Dr. med. Alex Rosen is one of the two co-chairs of IPPNW Germany, where is responsible for the topic of nuclear energy. He is a pediatric specialist and head of the pediatric emergency department of the Berlin University Clinic Charité. In the past ten years, he has closely followed the developments in Fukushima, especially the Fukushima Medical University thyroid-screenings and published numerous critical commentaries on the WHO and UNSCEAR reports, the screening publications and the health effects of the nuclear disaster.
Inspired by the events in Japan, he coordinated with colleagues from around the world to create the exhibition "Hibakusha Worldwide". Together with medical colleagues from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, he organized an international nuclear-awareness bike tour between the two cities and actively participated in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. Dr. Rosen hold regular lectures and presentations on the health effects of ionizing radiation, the medical consequences of nuclear diasters and the detrimental impact of the nuclear industry on health and the environment.
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