Tiana Moore, PhD, MS, MA

Tiana Moore, PhD, MS, MA, serves as the Policy Director for UCSF's Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative and co-author of the recently released report on the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness. As Policy Director, Dr. Moore translates academic research into evidence-based and actionable policy guidance. Prior to joining BHHI, Dr. Moore earned her PhD in Developmental Psychology, with a research focus on housing- and neighborhood- level influences on child and family wellbeing. Notably, her work has examined the influence of HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) on child wellbeing, resident engagement practices in public housing demonstrations, the effects of housing instability on health and academic performance, and the association between neighborhood incarceration rates and maternal-child health outcomes.