Diego Javier Piña Lopez

Research & Evidence Translation

Connecting frontline implementation with public-health and policy questions

Selected academic and professional work focused on migration, health, language access, trauma-informed response, local humanitarianism, and the practical implications of policy and systems design.

Professional relevanceThis work supports roles that require research-to-practice translation, policy implementation, program design, public-health strategy, stakeholder communication, and evidence-informed decision-making—not only academic research.

Peer-reviewed · Frontiers in Sociology · 2021 · PubMed indexed

Health Sciences Interprofessional Collaborative: A Perspective on Migration, COVID-19, and the Impact on Indigenous Communities

Co-authored peer-reviewed work examining migration at the U.S.–Mexico border, the Casa Alitas shelter experience, Indigenous asylum seekers, language justice, trauma-informed care, and community-based humanitarian response. PubMed independently indexes Diego Pina Lopez among the authors and records the DOI and University of Arizona affiliation.

Publication context, PubMed record & original sources →

Conference research · American Association of Geographers · 2025

Asylum politics and local humanitarianisms along the U.S.-Mexico border

A co-authored conference presentation listed for the 2025 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in Detroit. The University of Arizona academic record identifies Diego Piña Lopez among the co-authors alongside Lise Nelson, Alex Nava, Liz Oglesby, and Christy Stewart.

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Presentation · Border Health · 2019

Casa Alitas supports asylum-seekers with volunteer-run shelters

A presentation listed in the 2019 Border Health program with Laura Coco, Priscila Ruedas, and Diego Pina Lopez, focused on the Casa Alitas humanitarian shelter model.

Applied evidence capabilities

Research-to-practice translationPolicy contextOperational analysisPublic-health implementationExecutive reportingData storytellingStakeholder communication
Research archive standardEntries are added when a publisher, university, conference, DOI record, PubMed record, or other authoritative source can substantiate the work. For training and public presentations, see Speaking & Presentations. For the direct-practice perspective connected to this work, see Clinical Practice; for implementation examples, see Systems & Transformation.