Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Tucson, Arizona. The group is closely affiliated with the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, a politically conservative nonprofit association advocating numerous discredited hypotheses including AIDS denialism. It is run by Arizona physician Jane Orient. According to Bloomberg News, the group was "founded to promote civil defense during the Cold War", and has been "transformed over the years into a forum" on "fringe-science topics" such as global warming denial. DDP was described by The Guardian as a "fringe political group" and as a "truly bizarre lobby group". It promotes the denialist view that man-made global warming is not real or not an important concern. Affiliations Doctors for Disaster Preparedness share the same address with AAPS. DDP President Jane Orient is also the Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). DDP Vice-President Arthur B. Robinson is also the President of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM). Petr Beckmann Award The Petr Beckmann Award for courage and achievement in defense of scientific truth and freedom' is awarded at the annual meeting of the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. The award is named for Petr Beckmann, an electrical engineer and libertarian who challenged Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. The Guardian described the Beckmann Award as "handed out by obscure rightwing lobbyists". The following people have received this award: 1995 - Jane Orient 1996 - Robert Jastrow 1997 - Sallie Baliunas 1998 - Arthur B. Robinson 2000 - S. Fred Singer 2003 - Sherwood B. Idso 2004 - Willie Soon 2012 - Marc Morano Especially Morano's selection was criticized in The Guardian, as Morano had previously republished the email address of a climate scientist who had received death threats. Morano wrote of climate scientists: "I seriously believe we should kick them while they're down. They deserve to be publicly flogged." Annual meetings In August 2015 the group held its 33rd annual meeting. While attacks on mainstream climate science are "a staple", the meeting provides a forum to a "broad" range of material. Presentations at the 2015 meeting included a theory about links between John F. Kennedy’s assassination and the deaths of his brother and son; a prediction that the aim of Obamacare was to cause the collapse the U.S. health-care system and a recommendation "that the audience start stockpiling medications and finding doctors who would work for