University of California Tobacco Related-Disease Research Program (TRDRP) Emergency COVID-19 Research Seed Funding, Co-PIs Megan Welsh and Shawn Flanigan

This grant funds a rapid response research project entitled “Service Utilization and Survival Strategies of Unsheltered Homeless During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Using mobile phone text messaging technology, this project examined the survival strategies and service utilization patterns of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in San Diego during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here.