Migration and Health

Migration is a global phenomenon involving hundreds of millions of people, with major social and economic impacts on both countries of origin and destinations. In the U.S., California is by far the most affected by these population movements. The Center of Expertise on Migration and Health will be the first multidisciplinary, university-based program in the world devoted to systematically studying the health consequences of international population movements and developing more effective strategies to address them.

Training the next generation of health care researchers and practitioners to understand and deal more effectively with California’s immigrant and refugee communities is a vital necessity. Bringing social scientists and public health specialists together to provide this training is the best way to do it.

Wayne Cornelius, Director Emeritus
UCSD Center for Comparative Immigration Studies

The research agenda at the Center of Expertise on Migration and Health will focus on four key areas: behavioral and socio-economic determinants of health, health outcomes in migrants’ communities of origin and destination, child health, and health care delivery and policy. Forty scholars at ten UC campuses have agreed to serve as the Center’s initial core faculty.