Author: Kelsey Priest

Kelsey Priest Kelsey Priest (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Oregon Health & Science University

Kelsey is a seventh year MD/PhD student at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, class of 2021. In 2019, she graduated from OHSU-PSU School of Public Health with a Doctorate in health systems and policy and a Master of Public Health from Portland State University in 2014. She enjoys hiking in the PNW with her dogs and partner in her free time. After graduating medical school, Kelsey would like to pursue a career in addiction psychiatry.




To Stay Home You Need To Have One: Housing As Primary Prevention

Published by Kelsey Priest

Moreover, homelessness and COVID-19  both disproportionately burden marginalized populations — in particular, Black communities and Native Americans. When COVID-19 began spreading through the community, it came as no surprise that it would disproportionately impact those living in congregate homeless shelters. Overcrowded shelters, the inability to physically distance, and poor access to handwashing and hygiene facilities are coalescing for an unsafe environment that could accelerate disease transmission.

Kelsey Priest Kelsey Priest (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Oregon Health & Science University

Kelsey is a seventh year MD/PhD student at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, class of 2021. In 2019, she graduated from OHSU-PSU School of Public Health with a Doctorate in health systems and policy and a Master of Public Health from Portland State University in 2014. She enjoys hiking in the PNW with her dogs and partner in her free time. After graduating medical school, Kelsey would like to pursue a career in addiction psychiatry.