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Abraham Renteria-Ramirez, BA
Prior to joining BHHI, Abraham worked as a legal intern with Sin Fronteras, an organization based in Mexico City providing legal assistance to migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, and their families as well as helping individuals secure access to medical, educational, employment, and housing resources. He has also worked providing nutritional resources to underserved communities in his hometown of Watsonville, California. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in Sociology. Today, he continues to work as a volunteer translator for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.
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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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Mai See Yang, PhD, MS
Mai See is a mixed method researcher with 15+ years of experience in both policy research and survey development in the social sciences field. She has expertise in survey design, validation, and implementation, as well as a deep knowledge of data analytics. She leverages knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative data analysis to generate insights to inform curriculum development, reports, and decision making. Mai See has been primarily engaged and trained in two areas of research: 1) mental health issues related to older minorities; and 2) subjective well-being among aging Veterans. She is also interested in applied research, Age-Friendly Communities
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Margot Kushel, MD
Margot Kushel, MD, is Professor of Medicine at UCSF, Division Chief of the Center for Vulnerable Populations, and Director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG). Her research focuses on reducing the burden of homelessness on health through examining efforts to prevent and end homelessness and mitigating its effects on health care outcomes. Margot is a primary care physician at ZSFG’s Richard H. Fine People's Clinic. A leading homelessness researcher, her research has been funded by the NIH, government, and foundations. Margot is quoted frequently in the press. She provides