Public Health Advisory Council

Exciting webinar/panel discussion with local healthcare workers and climate activists next week! Those who RSVP by this weekend will be sent the zoom link to attend

Huge congrats to our #Power100 Champion @sharphealthcare for winning @sdclimateaction's Clean Power Champion award! 👏👏

"11% of Americans personally affected by heat say their households have faced serious health problems resulting from a lack of air conditioning in their homes. Even greater shares of Native American, Latino, Black and Asian adults agreed with that sentiment."

In light of the recently leaked draft opinion to reverse Roe v. Wade, an explanation of the connections between climate change, pregnancy risks and stillbirth, environmental racism, and reproductive rights, citing PHAC member Dr. Bruce Bekkar @thgreendoc atmos.earth/roe-v-wade-cli…

Unique and inspiring blog post from an incredible mother-daughter climate action duo: PHAC member Dr. Kristin Hampshire and her daughter Karly Hampshire @HampshireKarly, medical student at UCSF and founder of the Planetary Health Report Card initiative climateforhealth.org/mothers-daught…

Nicole Capretz @NCapretz (Director of CAC) and Dr. Bruce Bekkar @thgreendoc (Chair of PHAC) present on local climate advocacy to medical residents [5/5]

Crystal Page @CrystalGPage (Chief of Staff to Supervisor Lawson Remer) speaking on physician advocacy [4/5]

Yesterday, multiple Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine residency programs from UCSD, Scripps, Family Health Centers and Kaiser came together for a climate health and equity symposium. Presenters featured many of our very own Climate Action Campaign and PHAC leaders! [1/5]

PHAC member Bruce Bekkar @thgreendoc quoted in this excellent article "Climate change is a women's health issue" about the impacts of climate change on women and empowering ways in which women can be leaders in the movement to stop climate change mother.ly/health-wellnes…

Congratulations to PHAC member Dr. Christine James @ChristineRJames for being selected for the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication! climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/we…

PHAC member Dr. Vi Nguyen featured as a Climate Ambassador at their national Summit: “I truly believe the quote that we don’t inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

PHAC member Dr. Christine James @ChristineRJames, UC San Diego allergist/immunologist, interviewed tonight on CBS8 local news for a segment on climate change, pollen, and worsening allergies cbs8.com/article/news/l…

PHAC member Amina Sheik Mohamed was honored as a Woman Of Distinction by Mayor Todd Gloria and the City Council this Women's History Month. Congratulations @aminasheik and thank you for your incredible work in the community! ucsdcommunityhealth.org/news/ucsd-cch-…

Great op-ed from PHAC member Dr. Kristin Hampshire about the health consequences of plastics published in the San Diego Union-Tribune this week

Public Health Advisory Council member Dr. Angie Neison testified before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors today in support of AB1640, the Regional Decarbonization Framework. Her inspiring statement is attached.

Public Health Advisory Council members Drs. Melanie Fiorella and Bruce Bekkar, (left of picture), along with Drs. Christine James, Angie Neison and Rachel Abbott (not pictured), joined a panel discussion to inform and inspire students to engage with the climate crisis. 3/3

Dr. Christine James, Dept of Allergy and Immunology, UC San Diego Medical Group, addresses fourth-year medical students about climate advocacy on March 9th. 2/3

Climate change is a health emergency, and healthcare workers can have a huge impact in enacting climate justice. Communities most affected by the climate crisis are empowered through education, climate-informed care, and improved climate policy. 1/3