Kierra Foley
Kierra Foley is a first-year PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania. Her current research interests focus on the health and wellness of sexual and gender minority elders. She is interested in how access to housing impacts this population’s health.
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Hillman Scholars Use Design Thinking for Health Framework to Focus Their Research Goals
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