2nd Annual Colloquium on Population Health & Health Equity: Immigrant Health

November 25, 2019 | By

In late October, immigrant health was the focus of the 2nd Annual Colloquium on Population Health & Health Equity. The topic was timely, with worldwide migration at historic highs and immigrant detentions continuing to spur controversy in the United States and Mexico. It was also personal: Some presenters shared their experiences as immigrants and first-generation Americans, and many observed how fears of deportation affect their patients’ health.

The symposium — organized by UCSF’s inaugural Vice Dean of Population Health and Health Equity, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, and co-chaired by Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD and Courtney Lyles, PhD with the help of a steering committee with a broad base of expertise in immigrant health— brought in a full house in Beyers Auditorium, with more than 100 others watching the livestream from across and beyond our UCSF campus.

“Any understanding of human health that doesn’t include the rising tide of migration that we are witnessing will remain incomplete,” Dr. Bibbins-Domingo said.

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