Medical Student Research Forum Posters

• People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are a vulnerable population during the COVID-19 pandemic due to preexistingcomorbidities, transience, and distrust of the medical system.• Prior work has demonstrated that The Housing First (HF) model has led to more stable housing, increased outpatienttreatment and primary care physician (PCP) visits, and fewer emergency room visits and hospitalizations.• During the COVID-19 emergency response, hotel rooms across California were re-purposed to house PEH.• The Encampment Med Team, a group of volunteer medical students sworn in as Disaster Service Workers, employed agrassroots approach through routine site visits to encampment and street sites in Sacramento.