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

Oct 21

2023

Location: Harvard Medical School’s Countway Library

Join GBPSR and IPPNW for this year's Global Health and Peace Awards, honoring Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey for the extraordinary work they have done as longtime leaders for climate action and nuclear disarmament.

3-Part Webinar Series: Sept 22, Oct 10, & Nov 14

Jointly provided by Greater Boston PSR and the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS).

More Events

GBPSR October Monthly Meeting

October 2 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

Greater Boston PSR October Monthly Meeting October 2, 2023 7:00pm, via Zoom Open to All Contact Executive Director Anna Linakis for questions or to request the Zoom link. info@gbpsr.org

Climate & Nuclear Webinar Series: Part 2

October 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

3-part webinar series on the overlapping health risks of climate change and nuclear development, particularly on environmental justice populations. Jointly provided by Greater Boston PSR and the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS). 

GBPSR November Monthly Meeting

November 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

Greater Boston PSR November Monthly Meeting November 6, 2023 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

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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Gas stoves are contributing to childhood asthma in Massachusetts, study finds

Boston Globe Brita Lundberg, chair of the board at Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility who co-authored a December 2019 resolution on the connection between gas stoves and childhood asthma approved by…

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Escalating Costs of Billion-Dollar Disasters in the US: Climate Change Necessitates Disaster Risk Reduction

Paper co-authored by Greater Boston PSR member Vijai Bhola in the Journal of Climate Change and Health.

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The False Promise of Fossil Fuel-Derived Hydrogen

Co-authored by GBPSR members Dr. Brita E. Lundberg and Eden Diamond, Medical Student, in Vital Signs (Massachusetts Medical Society)

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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.