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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · 17d

The current crisis of homelessness is part of a long history of trauma. “With the Inwood shelter, the Bowery Residents’ Committee and the Department of Social Services are hoping to bring attention to how the traumas of the past continue to play out in the present.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/n...

They Were Building a Homeless Shelter. But the Land had a Grim Past.

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · 21d

📣Our next Health x Housing Lab & Health & Housing Consortium Flipping the Script event, where panels of people w/lived experience share their knowledge, will focus on homelessness & substance use. Oct 1. Register now! portal.healthandhousingconsortium.org/events/Event...

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Jul 25

Urging everyone to watch and *share* this powerful video from @invisiblepeople.tv. Criminalization of homelessness does not work.

Invisible People @invisiblepeople.tv · Jul 20

Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live.
youtu.be/yZg14Ln3hGw

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Jul 22

Bay Area friends: I’ll be joining KQED Forum live tomorrow (7/22) at 9am PST, along with @mkushel.bsky.social. The conversation will be hosted by @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social.

Working Yet Homeless in America | KQED

We talk to journalist Brian Goldstone and Dr. Margot Kushel, Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, about the experience of having a job but not housing.

www.kqed.org

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Jul 18

Important new article led by @maxjordan.bsky.social - shows that USMLE QBanks often present patients experiencing homelessness in ways that are stereotypical & stigmatizing. This is how med students learn —> important implications for care. We need to do a lot of work / retraining here.

Max Jordan Nguemeni @maxjordan.bsky.social · Jul 15

My latest, with @kellydoran.bsky.social: In 2 major USMLE Step 1 & 2 Qbanks, vignettes with patients experiencing homelessness overrepresented HIV, TB, & substance use, underrepresented top causes of death like CV disease & cancer, & often used stigmatizing language link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Jun 6

Glad to be a guest on this NPR WABE podcast on homelessness and health. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Health of the Unhoused

Podcast Episode · Health Wanted · 06/06/2025 · 51m

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 28

The article cites research I was part of led by Tom Byrne & Dennis Culhane (w/others) and also research on (to summarize bluntly) premature aging among people experiencing homelessness by @mkushel.bsky.social

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 28

Homelessness is rising among older adults, driven by lack of affordable housing paired with a late Baby Boom cohort effect (entire generation coming of age amidst recession and poor job opportunities). Good deep dive in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

How a Generation’s Struggle Led to a Record Surge in Homelessness

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Giselle Routhier, PhD, MSW @giselle-ashley.bsky.social · Apr 24

I was thrilled to comment on the great work of Veronica Garrison, @cepollack.bsky.social, and others about their new nationwide measure of multiple housing challenges, including quality, affordability, and neighborhoods. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

Advancing a Research and Policy Agenda on Housing and Health | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 5

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

ajph.aphapublications.org

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Did you miss the webinar? The recording will be posted at our Health x Housing Lab Resource Library site. You can also sign up for our email list on the bottom of the page so you don’t miss any future events or announcements! #HxHLab mailchi.mp/7a6b40894adc...

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Did you miss the webinar? The recording will be posted at our Health x Housing Lab Resource Library site. You can also sign up for our email list on the bottom of the page so you don’t miss any future events or announcements! #HxHLab mailchi.mp/7a6b40894adc...

Health x Housing Lab - Resource Library

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

The team took many steps to build community — very personalized and youth-centered. Ending with some key takeaways. #HxHLab

A slide showing 5 photos under the heading “Program Services and Support”

A slide with bullet points sharing “Some Takeaways”

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Next up, Dez Barnette & Alex
Wagaman presenting on a shared housing program for LGBTQ+ pregnant and/or parenting youth.

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Loved hearing about how their project and work together was so grounded in core values (that were developed together with the youth with lived experience). #HxHLab

Slide says “How we do it: Guiding values.”

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Her role was one part of a team-based approach modeled on critical time intervention for homeless youth — called Charge Up! (PI Sarah Narendorf). #HxHLab

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Speaker Aryeana Straughter describes her work as a Transition Support Specialist and the importance of her lived experience: “I don’t just show up with a clipboard, I show up with my story.” #HxHLab

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

There are four fantastic speakers at today’s panel — many thanks to them — sharing about two interventions related to youth and homelessness / housing. Powerful to hear from researchers + those with lived experience about these community-based projects. #HxHLab

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Kemi provided a shocking statistic: 1 in 8 NYC schoolchildren is experiencing homelessness.

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

After a welcome from Health x Housing Lab co-director @giselle-ashley.bsky.social, Kemi Adebisi-Oke — an individual with lived experience of youth homelessness and HxH Lab Speakers Bureau & Peer Network member — provides powerful opening remarks. #HxHLab

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · May 27

Happening now! #HxHLab seminar on housing interventions for young adults. 👇

Giselle Routhier, PhD, MSW @giselle-ashley.bsky.social · May 27

Join us today at 1pm for a Health x Housing Lab virtual research seminar! Centering Youth Voices: Community-Driven Housing Interventions for Young Adults w/ @kellymdoran.bsky.social

nyulangone.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join the Health x Housing Lab seminar, Centering Youth Voices: Community-Driven Housing Interventions for Young Adults. After registering, you will receive a confirmation e...

You are invited to a virtual research seminar highlighting community engagement in research on housing and service interventions for young adults. Sarah Narendorf, PhD, LCSW and Aryeana Straughter w...

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Margot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social · Apr 8

Many people who exp homelessness work all day--the public just doesn't see them or recognize them. (Neighbors fought against these homeless shelters for working folks, too)
Strongly recommend @brian-goldstone.bsky.social book "There is no place for us" to learn more.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/n...

When They Go Home After Working All Day, It’s Not to a Home (Gift Article)

Thousands of working people in New York City now live in shelters, unable to afford apartments despite holding down jobs that pay them $50,000 or more.

www.nytimes.com

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Apr 24

📣 Spread the word - our next Health x Housing Lab Research Seminar — “Centering Youth Voices: Community-Driven Housing Interventions for Young Adults” — will be May 27. Attend to learn from academic and lived experience researchers. Registration now open: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Welcome! You are invited to join the Health x Housing Lab seminar, Centering Youth Voices: Community-Driven Housing Interventions for Young Adults. After registering, you will receive a confirmation e...

You are invited to a virtual research seminar highlighting community engagement in research on housing and service interventions for young adults. Sarah Narendorf, PhD, LCSW and Aryeana Straughter w...

urldefense.com

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Apr 23

Sharing this excellent commentary by my colleague Giselle Routhier (co-director of the Health x Housing Lab) on advancing a health and housing research & policy agenda, in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

Advancing a Research and Policy Agenda on Housing and Health | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 5

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

ajph.aphapublications.org

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Apr 21

They felt somewhat less sure about the feasibility of implementing new practices — a barrier our team is currently working to address in a trial of providing buildings w/ 6 months of technical assistance. The full trial described here: implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... (3/)

The POP (Permanent Supportive Housing Overdose Prevention) Study: protocol for a hybrid type 3 stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial - Implementation Science

Background Permanent supportive housing (PSH)—subsidized housing paired with support services such as case management—is a key part of national strategic plans to end homelessness. PSH tenants face hi...

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Kelly Doran, MD, MHS @kellymdoran.bsky.social · Apr 21

We surveyed staff from 20 supportive housing buildings in NY. In general, staff felt positively about the idea of implementing harm reduction and other #overdose prevention practices in supportive housing buildings. (2/)

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