Hello drplasticpicker friends and my office friends in real life! We are having our 2nd Office Beach Cleaning at Imperial Beach Pier. There will be simple but filling breakfast afterwards. Children welcome and I can sign off on community service hours as well. Let meRead More »
Dr. Plastic Picker also started circulating a National Wildlife Foundation petition for the Monarch and Pollinator Highwat Act of 2019 that would require "the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to provide grants to carry out activities to benefit pollinators on roadsides and highwayRead More »
Hello Junior Dr. Plastic Pickers! It is not safe right now to do litter picking outside, but at home you likely have a lot of "clean plastic trash." Hopefully you have a glue gun! Under the supervision of an adult, Dr. Plastic Picker is interestedRead More »
Please see the letter to California Geologic Energy Management Division, and consider signing as an individual California Public Health Care Worker. "We the undersigned ask CalGEM to take preventive action to protect public health given the substantial and growing body of epidemiologic and toxicologic evidenceRead More »
We are having our first AAP-CA3 Climate Change & Health Committee Meeting. 630-7pm will be for our interns, committee chairs and those helping with the Youth Art's Council and Exhibition. 7-730pm will be for the general committee. If you are interested, please email me atRead More »
Sustainability Healthcare Project invites Dr. Plastic Picker to speak about my journey! I am so honored! They want to hear about my eco-avatar!
Invited to give a lecture on environmental health at UCSD School of Medicine PRIME HEQ Program. Speaking as the founder of San Diego Physicians for Clean Air and advocacy for pediatric health and clean air. Will prepare and deliver talk with our Student Co-Founder.
For our next virtual journal club, we will be collaborating with the AAP Climate Change and Health Committee to host a discussion on plant-based diets in children. This wonderful topic was proposed by the incomparable Vi Nguyen aka drplasticpicker. We will be joined by Dr.Read More »
From our Premed Intern Hakim, "I hope everything is going well for all of you. We've scheduled a meeting for the committee on Tuesday 11/24. There will be a 30-minute intern meeting from 6:30 to 7 pm, and then the whole committee will get togetherRead More »
This event is geared towards connecting undergraduate pre-health students with physicians and health care professionals, including healthcare administrative professionals. It will be similar to a Q&A panel, but there will be other professionals to answer questions. The general plan is as follows, but may changeRead More »