
Join us on April 26th for Power in Listening, the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research’s Spring event!
Who We Are
The Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research partners with immigrant communities, advocates, policymakers, and social and health systems on actionable research to improve immigrant health and well-being.
Led by Dr. Jessica Santos, we are a group of social scientists and public health researchers who conduct rigorous mixed methods research to answer relevant questions about the health of immigrants and communities. We work in partnership with funders, advocates, health systems, and immigrant communities to develop and conduct actionable, high-impact research to advance policy that supports immigrant health and health equity.
The Leah Zallman Center is a research center at the Institute for Community Health (ICH). The Center is proud to build on ICH’s long history of using participatory methods to ensure that community voices in research are amplified to the state and national level as part of evidence-based policymaking.

News and Updates From the Blog
Fall 2022 Leah Zallman Center annual report
Read the Fall 2022 Leah Zallman Center annual report (FY22) from our first year to learn more about who we are and how we do our work:
Register for LZC’s “Power in Listening” Event
Join us for the Leah Zallman Center event titled "Power in Listening" on March 15th from 9-11am. This participatory forum will focus on research, strategy, and immigrant health. The event is being held with in-person and virtual participation options. Click here to...
Vote “Yes on 4” for National Immigrants Day
By Jessica Santos, PhD, Director of the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research
Two years ago, physician and public health researcher Dr. Leah Zallman wrote this beautiful blog sharing her reflections on National Immigrants Day. She reminded us how we are all interconnected and encouraged us to exercise our right and privilege to vote on Election Day.