We're so sorry if you were unable to join us for this exciting conference. However, copies of the speakers' slides and audiofiles of their presentations have now been posted. .

Our goal was to develop an agenda for further research that could mobilize foundation support, bridge the gap between the academy and the community, yield policy recommendations, and ensure cooperation of key actors in the United States and at least Mexico. We invite you to join us in this effort and to contact us if you'd like to become part of the growing Bay Area im/migration and health research community

This one-day conference addressed the challenges of health and health care in an increasingly global economy. The flow of im/migrants across national boundaries—especially the boundary between California and Mexico—means that both prevention and care are complicated by linguistic and cultural differences, distinct systems of financing health services, and mobility of patients from country to country, region to region, and workplace to workplace.

The conference sessions were organized around four distinct themes, each of which including academic and non-academic presenters, representing the policy-makers and NGOs actively involved in delivering or financing activities relating to im/migration and health care:

• The Challenges of Transnational Health
• Is There Really an "Immigrant Health Paradox"?
• How Are We Helping Im/Migrants to Stay Healthy?
• Financing Im/Migrant Health Care

This was the fifth annual "Science & Society" conference to be hosted by UC Berkeley's Center for Health Research. Each conference has addressed a topical intersection of scientific research and its application to or meaning for American society. Past topics have explored the ethical implications of genomic research, America's obesity epidemic, whether we are living better as well as living longer, and the role of place and race in health care disparities.

Major conference sponsors included the Center for Health Research; the UC Health and Immigration Consortium (UCHIC)*; UC Berkeley's Diversity Research Initiative, Center for Public Health Practice, and Public Health Alumni Association; and the Pacific Public Health Training Center.

*UCHIC members include UC Berkeley's Center for Health Research, Institute for the Study of Social Change, Center for Latino Policy Research, Institute of Industrial Relations, and the Berkeley Population Center; UCSF's Global Health Sciences Program; and UCOP's California-Mexico Health Initiative and California Program on Access to Care.

We encourage you to explore these organizations' websites and contact them for more information about their programs and activities.