Why PSR?

As a future physician, wellness is the center point of my education and future practice, and with a background in biology and ecology, the wellness of planet, and the reciprocal interactions between humans and the planet are a key component of the wellness. We cannot expect to be well as humans without seeing to, fighting for, and ensuring the wellness of the earth.  I have a unique role as a medical student and future physician to be able to understand the ramification of environmental change, toxics, industrial pollution, and nuclear risks on the health of our communities, and to work with other professionals and organizations to minimize the negative consequences of all of the above through education, advocacy, and activism. As an American Indian studies major, I am deeply connected to the environmental struggles that tribes face due to mining and nuclear power. I had the privilege to spend three weeks in Bhopal, India in July and August 2011, and my passion for environmental public health activism and advocacy was reunited by the continued struggle of the people in Bhopal for justice and for their homes to be cleaned up from the Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984.  As a future physician, it will be my responsibility to look after the health of those for generations to come, and Physicians for Social Responsibilty is an organization dedicated to ensuring a healthy, nuclear, and environmental contaminant free life for those generations.