WPSR Volunteer Task Forces

WPSR’s issue-area task forces are composed of healthcare professionals and other community members, tasked with taking being the lead advocates for our organization.

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 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. Task Force members provide a medical voice for transitioning away from harmful fossil fuels, electrifying our grid, and mitigating the harms extreme weather. Learn about our priorities on our climate webpage.  

Task Force Co-Chairs:

Mark Vossler, MD
James Moschella, MPA

Task Force Members:

  • Kyle Bickel, MD

  • Mary Beth Bennett, MD

  • Chris Covert-Bowlds, MD

  • Jill Denny, MD

  • Annemarie Dooley, MD

  • Lauren Flottorp

  • Larry Freeman, MD

  • Howie Frumkin, DrPH, MPH, MD

  • Al Graeve, MD

  • Anna Janecek, MD

  • Judy Kimmelman, MD

  • Elizabeth Hansen, MD

  • Bashar Khiatah, MD

  • Thomas Kuczmarski, MD

  • Ken Lans, MD, MBA

  • Breck Lebegue, MD, MPH

  • Mike Lee, MD

  • Ivy Lin, MD

  • Jim Little, MD

  • Nan Noble, MA, PCC

  • McKenna Parnes, PhD

  • Claire Richards, PhD, RN

  • Michael Ryan, MD

  • Keith Sanderson

  • Michael Soman, MD

  • Kate Tokareva

  • Gordon Wheat, MD

  • Stefan Wheat, MD

Economic Inequity and 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:

  • Youssef Azami

  • Stephen Bezruchka, MD, MPH

  • Alison Bradywood, DNP, MPH, RN

  • David Brook, MD

  • Paul Buehrens, MD

  • Nicole Casanova, MPH

  • Rachel Chapman, Ph.D.

  • Esther Chung, MD, MPH

  • Mallory Davis, MD

  • Robert De Gregorio

  • Hunter Furutani

  • Lulit Essayas, RPh, MPH

  • Tyler Freedman

  • Emily Grant, MPH

  • James Lenhart, MD, MPH

  • Anya Lewin

  • Lexi Lightner, MSPH

  • Daniel Low, MD

  • Yanxin Madrid, MS

  • James Pfeiffer, PhD, MPH

  • Magellan Rankin

  • 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

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Nuclear Weapons Abolition 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 Co-Chairs:

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