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Education	M.B., B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) Adelaide Medical School, South Australia, 1961
Training	Residency: Adelaide Children’s Hospital, 1973-1974 Internships: Adelaide Childrens’s Hospital, 1972; Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1961
Fellowship	Research Fellow, Nutrition Clinic, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 1967-1968
Hospital Appointments	Founder and Director, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Adelaide Children’s Hospital, 1975-1976 Assistant in Medicine, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Harvard, 1977-1980
Teaching Appointments	Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1977-1978 Instructor, New School for Social Research, New York, 1995-1996 Laurie Chair in Womens Studies, Douglass College, Rutgers University, February-May, 2001
Professional Certifications	Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Pediatrics Member, American Thoracic Society Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics
Medical and Nuclear Education/ Public Advocacy	United States Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) - Founder and President, 1978-1983 - President Emeritus, 1983-PresentWomen’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND) - Founder, 1980Nuclear Freeze Voter Initiative Campaign, 1980 - Co-Leader STAR (Standing For Truth About Radiation) Foundation - Co-Founder, 1997; President, 1999-2000 Nuclear Policy Research Institute - President, 2001- Current Australia and New Zealand Initiated movement against French atmospheric tests, 1971-72 Led education campaign among Australian labor unions about medical and military dangers or uranium mining, 1975-1976 Led public New Zealand education campaign, with Dr. William Caldicott, resulting in the official New Zealand nuclear-free policy, 1982 Founded Green Labor, a new section within Australian Labor Party, 1988 Ran as Independent Candidate for Australian Federal Parliament, 1990 Founding Patron, Parents Protecting Our Children Against Radiation, Lucas Heights, NSW, 1998 Founder, Our Common Future Party (OCF), Australia 2000 Europe Helped organize English, Scottish, West German, Dutch, Belgian, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian medical campaigns for prevention of nuclear war, 1980 Member of American Friends Service Committee delegation which met with Soviet physicians and scientists on the medical consequences of nuclear power and nuclear war; also met with high-ranking Soviet officials to discuss terms of Salt II Treaty, 1979
Speeches/ Presentations	Special Meetings Joint presentation with Dr. Carl Sagan before sixty members of the US Senate, 1985Addressed UN Staff Committee for Nuclear Disarmament, 1985Testified before Australian Federal Senate Special Committee, 1998 Personal meetings with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; Former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, George Kennan; Soviet Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Dobrynin; and President Ronald Reagan, 1982-1983 Conferences/Presentations (Selected List) National Women’s Political Caucus, Address, 1979 American Society of Civil Engineers, Keynote Address, 1980 American Medical Students Associations, Keynote Address, 1980 American Association for the Advance of Science, 19980 Gulf Coast Council on Foreign Relations, 1981 United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Keynote Address 1982 June 12 Disarmament Rally in New York City, 1982 Women’s National Democratic Club, 1982 American Academy of Pediatrics, Keynote Address 1982 American Academy of Family Physicians, Keynote Address, 1982 National Freeze Campaign, Closing Address, Annual Conference, 1983 National Press Club, Luncheon Address, 1983 National Association of Newspaper Editors, Debate, 1983 World Council of Churches 60th Assembly, Opening Plenary Address, 1983 American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Annual Convention 1984 International Association of Social Workers, Speaker 1984 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Keynote Address, 1984 University of Toronto, Bronowski Lecture, 1984 International Women’s Conferences, Los Angeles, Moscow, Dublin, Keynote Speaker, 1984 National Women’s Conference on Preventing Nuclear War, Washington, D.C. 1984 Stanford University, McCormick Lecture,1984 Featured Speaker at major events throughout the United States on behalf of WAND, 1985 – 2002 EcoPolitics Conference, Keynote Speaker, Sydney, 1991 Rio Earth Summit Conference, Address, 1992 World Affairs Conference, Boulder, Colorado, Opening Speaker, 1994 National Coalition of Girls Schools Annual Meeting, Guest Speaker, Farmington, Connecticut, 1997 New Zealand College of Family Practitioners, Keynote Address, 1997 Rutgers University, Shaping a Life Series, Guest Speaker, 1997 and 1998 University of Oregon, Guest Speaker, 1997 Oregon Health Sciences University, Guest Speaker, 1997 Los Angeles Public Library, The Big Questions Series, Guest Speaker, 1997 Presbyterian Church, Investigation into Nuclear Power Conference, Santa Fe, 1997 Vermont Law School, Guest Speaker, 1998 Cleveland (Ohio) City Club, Guest Speaker, 1998 Symposium on Effects of Low-level Radiation, New York Academy of Medicine, Principal Convenor and Speaker, 1998 Brainstorm 2002: the FORTUNE editors’ invitational, Aspen, Colorado, Panel Expert, 2002 The Fontainebleau Symposium – On Innovation and Society INSEAD, Fontainebleau – France, Guest Speaker, 2002 Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, Guest Speaker, 2002 Wallace Stegner Center Symposium, The Nuclear West: Legacy and Future, Salt Lake City, Utah, Guest Speaker, 2003 Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Symposium on the Health Effects of Depleted Uranium Munitions, New York Academy of Medicine, Principal Convenor and Speaker, 2003 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Plutonium Futures – The Science 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Guest Speaker, 2003 Keynote speaker, Strategies for a World Without Nuclear Option, Linz, Austria, November 2003 Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Symposium: Three Minutes to Midnight, Omni-Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, Principal Convenor and Speaker, January 2004 IPPNW International Congress, keynote speech, Berlin, Germany, May 2004 The Cosmos Club, luncheon speaker, Washington, DC, September 2004 Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Symposium: Nuclear Power and Children’s Health, Chicago, IL, Principal Convenor and Speaker, October 2004 Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Symposium: Full Spectrum Dominance, Airlie House, Warrenton, VA, Principal Convenor and Speaker, May 2005 Next Generation, keynote speaker, Marin County, CA, October 2005 Non-proliferation and disarmament: The Way Forward, keynote speaker, Boston, MA, October 2005 Nuclear Policy Research Institute, Symposium: Nuclear Power and Global Warming, Airlie House, Warrenton, VA, Principal Convenor and Speaker, November 2005 Williams College, public lecture, Williamstown, MA, May 2006 The New School, public lecture, New York, NY, May 2006
