Biography:
Tharanika Ahillan is a junior doctor working in London. She completed her medical degree and her intercalated BSc in Global Health at University College London medical school, with which she graduated with a Merit in her final year and a 2:1. She is passionate about infectious diseases and health equity and has published numerous articles in these fields, one of which was highlighted in the British Medical Journal’s anti-racism resources in 2020. She was awarded the John Yudkin Prize for global advocacy in 2018 for her work at students for global health UCL. She will be presenting an oral presentation based on a recently published paper on COVID and homelessness, inspired by her elective placement at the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in London
Title : COVID-19 in the homeless population: A scoping review and meta-analysis examining differences in prevalence, presentation, vaccine hesitancy and government response in the first year of the pandemic