Recording of Hui Zheng’s talk, “Immigrants’ Mental Health Dilemma” now live

On March 17, 2026, Hui Zheng presented a talk entitled “Immigrants’ Mental Health Dilemma” as part of the Care Economies in Context Speaker Series. In the talk, Professor Zheng draws on longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (1992–2020). While immigrants to the U.S. report lower depression than the native-born population in their 50s, this advantage declines with age and reverses around the 70s, when immigrants exhibit higher depression. Professor Zheng explains that vulnerability to joblessness and financial insecurity, discrimination, reduced social support, marital changes, and neighborhood alienation explain about 80% of immigrants’ steeper increase in depression.

Recording

Previous events

This event was the sixth edition of the Care Economies in Context Speaker Series. Previous events include:

• “Healthy Ageing & Long-Term Care Policies in Asia” with Dr. Soonman Kwon
• “Caring for the Caregiver: An Intersectional Analysis of Caregiver Policies in Canada” with Kayla Benjamin and Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero
• “Creating the Conditions for Care” with Dr Pat Armstrong
• “Connecting Through Care: Navigating Systemic Challenges and Exploring Immigrant Identities in Ethnocultural Care in Canada” with Izumi Niki
• “Care and Climate Change: A Conceptual Framework” with Dr. Ito Peng and Dr. Shawn Marshall 

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