Commencement Addresses	Numerous commencement addresses, including Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard University School of Public Health, Williams College, Smith College, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Salem State College, Emmanuel College, Medical College of Pennsylvania, State University of New York at Binghamton, University of Massachusetts Medical School,and University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, 1997
Awards/ Nominations	Select List United Automobile Workers International Women’s Day Committee, Woman of the Year, 1973 Ethical Society of Boston, Humanist of the Year, 1980 Environmental Defense Center, Margaret Mead Award, 1980 Thomas Merton Society, Thomas Merton Prize for Peace, 1980 Promoting Enduring Peace, Gandhi Peace Prize, 1981 SANE Education Fund, SANE Peace Award, 1981 American Association of Humanist Psychology, Humanist of the Year, 1982 Massachusetts Audubon Society, Audubon “A” Award, 1982 Boston College, Woman of the Year Award, 1984 Massachusetts Bay Association of Writing Programs, Outstanding Writer, 1984 Brandeis University, Abraham L. Sacher Award, 1984 American Association of University Women, Peace Award, 1984 Massachusetts Psychology Association, Humanitarian Award, 1984 American Medical Women’s Association, Elizabeth Blackwell Award, 1984 United Nations Association for Australia, Peace Medal Award, 1985 Hofstra University, President’s Award, 1985 Physicians for Social Responsibility (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), Nobel Peace Prize, 1985 John Roger Foundation, Integrity Award, 1985 American Ethical Union, Elliott Black Award, 1986 Second Biennial Fate of the Earth Conference, Ansel Adams Award, 1984 Physicians for Social Responsibility, Norman Cousins Award for Peacemaking, 1992 Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, Louis Mumford Award, 1993 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, 1994 Lannan Foundation, The Prize for Cultural Freedom, 2003 Peace Organisation of Australia, Australian Peace Prize, 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011
Honorary Degrees	Selected List Doctor of Humane Letters, Emmanuel College, Boston, 1980 Doctor of Humane Letters, Salem State College, Massachusetts, 1980 Doctor of Science, Williams College, 1980 Doctor of Letters, Westfield State College, 1981 Doctor of Humane Letters, Columbia College, Chicago, 1982 Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Massachusetts, 1983 Doctor of Laws, University of Notre Dame, 1983 Doctor of Humane Letters, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1983 Doctor of Humane Letters, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1984 Doctor of Humane Letters, Antioch University, 1984 Doctor of Humane Letters, Russell Sage College, Troy, N.Y., 1986 Doctor of Laws, Northeastern University Law School, 1986 Doctor of Medicine, University of Linkoping, Linkoping, Sweden, 1986 Doctor of Science, Rutgers University, 1990 Doctor of Laws, Smith College, 1990 Doctor of Laws, University of Guelph, 1991 Doctor of Humane Letters, Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1993 Doctor of Education, University of Newcastle, Australia, 2000 Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Victoria, Vancouver, 2000 Doctorat honoris Causa, University of Montreal, 2009 Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2010
Publications see also Books	Missile Envy, Bantam Books, New York, 1985 If You Love This Planet, W.W. Norton, New York, 1992 Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do (Revised Edition), W.W. Norton, New York, 1994 A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography, W.W. Norton, New York, 1996 (published in Australia as A Passionate Life, Random House, Sydney, 1996) The New Nuclear Danger, George W. Bush’s Military Industrial Complex, The New Press, New York (US), Scribe Publications, Melbourne (Australia), 2002 Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer, The New Press, New York (US, Canada, UK), Melbourne University Press (Australia and New Zealand), 2006 War In Heaven, with Craig Eisendrath, PhD, The New Press, New York (US, Canada, UK), 2007 If You Love This Planet, W.W. Norton, New York, revised and updated 2009 Loving the Planet, New Press, coming in 2012
Miscellaneous	Host, one-hour weekly radio program “Fair Dinkum” on WBAI-FM in New York City, 1995-1998 Founded a new political party in Australia called Our Common Future Party – 1999 Initiated a symposium in the US Congress in March 1999 on Nuclear Y2K Named one of the most important women of the 20th Century by the Ladies Home Journal in the USFilms see also Film Featured in Eight Minutes to Midnight by Mary Benjamin, Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary, 1981 If You Love This Planet by Terri Nash and the National Film Board of Canada, Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, 1982 In Our Hands by Action for Nuclear Disarmament 1982 The Crossroads of Time by Dick Bell, 1984 The Last Epidemic by Ian Thierman, Helen’s War: portrait of a dissident by Anna Broinowski, 2004Media Coverage Numerous television and radio appearances in the US, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fresh Air, ABC Nightline, The Montel Williams Show, the Faith Williams Show, Studs Terkel, Sixty Minutes, Crossfire, Larry King Live, Donahue, Oprah, Wolf Blitzer Reports, CNN, C-SPAN Book-TV and Reagan: The American Experience (PBS). In Australia, The Midday Show, Life Matters, Good Morning, Australia, and Margaret Throsby. In print, featured in major newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Boston Globe, Life Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Age, Women’s Weekly, Condé Nast, Ladies Home Journal and Ita.

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