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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.

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PublicationImmigrant Mental Health Services in Greater Boston: A Landscape Review
03/26/2026

Immigrant Mental Health Services in Greater Boston: A Landscape Review

In partnership with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health…
NewsIced In Social Media Toolkit
03/12/2026

Iced In Social Media Toolkit

The Iced In social media toolkit was created to help you get the word out about ICE's actions and impacts on our neighbors in Massachusetts.
PublicationIced In: The Actions and Impacts of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Massachusetts in 2025
02/17/2026

Iced In: The Actions and Impacts of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Massachusetts in 2025

The Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research (LZC) is proud to release Iced In: The Actions and Impacts of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Massachusetts in 2025. This…