The Public Health Implications of Nuclear Power
This webinar, recorded on October 10, 2023, examines the following questions: Is nuclear power the answer to the climate crisis? What are the risks and who are they to? What is the effect of climate on nuclear power plants?
Faculty
Douglas M. Brugge, PhD, MS
Chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Endowed Chair in Community Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Public Health
Douglas Brugge, PhD, MS is a professor in and chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Public Health, having taken that role in 2019 after spending 25 years at Tufts University. His teaching and research
interests are in environmental and occupational health. In the last 12-15 years most of Professor Brugge’s research, and all of his extramurally funded work, has been about traffic-related ultrafine particles and their effect on the health of people
living near highways. His projects have been community engaged or participatory and have sought to communicate knowledge to communities, develop interventions and influence policy and practice to reduce risk from this toxin. Other areas of continued
interest include uranium mining, especially in Indigenous communities, nuclear power, asthma, research ethics, and indoor pollutants.
Kate Brown, PhD
Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in History of Science, Program in Science, Technology and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kate Brown’s research interests illuminate the point where history, science, technology and bio-politics converge to create large-scale disasters and modernist wastelands. She has written four books about topics ranging from population politics, linguistic
mapping, the production of nuclear weapons and concomitant utopian communities, the health and environmental consequences of nuclear fallout from the Chernobyl disaster to narrative innovations of history writing in the 21st century. She teaches environmental
history, Cold War history, and creative non-fiction history writing.
Professor Brown has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, the European University Institute, The Kennan Institute, Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and the U.S. Holocaust Museum. She is a consulting
editor for the American Historical Review (AHR) and co-founder of its special section called “History Unclassified.”
Moderators
Brita E. Lundberg,
MD
Chair, Board of Directors
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
Trained in infectious diseases, Brita Lundberg
is active in the medical community as Chair of Greater Boston Physicians for
Social Responsibility, former Chair of the Environmental and Occupational
Health Committee at the Massachusetts Medical Society; as an MMS Delegate for
the Charles River District; and as an active member of Climate Code Blue, a
physician-led advocacy group dedicated to raising public awareness around the
health effects of climate change. Dr. Lundberg completed her undergraduate
education at Harvard Medical School, residency at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of
Colorado. A former Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases
at Emory University, she is CEO and founder of Lundberg Health Advocates, LLC,
a patient advocacy group.
Vijai Bhola, MD
Fellow, Critical Care
Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center
Following up on a Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Vijai Bhola is currently a Fellow in Critical Care Medicine at Einstein/Montefiore Medical School.
Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, he completed medical school at the University of the West Indies. His passion for Global Health led him to pursue Tropical Medicine training at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and an Infectious
Diseases Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Bhola has done international relief work in Poland during the Ukraine crisis and in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. He is a member of the Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and Co-Chair and co-founder of the Infectious Diseases
Special Interest Group at the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. He is passionate about the intersection of infectious diseases, critical care, disasters, and global health.
Intended Audience
This webinar is designed for physicians, physicians-in-training, other health care leaders and professionals, students, and members of the community.
Course
Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:
- Describe how and why nuclear power is being affected by climate and has itself become a potential nuclear weapon (e.g., in the war in Ukraine)
- Advocate for policies and mitigation of climate change and nuclear war prevention
Course Fees
Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Physician Member: $40.00
MMS Resident/Student Member: Free
Non-Member Physician: $90.00
Non-Members Resident/Student: $20.00
Allied Health Professional/Other:
$32.00
Format & Estimated Time to Complete: Video recording/1 hour
Accreditation and Credit Information
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership
of the Massachusetts Medical Society and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity meets the criteria for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 1.00 Category 1 credit for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
Exam/Assessment: A score of 70% or higher is required to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Activity Term
Original Release Date: October 17, 2023
Review Date (s): N/A
Termination Date: December 31, 2024
System Requirements
Desktops/Laptops
Windows 10
Mac OSX 10.6 higher Most modern browsers including:
IE 11+
Firefox 18.0+
Chrome latest version
Safari 12+
Mobile/Tablet
iOS devices beginning with OS version 10 or higher (includes, iPhone, ipad and iTouch devices)
