McMaster medical students lead SkinCARE Project to support Hamilton’s unhoused

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McMaster University medical students have launched an initiative dubbed the SkinCARE Project, which provides essential skin care kits and resources to people experiencing homelessness in Hamilton. Led by first-year McMaster medical student Miranda Branyiczky, the project aims to help address the need for dermatologic care among Hamilton’s unhoused population. “In my classes, we talk a lot about preventative health care and thinking about what can be done further upstream to prevent what we’re seeing in the ER,” said Branyiczky. So far, the student-led initiative has distributed more than 100 kits through The Hub and the Shelter Health Network, with plans to distribute more soon.

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