Greater Boston PSR

Speaking Up for Public Health

Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, we work to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival.

Events

On-Demand 3-Part Webinar Series

Missed our recent Climate & Nuclear webinar series? No problem. All three webinars in this series are available as enduring materials. Click here for CME Course Registration.  

GBPSR December Monthly Meeting

December 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

Greater Boston PSR December Monthly Meeting December 4, 2023 7:00pm, via Zoom Open to All Contact Executive Director Anna Linakis for questions or to request the Zoom link. info@gbpsr.org

GBPSR January Monthly Meeting

January 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

Greater Boston PSR January Monthly Meeting January 8, 2024 7:00pm, via Zoom Open to All Contact Executive Director Anna Linakis for questions or to request the Zoom link. info@gbpsr.org

GBPSR February Monthly Meeting

February 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

Greater Boston PSR February Monthly Meeting February 5, 2024 7:00pm, via Zoom Open to All Contact Executive Director Anna Linakis for questions or to request the Zoom link. info@gbpsr.org

Recent News

GBPSR’s Dr. Brita Lundberg testifies in support of nuclear disarmament

Brita E. Lundberg, M.D., GBPSR Board Chair, testified before the Massachusetts Legislature in support of two bills related to nuclear disarmament.

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The term ‘turf’ is misleading

Op-ed by GBPSR’s Philip Landrigan, MD; Sydney Engel; and Brita Lundberg, MD.

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Pollution inequality must stop; enforce roadmap law

Op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine by Brita Lundberg, MD, Chair of Greater Boston PSR, and Adrienne Allen, MD.

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Welcome to Greater Boston PSR

We are a group of over 1,800 health professionals and community members in Massachusetts whose mission is to raise public awareness about the two existential threats to human health: nuclear war and climate change.

OUR GOALS:

  • To inform the public and policy makers of the human health impacts of climate change and nuclear weapons
  • To promote local, state and federal action on these issues
  • To build coalitions with like minded groups to amplify this message

Issues

1,800

nuclear weapons are on high alert

Nuclear Weapons

As a physician-led advocacy group, we consider it our professional responsibility to inform the public and policy makers of the catastrophic human health impacts of nuclear weapons.

350k

deaths from air pollution in the U.S. each year

Climate Change

As a physician-led advocacy group, we consider it our professional responsibility to inform the public and our policy makers of the devastating human health impacts of the climate crisis.

On-Demand Webinars

CME Credits Available

Connecting The Dots Flyer

Connecting the Dots: Air Pollution, Climate and Health

On-demand webinar designed for health professionals seeking in-depth understanding of the health sequelae of air pollution driven climate change.

CME Course

Nuclear Weapons: A Public Health Issue

1-hour CME Course available on demand. The focus of this course is to help educate medical professionals about the public health implications of nuclear weapons policy.

Greater Boston PSR is a physician-led group of health professionals and community members working to address  two of the existential threats to human health: nuclear war and climate change.