2020
Provides lectures on Pediatric Asthma and Clean Air at UCSD PRIME-HEq Program
2021
Founders deliver lecture on Pediatric Asthma and Clean Air at Loma Linda Pediatric Residency Program
March 2021
Endorses Dr. Anne-Marie Birkbeck Garcia for APCD Public Health Member Board position unanimously
March 2021
Youth Clean Air Talks begin
April 2021
Founders invited to panel discussions on Environmental Justice work and Climate Advocacy (Oregon Pediatric Society, UCSD SOM Civic Engagement Club, AMSA UC Berkeley)
June 2021
Co-organizes and holds 3rd journal club on Climate Change and Health topics, joined by Rady’s and AAP-CA3
September 2021
Accepts new premed interns to increase efforts in HPV vaccine advocacy project and leaded aviation fuel pollution reduction project
September 2021
Founders publish article featuring their work on SDPCA and AAP-CA3 Climate Change & Health Commitee
Informing Policy on Built Environments to Safeguard Children in Environmental Justice Communities: Case Study of Five AAP Climate Advocates.
October 2021
Dr. Dan Spencer successfully applies to have local governments issue proclamations recognizing Children’s Environmental Health Day held on October 14
County of San Diego, City of San Diego, La Mesa, Solana Beach, Encinatas, Chula Vista and Lemon Grove
November 2021
Founders and SDPCA Interns Vivian Nguyen & Riley Gilbertson nominated for the 2022 American Climate Leadership Award “Scriptorium for the Planet.”
November 2021
Dr. Vi Thuy Nguyen becomes Co-Chair of the AAP California State Government Affairs Expert Committee on Environmental Health and Climate Change
June 2022
Accepts new premed intern to increase climate advocacy through creativity
Nominates San Diego Team to Co-Chair AAP California State Government Affairs Expert Committee on Tobacco, Ecigs and Cannabis Products
Unleaded Fuel Tank Funded Riley Gilbertson successfully completes year-long advocacy to addresses leaded aviation pollution at Clairemont. Paper submitted with Drs. Elizabeth Freidman, Rachel Ireland, Vi Nguyen to AJPH.
August 2022
Intern Ashley Calderon holds “Reducing Single-Use Plastics in the San Diego Healthcare Landscape” Webinar and Panel Discussion
September 2022
Helps pass Chula Vista ban on flavored tobacco products 5-0. Dr. Sara Valladolid and Laisha Felix testified. Dr. Nguyen and Laisha Felix speak at rally and interviewed by KPBS, NBC, Univision.
December 2024
Continued collaboration with Environmental Health Coalition
Environmental Health Coalition, “STOP DIESEL” project. Elida Kocharian UCSD SOM, Laisha Felix UCSD 2023, Miah Selest UCSD 2024 for working with EHC to help advocate for cleaner air and less diesel pollution for the neighborhoods of Barrio Logan and National City.
December 2024
Dr. Anne Marie Birkbeck Garcia and Dr. Vi Thuy Nguyen speak on as expert panelists in the UCSD Internal Medicine Residency Social Justice and Advocacy Curriculum
February 2025
Emily Nguyen UCLA Premed and Dr. Vi Thuy Nguyen present a Table Top Presentation at the American Pediatric Academic Regional Meeting
Co-authors include Aneesah Grayson and Bruce Bekkar MD and Vi Nguyen MD “Public Health Advisory Council (Orange County and Los Angeles): A Blueprint for Local Climate and Health Legislative Decarbonization Advocacy.”