Applying medical expertise to address the threats to human health posed by pollution and climate change
PSR mobilizes physicians and health professionals to advocate for climate solutions and a nuclear weapons-free world. PSR’s health advocates contribute a health voice to energy, environmental health and nuclear weapons policy at the local, federal and international level.
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Medical Students for a Sustainable Future is a network of medical students who recognize climate change as an urgent threat to health and social justice. Motivated to protect our future patients and the communities we love, we catalyze action to prevent and address the health harms of climate change.
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Yale Student Chapter
The Yale School of Medicine Student Chapter aims to promote human health in Connecticut and the New Haven community by addressing pollution and climate change through education, service and advocacy.
Projects
Projects include incorporating slides on the health effects of climate change into the medical school curriculum, promoting a sustainable medical school, and preparing medical students for effective advocacy.
Learn more about our student-led Planetary Healthcare Journal Club, which is a collaboration between the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in Oxford, University of Toronto Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, and the Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability.
Learn about our infusion model of incorporating slides on the health effects of climate change into the current medical school curriculum
Learn more about our hands-on advocacy workshops
Learn more about our student-led Planetary Healthcare Journal Club, which is a collaboration between the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in Oxford, University of Toronto Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, and the Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability.