Policy Brief
766 San Francisco Residents May Be Eligible for Referral to CARE Court
February 27, 2023
Our Research
Access, Outcomes, and Costs Associated with Surgery for Malignancy Among People Experiencing Homelessness
Annals of Surgical Oncology •
December 10, 2023
Our Research
Analysis of Emergency Department Encounters Among High Users of Health Care and Social Service Systems Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Network Open •
October 28, 2022
Our Research
Association of Housing Status With Types of Operations and Postoperative Health Care Utilization
Annals of Surgery •
December 1, 2023
Our Research
Association of Shelter-in-Place Hotels With Health Services Use Among People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Network Open •
July 27, 2022
Our Research
Cluster Analysis of the Highest Users of Medical, Behavioral Health, and Social Services in San Francisco
Journal of General Internal Medicine •
April 1, 2023
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Dave Graham-Squire, PhD
Dave serves as a Senior Statistician to lead the quantitative team at the BHHI. Dave has worked in the field of policy analysis for the last 14 years, primarily focusing on issues of labor standards, such as raising regional minimum wages, and expanding health care affordability and access in California. Most recently, he worked as a statistician for the UC Berkeley Labor Center where he provided the quantitative results for dozens of studies to inform legislative debates. In his first week at the Labor Center, he provided the analysis which led to requirements for San Francisco businesses to provide basic
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Eve Perry, MPP
Prior to accepting the role with BHHI, Eve was a Research and Policy Associate at the UC Berkeley Labor Center, where she focused on low-wage and health care policy research. They have also worked as the Policy Manager at TechEquity Collaborative and a research assistant at M.I.T. focusing on the design and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Eve received a Master of Public Policy degree from the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy in 2017 and Bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University in 2009.
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News
Homelessness Tied to Worse Cancer Outcomes Among Veterans
MedPage Today •
December 21, 2023
Our Research
Hospital Variability in Adoption of Alcohol and Drug Screening in Adult Trauma Patients
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery •
May 1, 2023
Our Research
Hotel-Based COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Strategy for Persons Experiencing Homelessness
JAMA Network Open •
March 1, 2021
News
How Hospital Discharge Data Can Inform State Homelessness Policy
Public Policy Institute of California •
September 19, 2022
Our Research
Injury Patterns and Hospital Admission After Trauma Among People Experiencing Homelessness
JAMA Network Open •
June 23, 2023
News
Involving People with Lived Experience in Complex Care Research
The Playbook •
January 5, 2023
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Jenna Birkmeyer, MPH
Jenna Birkmeyer, MPH is a statistician at BHHI. In her role, she manages data and conducts statistical analyses as part of the Quantitative Data Team. She has been involved in a variety of projects since joining BHHI in May 2020, primarily focusing on the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH) and homeless mortality in San Francisco. Jenna previously served as an epidemiologist for the state of Ohio. She graduated from The Ohio State University College of Public Health with MPH and BS degrees in Environmental Health Sciences, as well as a minor in Spanish linguistics.
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Jennifer Evans, MS
Jennifer Evans joined the Center for Vulnerable Populations and the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative in April 2020 as Senior Statistician working with Dr. Margot Kushel on research studies focusing on homelessness and its effects on health. She has over 20 years of experience at UCSF providing statistical support to various epidemiologic studies. Most recently she served as principal statistician within Global Health Sciences focusing on the epidemiology of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections in marginalized populations. She holds a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Spanish
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Kenny Perez, MPH
Kenny is the Co-Director of Research Operations at BHHI. He began working at UCSF in 2013 as an intern while attending UC Berkeley for his bachelor's degree in Psychology and Peace and Conflict Studies. He has since served as an Assistant CRC, CRC, Project Manager, and Senior Project Manager. Kenny holds an MPH from UC Berkeley. His primary professional and academic interests focus on using research methods to work with and for homeless and underserved populations within the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Our Research
Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco 2016–2018
Journal of General Internal Medicine •
March 1, 2022
Our Research
Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Network Open •
March 10, 2022
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Sara Colom Brana, PhD
Prior to accepting the role with BHHI, Sara worked as a data scientist/statistician at Methods Consultants of Ann Arbor where she performed data/statistical analysis for various clinical research studies. She also worked as a research coordinator at Michigan Medicine where she contributed to the Infant Driven Feeding initiative aimed at improving the quality and quantity of oral feeds in premature babies. Sara obtained her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and certificate in Data Science at the University of Michigan, where she gained expertise in statistical programming, inferential/descriptive statistics, research design, data wrangling/transformation, data visualization, and machine learning techniques.
Reports
Signals of Distress: High Utilization of Criminal Legal and Urgent and Emergent Health Services in San Francisco
September 27, 2022
Our Research
Understanding the 100 Highest Users of Health and Social Services in San Francisco
Academic Emergency Medicine •
September 1, 2021
Our Research
Understanding the Association Between Frequent Emergency Department Use and Jail Incarceration: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Academic Emergency Medicine •
May 1, 2022