Migrant Health in Big Cities: Can past health crises inform the future?
This webinar brings together researchers from a variety of institutions to discuss what has been learned about migrant health policy in urban areas facing public health crises and how these lessons can inform future policy and action. Speakers highlight the impact of exclusion, promising strategies for integration and social connection, and the role of civil society in serving vulnerable migrant groups, among other themes.
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Migrants' Reproductive Health Services and Pregnancy-based Discrimination in Japan
On Thursday, May 19, 2022, Professor Masako Tanaka presented her findings from a study highlighting changes in contraceptive use among migrants from five Asian countries to Japan and argues against Japan's current migration policy and poor reproductive health services. Masako Tanaka is a visiting research scholar at the CUNY SPH and a professor at the Department of Global Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.
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Migration in and beyond Ukraine: National Tragedy, Global Responsibility
On 5 May 2022, CUNY CIRGH hosted a special Dean’s Grand Rounds webinar that discussed the impacts of the refugee crisis within Ukraine as well as on its neighbors, on Europe and on the rest of the world. Special emphasis was given to the challenges faced by countries hosting the largest numbers of Ukrainians, the importance of connecting immediate relief with longer-term solutions, and the role of women in responding to this crisis.

Panelists include Dr. Victor Boguslavsky, Ms. Madeleine Rees, Dr. Jasmijn Slootjes, and Dr. Paul Spiegel.
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