Our Advisors
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Joel Moskowitz, Ph.D.
Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley. Dr. Moskowitz has conducted research on disease prevention programs and policies for more than 30 years, most recently focusing on adverse health effects of wireless radiation. In 2009 he served as the senior author on a hallmark paper reviewing research on mobile phone use and increased brain tumor risk published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology . He has disseminated research related to wireless technology, public health and policy since 2009. He is an advisor to the International EMF Scientist Appeal signed by more than 250 scientists who published peer-reviewed research on EMF and biology or health. He has published an opinion piece in Scientific American Oct 17, 2019, We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe.The technology is coming, but contrary to what some people say, there could be health risks. (2019) Scientific American. His Electromagnetic Radiation Safety website is a valuable resource for journalists and the public.
Cindy Russell, M.D.
Cindy Russell, M.D., Executive Director of Physicians for Safe Technology, is a plastic surgeon practicing in Mountain View, California. She completed her residency training at Stanford University Medical Center. Treating breast cancer patients and witnessing the epidemic of breast cancer over the last 30 years, she became interested in public health and the root causes of chronic illness along with prevention strategies. Dr. Russell has been Chair of the Santa Clara County Medical Association (SCCMA/MCMS) Environmental Health Committee since 1995 and has been VP of Community Health for the SCCMA/MCMS since 2010. During that time she has authored many policy resolutions related to reducing environmental toxins at the California Medical Association House of Delegates. In 2001 she led the effort to pass the Santa Clara County Integrated Pest Management ordinance to reduce pesticide exposure on County property. She remains on the SCCIPM Task Force.
Roxana Marachi, Ph.D.
Roxana Marachi, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San Jose State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Dr. Marachi’s expertise includes analysis of learning environments, motivation, cognition, social climate, and behavior. She has a special focus on the impact of computers on childhood development, learning and psychosocial effects on students of all ages. She is a passionate advocate for connecting the most recent research on how we learn socially, emotionally, and cognitively with practical applications for improving learning, academic achievement and work environments. Dr. Marachi has authored numerous articles on school violence, bullying and social psychology in education. She has received numerous awards for her work.
Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD
Dr. Beatrice Golomb is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She is also director of UCSD’s Golomb Research Group which focuses on the relation of oxidative stress and mitochondrial function to health, aging, behavior, illness, environmental and medication effects and nutrition. Current research studies are on Gulf War Illness, statin and fluoroquinolone side effects and electrosensitivity. Dr. Golomb completed her undergraduate degree at University of Southern California in Physics. She then went on to obtain her PhD in Biology and her Medical Degree at the University of California San Diego. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at Salk Institute. She has been a member of the International Group for Reducing Inappropriate Medication Use and Polypharmacy (IGRIMUP). Currently she is on the advisory board of The Science Network, which is a nonprofit group dedicated to discussion of issues at the intersection of science and social policy. Her focus has been on preventative medicine. She is best known for her work on Gulf War Illness, statins, placebos and chocolate.