Ursula Trummer
Dr Ursula Trummer
Head of CenterInstitution: Center for Health and Migration, Vienna
Current Institution Location: Austria
Email: ursula.trummer@c-hm.com
Phone Number: 436601529741
Website: Go to website
Address:
Wasagasse 12/3/5; 1090 Vienna, Austria
Migration Health Research Area/Expertise
Education: PhD in Sociology of Health and Medicine, MSc in Organisational Development and Counselling, Master degree in Socioeconomic Sciences.
Ursula Trummer is Co-founder and Head of the Center for Health and Migration (C-HM) based in Vienna, Austria. She works on the development of a theoretical and empirical knowledge base in terms of the complex interplay of health, migration, and social inclusion to inform policy and practice development.
Her main research interests are access to health care for vulnerable migrant groups, ethics, and economics, social determinants of health, public health systems, and methodological challenges of trans- and interdisciplinary work.
Ursula Trummer acted/acts as project director of European and international projects and co-authored the Amsterdam Declaration “Towards Migrant Friendly Hospitals in an ethno-culturally diverse Europe” (2004). In the “Thematic study on cost-analysis of health care provisions to migrants and ethnic minorities” (2014-2016, conducted in the framework of the IOM EQUI HEALTH project co-financed by DG Sanco), and the Study on “Migrants and Healthcare. Social and Economic Approaches” (Asia Europe Public Health Network (ASEF), 2012-2014) she co-developed an approach to economically quantify effects of excluding migrants from healthcare provision schemes.
In “Health Care in NowHereland – Improving Services for Undocumented Migrants in the EU”, EU, Project co-funded by DG Sanco, (2008-2011) she and colleagues developed a landscape of EU policies and practices towards access to health care for undocumented migrants.
Ursula Trummer was management committee member of two COST actions on Migrant Health (ADAPT “Adapting European health systems to diversity”, 2011 - 2016, and HOME “Health and Social Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities” 2007 – 2011).
She is currently management committee member in three ongoing COST actions on “Intergenerational Family Solidarity”, “Ageism - a multi-national, interdisciplinary perspective”, and the “International Ethnic and Immigrant Minorities' Survey Data Network”
Ursula Trummer lectures at various universities, e.g. the Medical University of Vienna (Diversity and Medicine, Gender Medicine) and the Medical University of Graz (Public Health). She is an independent expert to the European Commission, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights, and the Norwegian Research Council. She is engaged in various initiatives and multiple stakeholders for capacity building in the field of health and migration. (see http://c-hm.com/news/).
More info on www.c-hm.com
Ursula Trummer is Co-founder and Head of the Center for Health and Migration (C-HM) based in Vienna, Austria. She works on the development of a theoretical and empirical knowledge base in terms of the complex interplay of health, migration, and social inclusion to inform policy and practice development.
Her main research interests are access to health care for vulnerable migrant groups, ethics, and economics, social determinants of health, public health systems, and methodological challenges of trans- and interdisciplinary work.
Ursula Trummer acted/acts as project director of European and international projects and co-authored the Amsterdam Declaration “Towards Migrant Friendly Hospitals in an ethno-culturally diverse Europe” (2004). In the “Thematic study on cost-analysis of health care provisions to migrants and ethnic minorities” (2014-2016, conducted in the framework of the IOM EQUI HEALTH project co-financed by DG Sanco), and the Study on “Migrants and Healthcare. Social and Economic Approaches” (Asia Europe Public Health Network (ASEF), 2012-2014) she co-developed an approach to economically quantify effects of excluding migrants from healthcare provision schemes.
In “Health Care in NowHereland – Improving Services for Undocumented Migrants in the EU”, EU, Project co-funded by DG Sanco, (2008-2011) she and colleagues developed a landscape of EU policies and practices towards access to health care for undocumented migrants.
Ursula Trummer was management committee member of two COST actions on Migrant Health (ADAPT “Adapting European health systems to diversity”, 2011 - 2016, and HOME “Health and Social Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities” 2007 – 2011).
