Alison Huang, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor in Residence, Step 2 Division of General Internal Medicine Women's Health Clinical Research Center

Education:

• Undergraduate: Harvard University, B.A. in History and Literature awarded in 1996

• Medical school: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, MD awarded in 2002

• Residency: University of California San Francisco Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency, 2002-2005

• Fellowship: Ambulatory Care Research Fellow, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, 2005-2007

• Master's Degree in Clinical Research, University of California San Francisco, awarded in 2008

Areas of Interest:

Current research activities

Dr. Huang's research is directed at understanding the complex relationships between atrophic changes in the urogenital tract, self-reported vaginal and urinary tract symptoms, vaginal and urinary tract infections, and sexual function and related quality-of-life domains in postmenopausal women. She also conducts research on the natural history, clinical determinants, and quality-of-life impact of other common postmenopausal health problems such as osteoporosis. Her long-term goal is to promote understanding and improve management of urogenital and menopausal health and associated quality of life in older women of diverse backgrounds.

Selected Publications

1. Huang AJ, Brown JS, Kanaya AM, Creasman JM, Ragins AI, Van den Eeden SK, Thom DH. Quality-of-life impact and treatment of urinary incontinence in ethnically-diverse older women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006 (166): 2000-2006.

2. Huang AJ, Thom DH, Kanaya AM, Wassel-Fyr CL, Van den Eeden SK, Ragins AI, Brown JS. Urinary incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction in Asian-American women. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006 (195): 1331-7.

3. Huang AJ, Grady D, Blackwell T, Bauer D. Hot flushes, bone mineral density, and fractures in older postmenopausal women. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007 (109):841-847.

4. Huang AJ, Brown JS, Thom DH, Yaffe K. Urinary incontinence in older community-dwelling women: the role of cognitive and physical function decline. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007 (109):909-916.

5. Huang AJ, Ettinger B, Vittinghoff E, Ensrud K, Johnson K, Cummings SR. Endogenous estrogen levels and the effects of ultra low-dose transdermal estradiol therapy on bone turnover and bone density in postmenopausal women. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 2007 (22): 1791-1797.

6. Huang AJ, Yaffe K, Vittinghoff E, Kuppermann M, Addis I, Hanes V, Quan J, Grady D. The effect of ultra low-dose transdermal estradiol on sexual function in postmenopausal women. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2008 (198):265.e1-7.

7. Huang AJ, Grady D, Jacoby VL, Blackwell TL, Bauer DC, Sawaya GF. Persistent hot flushes in older postmenopausal women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008 (168): 840-846.

8. Learman LA, Huang AJ, Nakagawa S, Gregorich SE, Kuppermann M. Development and validation of a sexual functioning measure for use in diverse women's health outcome studies. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2008 (198): 710.e1-8.

9. Huang AJ, Perez-Stable EJ, Kim SE, Wong ST, Kaplan CP, Walsh JM, Iwaoka-Scott AY, Sawaya GF. Preferences for human papillomavirus testing with routine cervical cancer screening in diverse older women. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2008 (23): 1324-1329.

10. Huang AJ, Stewart AL, Hernandez AL, Shen H, Subak LL. Sexual function among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence in a randomized controlled trial of an intensive behavioral weight loss intervention. Journal of Urology, 2009 (181): 2235-2242.

11. Huang AJ, Sawaya GJ, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Grady D. Hot flushes, coronary heart disease, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women. Menopause, 2009 (16): 639-643.

12. Frick AC, Huang AJ, Van den Eeden SK, Knight SK, Creasman JM, Yang J, Ragins AI, Thom DH, Brown JS. Mixed urinary incontinence: greater impact on quality of life. Journal of Urology, 2009 (182): 596-600.

13. Huang AJ, Subak LL, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Ragins AI, Kuppermann M, Shen H, Brown JS. Sexual function and aging in racially and ethnically diverse women. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2009 (57):1362-1368.