Environmental Health Action Committee Chair
Term: 2025-2026
Action Committee overview: Environmental Health
The Environmental Health Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts regarding environmental justice, climate change action, Earth Day, etc. AMSA, back in the late 60s, played a major role in the establishment of Earth Day, which became recognized in 1970, on an international level. More recently, climate change has only been touched on by other action committees. However, given the breadth and importance of environmental health, AMSA established the Environmental Health Action Committee in 2019. This Action Committee has begun to fill the present void and continues to raise awareness as climate change remains a pressing matter in the lives of our future patients.
Position description
The Environmental Health Chair is responsible for leading the Environmental Health Action Committee’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of climate change and Earth Day. As such, they will lead and collaborate with the EH Programming Coordinator and EH Advocacy Coordinator (see separate descriptions).
As a national Chair, the Environmental Health Chair will fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a national Chair as described further below.
