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Tiana Moore, PhD, MS, MA
Tiana Moore, PhD, MS, MA, is a co-author of the report. In this role, Dr. Moore focuses on translating academic research into evidence-based policy guidance. She has deep expertise in policies related to housing and homelessness. Prior to joining BHHI, Dr. Moore conducted research on the influence of housing and housing policy on the well-being of unstably housed children and families. Additionally, she worked in higher education leading a broad portfolio of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Dr. Moore earned her PhD in Developmental Psychology and MS in Applied Statistics from Columbia University. She is also a graduate of Stanford
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Tianna Jacques, BA
Tianna Jacques is a Research Analyst at BHHI. She supports the qualitative research team and is currently conducting research for the California State Survey. Tianna recently earned a BA from San Francisco State University in Sociology. There, she became a part of SF BUILD (a program that aims to uplift underrepresented groups in the biomedical field) where she conducted research around the impact of COVID-19 on our local homeless communities. Tianna says her family's own financial struggles when she was young sparked her passion to uplift others experiencing similar hardships.
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Usma Khan, MS
In her role at BHHI, Usma Khan oversees strategic planning, new program development, communications, and the overall operational structure of BHHI. She works to create a strong and inclusive organizational culture that supports BHHI faculty and staff in implementing their impactful work. Usma is inspired by BHHI’s mission and the intentional emphasis on addressing structural racism and equity. Having grown up in the Bay Area, she has witnessed the dramatic rise in homelessness, as the economic divide has widened and housing costs have skyrocketed, and she is dedicated to developing solutions to this critical public health and human rights issue
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Vivian Bui, MPH
Vivian grew up in Anaheim, CA and attended UC Berkeley for her undergraduate and graduate studies. She holds a Public Health BA, Molecular and Cell Biology BA, Global Poverty and Practice Minor, and MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Prior to joining BHHI, Vivian worked with people experiencing homelessness in the East Bay through the Suitcase Clinic, Berkeley Free Clinic's Street Medicine Team, and the 2022 PIT Count. Since 2019, she has also worked with Dr. Coco Auerswald on community-engaged research, detailing the impact of COVID-19 on youth experiencing homelessness in San Francisco and Alameda Counties. During her MPH, Vivian joined
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Yea-Hung Chen, PhD, MS
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.
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Yeqing Yuan, PhD
Yeqing Yuan (she/they) is an incoming Postdoctoral Scholar at the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. She is finishing up her PhD in social work at New York University. Informed by her previous social work practice working with homeless individuals with serious mental illnesses and/or substance use issues, Yeqing’s research focuses on the intersection of homelessness, housing instability, and behavioral health. Her dissertation, funded by NASW Foundation’s HEALS Fellowship, uses mixed methods to understand housing stability among individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders receiving Assertive Community Treatment services. The long-term goal of this research is to develop
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Zena Dhatt, BS
Zena is a Qualitative Research Project Manager at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. Her areas of expertise include qualitative methodology, ethnographic fieldwork and data collection, and qualitative data analysis. She served as Qualitative Project Manager on the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH) and is currently working as an ethnographer on a longitudinal qualitative study of fentanyl-stimulant polysubstance use among people experiencing homelessness. Zena's research interest is in exploring the intersections of substance use, homelessness, and different forms of violence among marginalized communities. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Science