Cheyenne Garcia is a senior research data analyst at BHHI. She helps produce academic papers using HOPE HOME and CASPEH data. She is primarily interested in intergenerational trauma, homelessness among families, and how early life experiences influence homelessness. Prior to joining BHHI, Cheyenne was a Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands studying parenting at Leiden University. Cheyenne graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. She graduated from American River College with four associate degrees.

John Weeks has been with UCSF for 11 years. His most recent research project involved the study of homelessness among people age 50 and older in Oakland, CA. Prior to that, John had worked as a Project Coordinator for the Bruthas Project, which was a CAPS intervention study focusing on HIV prevention among MSM populations in San Francisco and Oakland. John joined Dr. Kushel's HOPE HOME Study in August 2015 as a Clinical Research Coordinator.

Dr. Margaret Handley is a public heath-trained epidemiologist in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine. She is core faculty at the Center for Vulnerable Populations and at the Benioff Housing and Homelessness Initiative. Dr. Handley’s research focuses on bridging the fields of primary care, public health, and health communication for improving health outcomes and equity. She co-directs the UCSF PRISE Center, Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity) which focuses on applying implementation science methods to meet the challenges of inequitable health and health care. At BHHI she is one of the Principal Investigators along with Drs

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

Dr. Morris’ professional activities are grounded in engaging diverse partners in the development of evidence-based policy change to reduce social inequalities and improve health among underserved communities. As an Associate Professor, Dr. Morris’ research focuses on applying epidemiological methods to study the impact of individual, social, and structural factors on disease transmission within marginalized populations. In particular, her work has focused on using qualitative and quantitative methods to examine social determinants of health within people who use drugs, including HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, worldwide. Internationally Dr. Morris has collaborated with researchers to carry out HIV and HCV

Sila completed a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University, where she specialized in sociomedical sciences with a certificate in health promotion research and practice. She has a Bachelor of Arts in public health policy and management from UC Irvine.

Steve has been with UCSF for 19 years. Most recently, he worked with the Lupus Outcome Study for ten years. Prior to that, Stephen had worked as a Project Coordinator for Urban Health Study for nine years, an organization devoted to the principles of harm reduction in preventing the spread of the HIV virus in drug using and homeless populations.

Sye-Ok Sato is a Project Manager for the HOPE HOME Study, coordinating the longitudinal cohort study that examines the relationship between discrimination, stigma, medical mistrust, health utilization and health outcomes among homeless older adults in Oakland, California. She has made it a priority in her research endeavors to give a voice to communities that are overlooked, including people experiencing homelessness and drug users. She comes to the Center of Vulnerable Populations/Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative with experience and passion to implement creative research processes that provide meaningful and actionable findings. Sye-Ok hails from the Pacific Northwest and is currently residing

Yea-Hung Chen, PhD is a statistician at BHHI. His research has focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on mortality. Yea-Hung graduated from the University of California, San Francisco with a PhD in Epidemiology and Translational Science. He also has an MS in Biostatistics from the University of Washington, and a BA in Psychology and Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley.