Who & Where We Are
Team members taking COVID vaccines to ships. Our lab was the first known group to make vaccines available to seafarers, and soon became an international model, by working with local health authorities and seafaring agencies.
We are located along the Gulf Coast & work with local waterfront communities throughout the Gulf Coast and Caribbean on research-to-policy and research-to-practice initiatives, like meeting with legislators or developing mobile clinics. We are involved in numerous studies exploring precarious employment, healthcare access, and environmental determinants of health through the lens of structural violence.
We have local partnerships in Brownsville, Galveston, & Port Arthur, TX and Abbeville, Houma, Dulac, & New Orleans, LA.
Docside Clinics located in Galveston, Port Arthur, and Houma.
Coming in 2026, we will be working with local partners throughout Puerto Rico!
Vision
We envision an equitable & just world that places people over profit.
Mission
Our mission is to partner with researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to improve policies and advance health access among historically marginalized communities. We promote community outreach and participatory research that center’s the voices and experiences of workers, and facilitate systemic and sustainable change to improve labor and environmental conditions in which people work and live.
