Editorial: The New Face of Science and Medicine
When Chad Sandusky, Ph.D., worked at the Environmental Protection
Agency, he never imagined that he would one day be working to replace
the animal tests so commonly used at the EPA.
When John Pippin,
M.D., was immersed in his busy cardiology practice, the idea of
alternatives to animal research was not a major topic of discussion.
When Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., studied ethology at the University
of Tennessee, he knew that the study of animal behavior seldom
included efforts to make animals’ lives
better. And in their graduate programs in toxicology and biology, Kristie Stoick, M.P.H.,
and Megha Even, M.S., rarely heard any mention of the problems of animal experiments.
| As we look back on the accomplishments of the past year,
I am very grateful to the many physicians, scientists, and
health professionals from many fields who have carried our
work forward in an exemplary way. |
Today,
all that has changed. These scientists and their colleagues head
up PCRM’s
efforts to promote alternatives to animal research methods. They
have put ethical research on the agenda of government regulators,
chemical manufacturers, and the scientific press. The issue has
clearly arrived.
Similarly, PCRM’s dietetic and nutrition
professionals—Tim Radak,
Dr.P.H., R.D.; Amber Green, R.D.; Susan Levin, R.D.; and Dulci
Ward, R.D.—may
not have heard the words “vegetarian” and “vegan” very
often in their training. But today, in scientific presentations,
press interviews, and testimony at governmental bodies, these words
are becoming synonymous with health. Our clinical research team
is putting healthy diets to the test; the results are published
in major, peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at medical
conferences.
PCRM’s legal team, headed by Mindy Kursban and
Dan Kinburn, is bringing advocacy for ethical research and healthy
diets into courtrooms—and newsrooms—in
unprecedented ways.
As we look back on the accomplishments of the
past year, I am very grateful to the many physicians, scientists,
and health professionals from many fields who have carried our
work forward in an exemplary way. I am also especially grateful
to our members who have so often helped with our campaigns and
have generously ensured that our work, still far from finished,
will continue to move forward.
We have a long way to go before
the dreams of ethical research and a sensible approach to health
are realized. But our team of doctors, scientists, and laypersons
is stronger than ever before. In this issue, we summarize the most
recent chapter in that effort and look forward to even more success
in the year to come.
Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
President of PCRM
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