Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine Inc

THE PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE PROMOTES PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, PARTICULARLY GOOD NUTRITION, CONDUCTS CLINICAL RESEARCH, AND ENCOURAGES HIGHER STANDARDS FOR ETHICS AND EFFECTIVENESS IN RESEARCH.

RESEARCH AND REGULATORY AFFAIRSWE PROMOTE ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL USE IN RESEARCH, TESTING, AND EDUCATION. TO IMPROVE PHYSICIAN TRAINING, WE WORK TO REPLACE ANIMALS IN RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS. AS A RESULT OF OUR WORK, ONLY EIGHT OF 285 SURVEYED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCIES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA CONTINUE TO USE ANIMALS. IN FY 2022, WE LAUNCHED NEW CAMPAIGNS BY FILING FEDERAL COMPLAINTS TO CHALLENGE THE USE OF LIVE ANIMALS FOR MEDICAL TRAINING AT TWO SCHOOLS. WE HELD PHYSICIAN-LED DEMONSTRATIONS AND POSTED ADS TARGETING ANIMAL USE AT SIX SCHOOLS, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. WE ENDED ANIMAL USE FOR MEDICAL OR VETERINARY TRAINING AT TWO SCHOOLS, AND IN BOTH THE PARAMEDIC TRAINING PROGRAM AND GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.OUR TOXICOLOGISTS ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NONANIMAL-BASED TESTS FOR CHEMICAL TOXICITY, INCLUDING TRAINING STUDENTS AND CAREER TOXICOLOGISTS. IN FY 2022, WE PUBLISHED TWO PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS MAKING PROGRESS ON HUMAN-BASED APPROACHES FOR ACUTE LETHAL TOXICITY AND OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGIC ASTHMA. WE ALSO LED A CASE STUDY, WHICH WAS APPROVED AND PUBLISHED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ON A HUMAN-BASED APPROACH FOR ASSESSING THE TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS TO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. OUR TRAINING OFFERINGS IN FY 2022 REACHED OVER 6,000 PROFESSIONALS. A MONTHLY WEBINAR SERIES ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS, AND REGULATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A CONCURRENT DISCUSSION SERIES FEATURING LEADERS IN THE FIELD, ATTRACTING OVER 1,000 ATTENDEES IN THE FIRST FOUR SESSIONS. TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS, WE HELD THE SECOND NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER SCHOOL FOR INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN SCIENCE, WHICH OFFERED AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TOXICOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH STUDENTS INTERESTED IN NONANIMAL SCIENCE.

NUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITION EXPERTS GREW A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE PLANT-BASED DIETS FOR HEALTH. TO EDUCATE CLINICIANS, WE BOOKENDED FY 2022 WITH TWO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRITION IN MEDICINE EVENTS, REACHING 1,500 PEOPLE. THE NUTRITION GUIDE FOR CLINICIANS, A DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT MOBILE APPLICATION, REACHED 6,079 NEW USERS, WITH OVER 57,000 TOTAL USERS TO DATE. NUTRITIONCME.ORG BROUGHT IN 1,929 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS THROUGH NOVEL AND PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, AND WE PROVIDED LECTURES AT 28 MEDICAL, NURSING, AND DENTAL SCHOOLS, REACHING 1,678 STUDENTS. THE CLINICIAN REFERRAL NETWORK BROUGHT IN 44 NEW PROVIDERS, FOR A TOTAL OF 402 WORLDWIDE. THE LETS BEAT BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN REACHED 5,000 PLEDGES, APPEARED OVER 6 MILLION TIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND GARNERED THE SUPPORT OF RENOWNED EXPERTS AND CELEBRITIES WHO JOINED TOGETHER TO PROMOTE BREAST CANCER RISK REDUCTION THROUGH FOUR EASY NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE STEPS. THE BILINGUAL 21-DAY VEGAN KICKSTART MOBILE APPLICATION HAS NOW REACHED OVER 400,000 PEOPLE WITH MENUS, RECIPES, AND EDUCATION AND COOKING VIDEOS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING TO A PLANT-BASED DIET. ONLINE EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS ALLOWED US TO REACH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE: THE FIGHT DIABETES WITH FOOD PROGRAM REACHED OVER 6,500 LIVE PARTICIPANTS, AND OUR FIGHT DIABETES WITH FOOD INDIA PROGRAM REACHED 2,600 PEOPLE. FIGHT HOT FLASHES WITH FOOD REACHED 792 LIVE PARTICIPANTS. ONE HEALTHY WORLD, OUR NEW MULTILINGUAL ONLINE PROGRAM, REACHED OVER 100,000 PEOPLE. IN CHINA, WE REACHED MORE THAN 11,200 PEOPLE THROUGH A TOTAL OF 98 LECTURES ACROSS 40 CITIES. THE NATIVE AMERICAN FOOD FOR LIFE ONLINE COURSE TAUGHT BY COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTO NEW COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE FOOD FOR LIFE NUTRITION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM, VIA OUR GLOBAL NETWORK OF 300 INSTRUCTORS, REACHED 7,500 STUDENTS THROUGH MORE THAN 1,000 INDIVIDUAL CLASSES.

COMMUNICATIONSWORKING WITH PHYSICIANS, HEALTH EXPERTS, AND CELEBRITIES WHO SERVE AS SPOKESPEOPLE, WE INFORM, PERSUADE, AND INSPIRE READERS THROUGH STRATEGIC MEDIA RELATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS. OUR WORK WAS FEATURED IN TRADITIONAL NEWS OUTLETS, INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON POST, CNN, CBS NEWS, POLITICO, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, BLOOMBERG, AND MANY OTHERS. EACH MONTH, WE REACHED A POTENTIAL AUDIENCE OF 83 MILLION BY APPEARING IN AN AVERAGE OF 105 NEWS OUTLETS. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATED CONVERSATIONS DAILY AMONG MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON 13 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. IN FY 2022, 4.6 MILLION PEOPLE ENGAGED WITH OUR CONTENT, UP 25.4% FROM FY 2021. WE REACHED 230 MILLION ACCOUNTS, UP 37% FROM FY 2021. OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL RECEIVED 16.4 MILLION VIEWS IN FY 2022 AND GAINED 148.3 THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS, BRINGING OUR TOTAL TO 337 THOUSAND. THE EXAM ROOM PODCAST WAS DOWNLOADED MORE THAN 4.9 MILLION TIMES IN FY 2022 AND 10 MILLION FROM ITS 2018 LAUNCH THROUGH FY 2022. OUR WEBSITE RECEIVED 8,702,880 TOTAL PAGE VIEWS IN FY 2022.