Director: Steffanie Strathdee, Division of Global Public Health

Co-Director: Wayne A. Cornelius, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies

Participating Campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz

Operating under the auspices of the University of California’s Global Health Institute, the mission of the Center of Expertise on Migration and Health (COEMH) is to improve health and eliminate health disparities of international migrants, refugees, and internally displaced people around the world. Serving local, national and international communities, we will seek new knowledge to forge sustainable improvements in the health of migrant and refugee populations through basic and action-oriented research, policy analyses, applied learning opportunities, and innovative dissemination activities. The Center will implement graduate education, conduct research in immigrant and refugee communities, establish distance education opportunities, and develop transnational collaborations. These activities will provide a rich, real-world environment for training the next generation of leaders who will respond to emerging health issues related to migration. The COEMH will use its partnerships with global communities and organizations to translate research into effective, culturally appropriate practices and sound public policies.

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Papers and presentations from the COEMH Research Training Workshop, May 13-14, 2010 »

Health and migration
Field Action Science Reports
Special Issue 2 | 2010
The Journal series investigates various issues regarding the health of Migrants
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