She is currently management committee member in three ongoing COST actions on “Intergenerational Family Solidarity”, “Ageism - a multi-national, interdisciplinary perspective”, and the “International Ethnic and Immigrant Minorities' Survey Data Network”
Ursula Trummer lectures at various universities, e.g. the Medical University of Vienna (Diversity and Medicine, Gender Medicine) and the Medical University of Graz (Public Health). She is an independent expert to the European Commission, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights, and the Norwegian Research Council. She is engaged in various initiatives and multiple stakeholders for capacity building in the field of health and migration. (see http://c-hm.com/news/).
More info on www.c-hm.com
Research Focus/Expertise on Relevant Migrant Categories
Internal Migration
Left-behind migrant families (Children, Adolescents, Elderly)
Migrant Workers (Adults, Elderly)
International/Cross-Border Migration
Refugees (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Elderly)
Asylum seekers (Children, Adolescents, Adults)
International migrant workers (Adults, Elderly)
General Research Focus/Expertise
Relevant Publications
| Title | Author | Year Published | Link to Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost savings through timely treatment for irregular migrants and EU citizens without insurance (Infographic and explanatory note) | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Anna-Theresa Renner, and Ina Wilczewska | View | |
| Migrants and Healthcare. Social and Economic Approaches. ASEF Public Health Network | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Kai Hong Phua, Sian Griffiths, Roger Chung, and Huso Yi | View | |
| Social Capital, Health, and Migration | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, and Arild Aambø | ||
| Migrant health: the economic argument | Ursula Trummer, Allan Krasnik | View | |
| Cost savings through timely treatment for irregular migrants and EU citizens without insurance (Policy Brief Austria) | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Anna Renner, Ina Wilczewska | ||
| Cost savings through timely treatment for irregular migrants and EU citizens without insurance (Policy Brief Belgium) | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Anna Renner, Ina Wilczewska | ||
| Cost savings through timely treatment for irregular migrants and EU citizens without insurance (Policy Brief Italy) | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Anna Renner, Ina Wilczewska | ||
| Cost savings through timely treatment for irregular migrants and EU citizens without insurance (Policy Brief Spain) | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Anna Renner, Ina Wilczewska | ||
| Public Policy, Immigrant Experience and Health Outcomes in Austria | Ursula Trummer, Ina Wilczewska | ||
| Access to Health Care for Undocumented Migrant Children. European Regulations and Practices | Ursula Trummer, Nathalie Simonnot, Frank Vanbiervliet | View | |
| The interplay of health, migrant status and socioeconomic status in eight EU countries | Ursula Karl-Trummer, Sascha Sardadvar | ||
| Access to Healthcare for Undocumented Migrants in the EU, Norway and Switzerland | Ursula Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula | ||
| Access to healthcare for undocumented migrants in the EU: A first landscape of NowHereland | Ursula Karl-Trummer, Sonja Novak-Zezula, Birgit Metzler | View | |
| Health Care for Undocumented Migrants in the EU: Concepts and Cases | Ursula Karl-Trummer, Birgit Metzler, Sonja Novak-Zezula |
Relevant Projects
| Title | Year Published | Region/Country | Role in the Project | Main Outcome | Link to Study Reports and publications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feasibility study in the frame of the action Re-Health “Support Member States under particular migratory pressure in their response to health related challenges” | |||||
| Capacity Building for Migration Health Training, Research and Policy Analysis in the East African Community and the European Union particularly Austria | |||||
| Thematic study on cost analysis of health care provision for migrants and ethnic minorities | |||||
| Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) Health Strand: country study on Austria | South-Eastern Europe Eastern Europe and Central Asia Austria |
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| Costs of Exclusion of (Un-)Documented Migrants from Health Care – Joint Research on Health and Migration in Asia and Europe | http://www.asef.org/index.php/pubs/asef-publications/2811-social-determinants-o… | ||||
| Healthcare in NowHereland: Improving Services for Undocumented Migrants in the EU | http://www.nowhereland.info | ||||
| Migrant Nurses Study Vienna | South-Eastern Europe Eastern Europe and Central Asia Austria |