Our research agenda is focused on:

Refugee and asylee health
Patterns of human rights violations
Successful border policies and underlying structural factors which impact health of newcomers, including insecure housing, exposure to violence, and barriers to education and employment.
Evaluation and dissemination of our educational and operational models

Publications

Published August 2024 by American Pyschological Association

William Martinez, PhD, was a co-author on a recent presidential task force report titled Psychological Science and Immigration Today, which calls for a population health approach to working with immigrants. This resolution was also adopted by the American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives.

Published July 2024 by Academic Pediatrics

Immigrant and Refugee Health Curricula in US-Based Medical Training: A Scoping Review to Inform Integration Into Pediatric Residency Programs

Lisa Gantz MD, FAAP, Suzinne Pak-Gorstein MD, MPH, PhD Juan Raul Gutierrez MD, MPH, FAAP Zarin Noor MD, MPH, FAAP and Sural Shah MD, MPH, FAAP

Published August 2023 by Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Immigrants and Substance Use Disorders: A Legal and Medical Perspective (Practice Advisory) PART I and PART II

Kathy Brady & Ann Block, ; Michelle Lough, MD, MPH; Triveni DeFries, MD, MPH

Published on October 22, 2022 by British Journal of Dermatology

Improving Migrant Health in the United States: Opportunities for Dermatologists to 1 Participate in Care Delivery, Asylum Medicine, and Community Partnership

Penelope Kim-Lim, Herbert Castillo Valladares, Alexia Knapp, Coleen Kivlahan and Aileen Y. Chang

Published on November 15, 2022 by the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Academic Health Centers and Humanitarian Crises: One Health System’s Response to Unaccompanied Children at the Border

Devaskar, Sherin U. MD¹; Cunningham, Coleen K. MD²; Steinhorn, Robin H. MD³; Haq, Cynthia MD⁴; Spisso, Johnese RN, MPA⁵; Dunne, William⁶; Gutierrez, Juan Raul MD, MPH⁷; Kivlahan, Coleen MD, MSPH⁸; Bholat, Michelle MD, MPH⁹; Barakat, Suzanne MD¹⁰; de Leon Siantz, Mary Lou PhD, RN¹¹; Romero, Stephanie MPA¹²; Lefteris, Chad T.¹³; Gaffney, Samantha MSHA, MBA¹⁴; Deville, Jaime MD¹⁵; Lerner, Carlos MD, MPhil¹⁶; Liu, Jasen MD¹⁷; Kuelbs, Cynthia L. MD¹⁸; Kukreja, Sudeep MD¹⁹; Golden, Charles MD²⁰; Nelson, Zoanne MBA²¹; Elton, Kristie MSPT²²; Byington, Carrie L. MD²³

Published on November 15, 2022 by the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach at a Student-Run Clinic for Individuals Seeking Asylum

Jaradeh, Katrin¹; Sergi, Francesco MPH²; Kivlahan, Coleen MD, MSPH³; Nava Gonzales, Cesar⁴; Cury, Mar CMHW, CMA⁵; DeFries, Triveni MD, MPH⁶

Published on November 3, 2022 by the Journal of Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture

Asylum seeker trauma in a student-run clinic: reducing barriers to forensic medical evaluations

Aaron Gallagher, Gabriela Steiner, Martha Michel, Cesar Nava Gonzales, Sabrina Mendez-Contreras, Alice Lu, Marcos Armendariz, Triveni DeFries, Suzanne Barakat, Coleen Kivlahan