Helen Caldicott

Dr Helen Caldicott is the founding president of Nuclear Policy Research Institute. She has devoted the last 35 years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behavior to stop environmental destruction. Born in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Caldicott trained and practiced as a pediatrician, specializing in cystic fibrosis, before concentrating full time on the prevention of nuclear war. She co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility. Its international umbrella group (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. Dr Caldicott has received many prizes and awards for her work and was personally nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Linus Pauling - himself a Nobel Laureate. She has authored numerous books and articles and is the subject of several documentary films. Dr Caldicott currently divides her time between Australia and the US where she lectures widely. Email: info@helencaldicott.com.

The Nuclear Policy Research Institute was established by Dr. Helen Caldicott to educate the American public through the mass media about the greatest single threat to our country's – and indeed the world's – public health, namely the profound medical, environmental, political and moral consequences of perpetuating nuclear weapons, power and waste. www.nuclearpolicy.org.