Advisory Council Roles
- Share key research questions and priorities coming from immigrant communities across MA with the Leah Zallman Center;
- Advise or co-develop research agenda and specific studies;
- Disseminate and translate findings to policymakers, practitioners, and community members; and
- Grow the Leah Zallman Center network
Advisory Council Members (2023)
- Cristina Aguilera, MPA; Chair, Leah Zallman Center Advisory Council; Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative
- Marcy Bernbaum, PhD; Consultant
- Ayatt Elawad, MPH; Director of Health Equity, ACEDONE
- Paul Geltman, MD, MPH; Chief Medical Officer, Upham’s Corner Health Center
- María Rosario González Albuixech, Director of Communications and Immigrant Health, Health Care For All
- Diya Kallivayalil, PhD; Co-Director, Cambridge Health Alliance Asylum Program
- Sarah Kimball, MD; Director, Boston Medical Center’s Immigrant and Refugee Health Center
- Ân H. Lê, JD, MSW; Director of Policy and Research, City of Boston Mayor’s Equity and Inclusion Cabinet
- Andres Lopez, PhD; Director of Research, Coalition of Communities of Color
- Lenita Reason, Executive Director, Brazilian Worker’s Center
- Amy Smith, MD, MPH; Medical Director of Ambulatory Asynchronous Care, Cambridge Health Alliance
