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Internships
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a nonprofit organization working toward effective medical practice, research, and health promotion. For the last 26 years, PCRM has led the way for reforms of federal nutrition policies, and our clinical research programs are breaking new ground in diabete |
Staff Profile: My Internship with PCRM
By Kavita Rajasekhar Kavita Rajasekhar spent six months interning at PCRM in 2005 before beginning medical school at the University of Florida, Gainesville. My journey to medical school and to an internship with PCRM’s Research Advocacy Department began years ago w |
Just the Facts
Heart Attacks ’R Us Pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Mannheim found the perfect venue for its doctors’ conference on heart attacks in Bethesda, Maryland, last April. Not the National Institutes of Health. Instead, they booked Ruth’s Chris Steak House just down the block. Maybe next |
Susan Levin, M.S., R.D.
Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., is director of nutrition education at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine, especially better nutrition, and higher standards in research. As director of nutrition education, Ms. Lev |
Physician Profile: Roberta S. Gray, M.D.: Working with Children and Animals
Roberta S. Gray, M.D., started quietly taking ethical stands many years ago. While attending medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she became the first student to decline participating in a live animal lab. After taking part in two horrific animal labs while studying physical therapy, |
Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D.
Kathryn Strong, M.S., R.D., is a staff nutritionist for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine, especially better nutrition, and higher standards in research. As a staff nutritionist, Ms. Strong assists wit |
Joseph Gonzales, R.D.
Joseph Gonzales, R.D., is a staff dietitian for PCRM. His background includes developing and monitoring nutrition care plans for a variety of health organizations, including hospitals, a nursing home, and a retreat center for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Gonzales also volunteered with a diabetes lifestyle |
Good Medicine Magazine: Can a Gene Make Your Diet Work Better?
The Art of Compassion: Celebrating 20 Years of Responsible Medicine Cleveland Surgeon Wins Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine Seattle Inventor Receives Henry J. Heimlich Award for Innovative Medicine Art of Compassion Award |
Employment Process
PCRM is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination on any basis including race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, the presence of mental, physical, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by federal or |
Culinary School Teaches Recipe for Better Health
As more people discover the benefits of plant-based meals, restaurants and grocery stores are looking to add healthful vegan options. And students at the Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts are ready to meet the demand. This state-of-the-art culinary school in Austin, Texas, specializes in vegan cooking. S |
2002: The Year in Review
In February, an investigation by researchers at PCRM and Georgetown University School of Medicine exposed the little known practice of prescribing estrogens to tall girls in order to suppress their growth. A full report appeared in the February 2002 Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. Avon, the largest |
University of Texas at San Antonio, Georgetown University End Use of Live Animal Labs
Medical education has taken a huge step forward at two major medical schools. In July, PCRM learned that The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and Georgetown University Medical Center have expanded their use of modern teaching met |
Animals, Research, and Alternatives: Thomas Hartung, M.D., Ph.D.
Speakers Thomas Hartung, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Presentation: Economics of Animal Testing Thomas Hartung, M.D., Ph.D., is the new director of the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) and the inaugural Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for Evidence-Based Toxicology in the D |
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