Dr. Ietza Bojórquez, MD, MSc, PhD

Dr. Bojórquez holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology, and a MSc in Public Health. Her main research interest is on the social determinants of health, in the areas of migrant health, mental health, health policies and health-related practices.

After graduating from medical school, she worked in health promotion in rural areas in Mexico. From 2007 to 2010 she was Deputy Director of Operations Research in Mexico’s Ministry of Health. Since 2010 she has been a professor-researcher at the Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico (El Colef). She is a member of the Lancet Commission on Migration and Health-Latin America Hub, and the Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement.

She is currently a co-PI in a pilot study of an intervention to promote migrant mothers’ mental health, a study of food insecurity and dietary change during migration, and co-leads the Border Humanitarian Health Initiative, a project to improve migrants’ access to health care. She leads the Certificate in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, a joint program of the International Organization for Migration and El Colef.