Greater Boston PSR Events

 Health and Environment

 Health, Peace and Security

Local - Massachusetts

Upcoming

• There are no local Massachusetts events scheduled at this time.

Past

• January 21, 2010 - Endocrine Disruptor Seminar for Nurses and Nursing Students - Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health and Boston University Superfund Research Program held a seminar on at the Harvard School of Public Health.
• November 14, 2009 - Annual Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents Conference at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology - Emerging scientific evidence alerts us to the ways that environmental toxins affect children’s brains, bodies and behavior... This conference will present cutting-edge research on the effects of toxins — such as lead, food additives, and endocrine disruptors found in plastics, cans and other sources — on intellectual, emotional and physical development. Learn more about this conference.
• MA Relocalization Conference Oct. 18, 2009 in Roxbury, MA - GBPSR co-sponsored the inspirational Massachusetts Relocalization conference held Sunday, October 18th at the Reggie Lewis Center at Roxbury Community College. Despite a driving rain over 100 people from all corners of Massachusetts as well as other New England states attended to hear inspirational talks from keynote speakers including Frances Moore Lappe and Bill McKibben, and to participate in workshops addressing everything from green jobs to sustainable communities. See details of the conference.

Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging report

Upcoming

• March 19, 2010, 1:30 – 2:30 PM - OASIS Cornell Estates - Hillsboro, Oregon. Register at http://www.oasisnet.org/Cities/PortlandOR.aspx.
• April 9th, 2010, 1:15 – 2:45 PM - OSU Gerontology Conference, Corvallis, Oregon. Register at http://osugero.org/.
• May 14, 2010 - Arkansas Public Health Conference - Hot Springs, AK - Closing Keynote - Ted Schettler MD MPH
• September 2, 2010, Noon – 1:00 PM - Multnomah County Library Central Branch, Portland, Oregon.

Past

• March 5, 2010 - Second Annual Northwest Environmental Health Conference - Portland, OR - Keynote Address given by Ted Schettler MD MPH
• March 1, 2010 - Grand Rounds, Metrowest Medical Center - March 1st, 2010, 12:00-1:00 PM - Natick, MA - Dr. Jill Stein. The Grand Rounds event was very well received and attended, with 55 people signing in, among which were doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, therapists, and administrators.
• December 2, 2009 - Massachusetts Health and Social Services Consortium (HESSCO) Annual Meeting - 9:30 AM - HESSCO Elders Services - Raffael’s Banquet Facility, Walpole, MA.
• November 9, 2009 - American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting and Expo, Philadelphia, PA - the Environment and Aging: Building Lifelong Communities session with Drs. Jill Stein, Peter Whitehouse, and Danny George. You may view this session online.
• November 8, 2009 - American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging - Michelle Gottlieb MEM.
• October 26, 2009 - Centers for Disease Control National Environmental Public Health Conference "Healthy People in a Healthy Environment" in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Jill Stein's presentation focused on Chronic Disease and Climate Change: Common Drivers, Common Solutions; Dr. Ted Schettler presented on the main findings of Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging. http://www.team-psa.com/2009nephc/main.asp
• October 5th, 2009 - Evening Grand Rounds, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northhampton, MA.
• September 21, 2009 - Public testimony to the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, Providence RI. Discussed the report testimony and submitted a copy of the report to the panel, who are deciding the ORWH research agenda for the next 12 years.
• September 15-16, 2009 - Centers for Disease Control conference "Promoting Environmental and Policy Change to Support Healthy Aging" in Chapel Hill, NC. GBPSR exhibited our Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging report at this conference. Learn more about the event.
• August 7, 2009 - Presentation at Goddard College, VT as part of new curriculum on Social and Ecological Medicine
• Dr. Jill Stein gave a well received talk on August 6 at the 2009 Florida Public Health Association and Southern Health Association Joint Annual Educational Conference (August 4-7) in Palm Beach Gardens, FL to an audience drawn from attendees from 8 southern public health associations. Her presentation, "Chronic Disease and Climate Change: Common Causes, Common Solutions: Why Low Carbon Living Is Good For Your Health," drew on the findings of the Healthy Aging report, describing key environmental factors that are driving both chronic disease and the climate crisis. Learn more about her talk on page 6 of the agenda.
• June 24-26, 2009 - Dr. Jill Stein detailed the findings of GBPSR's Healthy Aging report at the Association of Nutrition Services Agencies (ANSA) 2009 Annual Conference, co-present with the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP), in Atlanta, GA. Learn more about her presentation.
• May 7, 2009 - The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) hosted a partnership call on metabolic syndrome [a cluster of conditions occurring together that elevate a person's risk of developing certain chronic diseases such heart disease, stroke and diabetes and its intersection with what is being called the Western Disease Cluster]. Dr. Jill Stein was one of the featured speakers. See the details and then listen to the call (MP3 audio format).
• May 5, 2009 - AARP Prime Time Radio interview with Drs. Jill Stein and Ted Schettler
• April 23, 2009 - Coyne Healthcare Center in Rockland, MA - Dr. Jill Stein presented and participated in a discussion with professionals on environmental factors in neurodegenerative illness.
• March 26, 2009 - TampaBay PSR and the University of Southern Florida held a CE conference to educate health care providers about the threat of global climate change and the associated health effects of exposure to toxic chemicals. Dr. Jill Stein presented on the Healthy Aging report and participated in the panel discussion afterward. (View the FL CE Conference outreach flyer)
• March 21, 2009 - Healthy Aging interview with Dr. Jill Stein on 90.3 FM KEXP public radio's Sustainability Segment of "Mind Over Matters" - http://www.kexp.org/ (Listen to Dr. Stein's interview in MP3 format)

Nuclear Issues

Upcoming

• There will be a new Massachusetts Disarmament Action Network (DAN) Somerville TV Forum soon on nuclear power isssues - in March or April, 2010.
  Please stay tuned!

Past

• May, 2009 - Massachusetts Disarmament Action Network (DAN) Somerville TV Forum

  GBPSR is a member of The Massachusetts Disarmament Action Network (DAN), which debuted "Getting to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World", a 1/2 hour television roundtable featuring members of DAN discussing the past, present, and future of nuclear weapons, and how our groups are working for their global elimination. Available at http://scatstaffvlog.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html.

• April 21, 2009 - "Loose Nukes and the Unresolved Nuclear Threat - - 2009"

  Dr. John Pastore, Co-Chair of the GBPSR Steering Committee, gave a highly successful hour-long presentation to 75 members of the "Concerned Citizens" of Brooksby Village in Peabody, MA on "Loose Nukes and the Unresolved Nuclear Threat -- 2009", followed by more than forty-five minutes of questions. The presentation was recorded on video, and was broadcast on their in-house station daily for a week so those who could not attend would see and hear the talk.

• April 17, 2009 - Environmental Health Doctoral Seminar on Iraq War Casualties

  At the Environmental Health doctoral seminar at the Boston University School of Public Health, Dr. David Rush, Co-Chair of the GBPSR Steering Committee, presented a summary of the estimates of civilian casualties in the Iraq War, and the various arguments for and against these estimates, to a group of doctoral students and faculty in the Department of Environmental Health. The doctoral students were very engaged and appreciated Dr. Rush's perspective as an experienced epidemiologist.