Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Women's and Children's Health; International Child Health and Nutrition

E-mail:: soorej.jose@uu.se
Visiting address:: MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:: Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

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Researcher and lecturer in migration and Global health. Proficient in conducting and coordinating research at national and international level in collaboration with international expert, authorities and organizations such as WHO and IOM. Proficient in developing new methods, practices and supporting evidence informed policy making. Experienced in coordinating and delivering international courses and educational programmes.

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Biography

Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil is a senior lecturer in global health and migration and programme director for the master’s programme in Global heath at the Dept. of Women’s and Children’s Health at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also head of the WHO Collaborating center on Migration and Health Data and Evidence. He has led the development of several global evidence reviews such as the first WHO regional report on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European region and the first WHO Global report on refugee and migrant health. He has also authored international guidance on topics such as integration of refugee and migrant data into national health information systems and health in immigration detention. In addition to teaching migration & global health and public health in humanitarian action, his current research focuses on health in immigration detention centers, voluntary and forced return migration, health communication during crisis and healthcare access and utilization among forced migrants and host communities in displacement settings. Soorej is the EU lead for European Union (EU)- African Union (AU) Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) on migration and health . His previous assignments include overseeing the research and evidence generation agenda of the Migration and Health Programme at WHO Regional office for Europe and working with IOM to conduct country assessments. He continues to provide technical support for WHO and other national and international agencies on questions related to migration and health.

Publications

Recent publications

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Articles, review/survey

Migrant health research in the Republic of Ireland: a scoping review

Villarroel, Nazmy; Hannigan, Ailish; Severoni, Santino; Puthoopparambil, Soorej Jose et al.

Part of BMC Public Health, 2019
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Books

Chapters in book

Hälsobistånd och migrationsbistånd: – synergier eller målkonflikter?

Ahrne, Malin; Puthoopparambil, Soorej Jose

Part of En antologi om trender och olika perspektiv på global hälsa, p. 363-387, Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA), 2024

Comprehensive doctoral thesis

Life in Immigration Detention Centers: An exploration of health of immigrant detainees in Sweden and three other EU member states

Puthoopparambil, Soorej Jose

2016
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Reports

What is the evidence on availability and integration of refugee and migrant health data in health information systems in the WHO European Region?: Health Evidence Network synthesis report 66, Themed issues on migration and health, X

Bozorgmehr, Kayvan; Biddle, Louise; Rohleder, Sven; Puthoopparambil, Soorej Jose et al.

2019

Other

Do higher standards of detention promote well-being?

Puthoopparambil, Soorej Jose; Ahlberg, Beth Maina; Bjerneld, Magdalena

2013