Included in this edition:
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Texas PSR Student Leaders Present: Emerging Research on Health, Climate, and Community
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Join us for a free virtual event, Thursday, November 20, at 7pm CT, featuring Texas PSR student board members and chapter leaders presenting original research into mitigating the impacts of climate change, measuring environmental pollution, and assessing the effectiveness of environmental justice tours and community service as a form of medical student education. Register here!
Projects featured:
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Sanjna Bhatia, 4th year medical student, UT Southwestern Medical School will present statistical findings from a needs assessment exploring community understanding of heat-related illness and access to working cooling technologies gathered at the Dallas Health Fair in 2025.
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Simon Birk and Jake Bartz, 3rd year and 2nd year medical students at McGovern Medical School, UT Health Houston, will present research into the existence and prevalence of airborne microplastics at high altitudes from novel data collected on an expedition to central Mexico.
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Alan Nagarajan, 3rd year medical student, Baylor College of Medicine and Audrey Schulze, 3rd year medical student, Sealy School of Medicine, UT Medical Branch will present research into the effectiveness of hands on environmental health education for students and healthcare workers, provided through a Port Arthur environmental justice trip and community health fair in August 2024.
*CME credit is available for those interested.*
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Successes of the Endangerment Finding Response
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TX PSR in Nationwide Campaign for the Environment
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Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility (Texas PSR) is proud to participate in Earth Gives Day, a nationwide project uniting people who care about protecting our planet. Our goal is to raise $5,000 by October 7th to strengthen our work in Texas—and with your help, we can get there. Let’s show the world that Texans care deeply about the earth and the health of our communities.
Funds raised will support the our new statewide Environmental Health Committee, provide a stipend for our high school student intern who helps with vital administration of the Committee, and make possible our first Texas PSR Student Leaders Present: Emerging Research on Health, Climate, and Community—featuring students from three of our six medical student–led chapters. Your donation fuels education, advocacy, and action that safeguard communities and build a healthier, safer Texas for all.
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Urge Local & State Officials to Take Action to Support a Nuclear Free World
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Texas PSR and Texans Ending Nuclear Dangers are participating in Back from the Brink's local sign-on letter, focused on asking local, county, and state elected officials to urge members of Congress to show leadership by cosponsoring H. Res. 317 and S. Res. 323, the two “Back from the Brink” congressional resolutions that provide a comprehensive framework for a safer, nuclear weapons free world.
Want to participate? Texas has its own one-click action page, or you can write a more personalized appeal or call a local or state official with whom you have a relationship. Please email director@texaspsr.org with a quick note if you take action!
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Op-Ed from fellow Health Professional: Defining Our Role in the Wake of the International Day of Peace
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National Climate & Health News: Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed?
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In Lighthiser v. Trump, 22 young people are asking a federal court to declare executive orders that “unleash” fossil fuels unconstitutional. They face some of the same challenges that led to the dismissal of another famous climate case. Read the full article from Inside Climate News here.
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Texans Ending Nuclear Dangers (TEND)
Next meeting, Thursday, October 16, 3pm CT, online
To learn more about joining TEND, please contact Executive Director Marj Plumb at director@texaspsr.org
Join the discussion or just listen! The TEND Committee members are health professionals, advocates, community members, researchers, and others working state-wide to influence public awareness, civic engagement, and national policy toward a nuclear-weapons-free world.
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Environmental Health Committee (EHC)
Next meeting Wednesday, October 15, 5pm CT, online.
Join Us! We are currently seeking health professionals across disciplines — physicians, nurses, public health experts, and others — to join the EHC and help shape its priorities and actions. Are you committed to addressing the health impacts of environmental threats across Texas? Fill out this form — we’d love to hear from you!
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