Center of Expertise: Migration and Health

Co-Directors

• Marc Schenker
  UC Davis
  mbschenker@ucdavis.edu
• Steffanie Strathdee
  UC San Diego
  sstrathdee@ucsd.edu

Lead Campuses

Mission

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 research and training experiences in migrant 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.

• UCSD Global Health Initiative
• UCSD Division of Global Public Health (see research, active projects)
• UCSD Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (see programs)
• UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health
• UCLA Migration Study Group
• UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
• UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
• UCB Health Initiative of the Americans

Centers of Expertise

• Migration and Health
• One Health: Water, Animals, Food and Society
• Women’s Health and Empowerment