Tala Al-Rousan

Globally, Dr. Al-Rousan held several leadership positions as advisor to the Jordanian Minister of Health, World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Immigrant, Refugee, Migrant Health Branch, and the UN-International Organization for Migration and Doctors Without Borders. She co-leads the Center for Lifecourse and Vulnerable Populations Research at the UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute.

Her community-based research and program development primarily focuses on improving the health of displaced populations, including immigrant and refugee families, populations displaced due to natural disasters, incarceration, inequality, and those who experience violations of human rights. She is trained in medicine from Cairo University and was a former Doctor Without Borders physician who served in Jordan, Yemen and Switzerland.