WPSR Volunteer Task Forces

 Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility is primarily a volunteer-based organization. Our issue-area task forces, composed of healthcare professionals and other community members, take the lead in setting WPSR's strategic priorities. They typically meet monthly and play a vital role in our program work. Below you will find more information on our three task forces.

We are always looking to add new voices to our task forces. If you are interested in joining us, please read our Task Force member “job description” and let us know below.

climate and health task force

WPSR's climate and health task force - comprised primarily of health professionals - seeks to bring attention to climate change as a current personal and public health issue. We work to enlist other healthcare leaders to actively speak out on the health impacts of climate change, and provide a medical voice for promoting low-carbon energy sources. Learn about our priorities on our climate change webpage.  

Task Force Co-Chairs:

Mark Vossler, MD
James Moschella, MPA

Task Force Members:

  • Mary Beth Bennett, MD

  • Chris Covert-Bowlds, MD

  • Jill Denny, MD

  • Annemarie Dooley, MD

  • Alex Fay, ARNP

  • Howard Frumkin, DrPH, MPH, MD

  • Anna Janecek, MD

  • Dianne Glover, MD

  • Elizabeth Hansen, MD

  • Rejean Idzerda, PhD

  • Bashar Khiatah, MD

  • Thomas Kuczmarski, MD

  • Ken Lans, MD, MBA

  • Breck Lebegue, MD, MPH

  • Jim Little, MD

  • Amy Markezich, MD

  • David Masuda, MD, MPH

  • Nan Noble, MA, PCC

  • Claire Richards, PhD, RN

  • Mark Roller, MDc, MPH

  • Keith Sanderson

  • Sarah Struthers, MD

  • Gordon Wheat, MD

  • Stefan Wheat, MD

Economic inequity & health task force

WPSR's economic inequity and health task force is continually growing and expanding. Now that WA State has passed a strong paid family leave policy, we are working to support other policies that would reduce economic inequity (including tax reform) and improve the lives of those who are most deeply impacted by inequity. Visit our section on economic inequity for more information, or contact us about joining our task for and supporting our work.

Task Force Co-Chairs:

Charles Mayer, MD, MPH
Lilly Deerwater, MPH

Task Force Members:

  • Julie Akers, Pharm.D.

  • Youssef Azami

  • Stephen Bezruchka, MD, MPH

  • Alison Bradywood, DNP, MPH, RN

  • David Brook, MD

  • Paul Buehrens, MD

  • Nicole Casanova, MPH

  • Esther Chung, MD, MPH

  • Mallory Davis, MD

  • Robert De Gregorio

  • Hunter Furutani

  • Lulit Essayas, RPh, MPH

  • Emily Grant

  • Lexi Lightner

  • Daniel Low, MD

  • Yanxin Madrid, MS

  • Jesse Paulson, MD

  • James Pfeiffer, PhD, MPH

  • Colin Romero, MD

  • Kimmy Siebens, RN

  • Aditi Sharma, MD

  • Aimee Svendsen, ND

  • Gleb Sych

  • Josie Tracy, Ph.D

  • Robin Von Davies, MMSci, MSRCS

  • Rachel Weiner, MD, MPH

  • Lara Wilson, MD

Physicians for Social Responsibility

nuclear weapons task force

WPSR's nuclear weapons abolition task force works to organize civil society to educate and pressure our elected officials on nuclear weapons issues. As the US begins to launch a surprising and ill-conceived policy to "modernize" its entire nuclear triad - submarines, missiles and bombers - at a projected cost of a trillion dollars over 30 years, we have to say no. Visit our section on nuclear weapons for more information on this issue and supporting our work. 

Task Force Chair:

Joe Berkson, MD
Sean Arent

Task Force Members:

  • Kit Burns, B.Arch

  • Joe Copeland

  • Amy Hagopian, MHA, PhD

  • David Hall, MD

  • Mary Hanson

  • William Jones

  • Evan Kanter, MD

  • Peter Lumsdaine

  • Cheryl McDaniel, RN

  • Robin Narruhn, PhD MN RN

  • Steve Overman, MD

  • Jim Sawyer, CPP, CHPA

  • Natalie Snitzer

“Throughout the Washington Fair Trade Coalition’s fight for global vaccine access, members from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility consistently showed up and pitched in on projects from rallies to press briefings and more. On short notice, WPSR provided a speaker for our press briefing on sharing COVID-19 vaccine recipes with the world ahead of the World Trade Organization ministerial. The speaker they provided did a great job providing global health insights to reporters and handling questions. WFTC is grateful for WPSR’s advocacy on this issue and many others”
— Hillary Haden, WFTC