Pooja Vora recently graduated with a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy where she pursued her interests in immigration, education, housing, and racial equity issues. Pooja is a founding member and past president of the McCourt Migration and Refugee Policy Initiative whose mission centers around highlighting and promoting evidence-based migration issues.
We discuss:
- The current healthcare shortages impacting the U.S. and how immigrants/refugees provide both short and long term solutions
- How COVID-19 exposed systematic vulnerabilities within visa policies, and what challenges still face the industry after reopening
- Immigration policies that would relieve shortage pressures and reduce processing times of qualified healthcare workers in underserved areas where they are most needed
Linkedin: Pooja
Article Links: Georgetown
Public Policy Review / Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers to
Fight COVID: Immediate Answers – Georgetown Public Policy Review
Public Policy Review / Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers to
Fight COVID: The Longer Arc – Georgetown Public Policy Review (gppreview.com)