Excited to present our work at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School Public Health Public Health Research Day Symposium. Shoutout to our amazing mentor Tala Alrousan | تالا and the whole project team from Displacement & Health Research Center. Stay tuned! #refugeehealth #maternalhealth #hypertension #PublicHealth

May miracles happen 💫⭐️and the joy and mercy of Eid reach the hearts of those who need it the most 🙏🏾 Eid Mubarak #EidAlFitr2024 #EidMubarak

Good to be back in Boston. Minus the stormy weather which I do not miss about this wonderful city. This time FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard with my son in the audience for a talk I gave at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Displacement and Health

Roland J. Thorpe, Jr It was phenomenal meeting you today!! I cannot wait to hear you speak at the joint UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School Public Health UC San Diego School of Medicine Grand Rounds this Wednesday at 12:15p PST.

Students and faculty- please join us and be inspired! Check your emails for event details 👌🏽

This is huge! The OMB has finally added a 'Middle Eastern or North African' (MENA) category to race/ethnicity questions!

This will lead to better representation of MENA folks in health research in the US. I'm very excited to collaborate with folks on MENA-related research!

On #International_Womens_Day I am in Chicago thrilled and humble to accept the Empower10 Award for 10 Inspiring, Influential and emPOWERING Women in the Nation from the Arab American Business& Professional Association.

abpaillinois.com/empower-10-202…

May 7-8 in Dublin! Excited to join amazing humans ⁦Trinity College Dublin⁩ ⁦⁦Boston College⁩ “Bridging the Humanitarian, Peacebuilding& Development Nexus: Building systems for Mental Health Support for Populations Affected by War& Forced Displacement” bc.edu/bc-web/academi…

We visited the Chaldean Community Center in El Cajon. They started a Radio&TV station in Chaldean& Arabic to serve 70K+ Chaldean refugees in San Diego. We will partner to offer tailored health education via these channels. Talk about innovation in public health! UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School Public Health

A special webinar coming up Feb 21 hosted by Global Brain Health Institute & UC San Francisco Department of Neurology Global Teleneurology Services: Impact of Trauma & Violent Conflict in War Time on Brain Health & Healing, Details and registration: calendar.ucsf.edu/event/global_n…

I am looking forward to joining my friends and colleagues ⁦Hernando Santamaría⁩ at the Global Neurology Forum ⁦⁦Global Brain Health Institute⁩ to share insights and research on the “Impact of Trauma & Violent Conflict in War Time on Brain Health & Healing” Join us! gbhi.org/events/global-…

Dive into Dr. Tala Al-Rousan's inspiring journey from Jordan to groundbreaking refugee health studies. Explore her passion for health equity, tech's role, and vision for a better world.
Read the full interview: ow.ly/g22y50Qvh0c

#AskAwaySeries #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth

Proud of this rising star Abeer | عَبير doing some good work on #refugee health in Jordan. Her dedication to health equity for refugees is exactly what we need in future scientists to address global challenges 💪🏽 Keep up the good work!

It’s often overlooked that MLK’s dream was divisive in his day.

Resistance is not a signal of failure. It’s often a clue that you’re ahead of your time. Visions for change elicit opposition from defenders of the status quo.

Rocking the boat is a precursor to progress.

Cross-sectional study found that there remain gaps in the understanding of & interventions in the health research needs of refugees locally and along the migratory route. Findings suggest the NIH provided minimal funding to support refugee health research. ja.ma/41VuZle

Honored to be a co-author with Tala Alrousan | تالا & her team Displacement & Health Research Center, looking at 20yrs of NIH funding & how little has gone to #RefugeeHealth —“for context, the NIH spent less than 0.01% of its 2020 budget on refugee health research.” Mass General Center for Global Health Mongan Institute Boston University Center on Forced Displacement

A recent study found that greater research investments are needed to address refugee health. 🩺

Corr. author Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH of UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School Public Health shared what researchers learned from a secondary analysis of NIH-funded grants.

❓ Read the Q+A: go.ucsd.edu/3vxnRzF