and Human Rights, Staff, Students, Volunteer
Abuzz with activity, PSR-LA has recently hired two bright young people, said adieu to two great workers, and seen interns and volunteers come and go. First, we wish to welcome Margaret Wacker M.D. to the PSR-LA board of directors. Dr. Wacker, a neurosurgeon affiliated...
Oct 9, 2006 | Environmental Health, Health and Human Rights, Staff, Students, Volunteer
P SR-LA was at the forefront of a number of legislative battles in Sacramento this year. There were many victories and a few defeats. To follow is a snapshot of how our busy year in Sacramento went. Signed AB 32: A landmark global warming initiative that imposes the...
Mar 1, 2005 | Staff, Students, Volunteer
Twenty-five years of visionary activism—and still going strong. The Los Angeles office of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR-LA) started in 1980 out of a small shared office on Pico Boulevard near La Brea. Reagan had just been elected and talk of “winning a...