Events
Jul 10
2025
Boston Nature Center
Join us in-person for a summer picnic potluck! Bring a dish to share and enjoy time getting to know one another, hearing about the issues we care most about, and learn how you can get involved.
Dec 6
2025
Ikeda Center, Harvard Square
Greater Boston PSR and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) cordially invite you to join and support our presentation of this year's Global Health and Peace Awards, honoring Dr. Jennifer Leaning, who has dedicated her life to health and human rights.
GBPSR’s Summer Picnic Potluck
Join us in-person for a summer picnic potluck! Bring a dish to share and enjoy time getting to know one another, hearing about the issues we care most about, and learn how you can get involved. We will meet in the covered pavilion at the Boston Nature Center, rain or shine.
Recent News
An urgent call to bring an affordable, climate-friendly inhaler to the US
by Dr. Wynne Armand, GBPSR board member
Mombasa Appeal for peace and prevention of nuclear war
This statement was issued by IPPNW’s International Council and Board of Directors at the conclusion of the 23rd IPPNW World Congress in Mombasa, Kenya. Greater Boston PSR endorses the Mombasa…
Sign Our Open Letter to AstraZeneca
We, as health and sustainability professionals and organizations concerned about the impact of the accelerating climate crisis on public health, are writing to AstraZeneca with a plea to make their Symbicort Turbuhaler dry powder inhaler (DPI) available in the United States as soon as possible.
GBPSR’s statement on the war in the Middle East
At Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, we are appalled and saddened by the events of the past seven months in the Middle East, from the horrific attacks on October…
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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
Climate & Nuclear Webinar Series
On-demand webinar series focusing on the connections between climate change, nuclear weapons, and nuclear power.
