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Alison Huang, MD, MAS
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- Professor, University of California, San Francisco
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San Francisco, CA
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- Addressing the impact of high placebo response in hot flash treatment trials.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2024
- Efficacy of a Therapeutic Pelvic Yoga Program Versus a Physical Conditioning Program on Urinary Incontinence in Women : A Randomized Trial.. Annals of internal medicine. 177:1339-1349. 2024
- Dimensions of posttraumatic stress disorder and menopause-related health in midlife women veterans.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 31:842-852. 2024
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection in Older Outpatient Women.. JAMA internal medicine. 184:971-972. 2024
- HOT FLASHES AND SLEEP DISRUPTION IN A RANDOMIZED TRIAL IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2024
- The Integration of Clinical Trials With the Practice of Medicine: Repairing a House Divided.. JAMA. 332:153-162. 2024
- Antibiotic-Sparing Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections-New Evidence Regarding d-Mannose.. JAMA internal medicine. 184:629-630. 2024
- Menopause hormone therapy prescribing in ambulatory care visits among midlife and older U.S. women from 2018 to 2019.. Maturitas. -. 2024
- Prescription of estrogen therapy and sedating medications in older women in a national ambulatory care sample.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72:1916-1919. 2024
- Older adults with overlapping caregiving responsibilities and care needs in a U.S. national community-based sample.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72:1824-1830. 2024
- Military Sexual Trauma and Menopause Symptoms Among Midlife Women Veterans.. Journal of general internal medicine. 39:411-417. 2023
- Spatial clusters of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli causing community-onset bacteriuria due to repeat infections: cluster analysis from a large urban medical center, San Francisco, 2014-2020.. Antimicrobial resistance and infection control. 12:-. 2023
- Total and free 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and risk of urinary incontinence in women participating in Nurses Health Studies I & II.. The American journal of the medical sciences. 366:330-336. 2023
- Social strain and conflict among older community-dwelling adults serving as caregivers: Findings from a national sample.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71:3644-3647. 2023
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Aging-Associated Functional Impairment in a National Sample of Older Community-Dwelling Adults.. Journal of general internal medicine. 38:3362-3371. 2023
- Efficacy of Continuous Transdermal Nitroglycerin for Treating Hot Flashes by Inducing Nitrate Cross-tolerance in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.. JAMA internal medicine. 183:776-783. 2023
- Spatial clusters of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli causing community-onset bacteriuria due to repeat infections: cluster analysis from a large urban medical center, San Francisco, 2014-2020.. Research square. 2023
- TReating Incontinence for Underlying Mental and Physical Health (TRIUMPH): a study protocol for a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized, 3-arm trial to evaluate the multisystem effects of pharmacologic treatment strategies for urgency-predominant urinary incontinence in ambulatory older women.. Trials. 24:-. 2023
- Lifetime history of interpersonal partner violence is associated with insomnia among midlife women veterans.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 30:370-375. 2023
- Elder Mistreatment Experienced by Older Caregiving Adults: Results from a National Community-Based Sample.. Journal of general internal medicine. 38:1709-1716. 2023
- Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Prevention of Chronic Conditions: When Is Enough, Enough?. JAMA. 328:1712-1713. 2022
- Vitamin D supplements and prevalent overactive bladder in women from midlife through older ages.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 29:1399-1403. 2022
- Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence Symptoms in Older Men: Ancillary Findings From a Randomized Trial.. The Journal of urology. 209:243-252. 2022
- Veterans Health Administration Screening for Military Sexual Trauma May Not Capture Over Half of Cases Among Midlife Women Veterans.. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 32:509-516. 2022
- Racial/ethnic disparities in the diagnosis and management of menopause symptoms among midlife women veterans.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 29:877-882. 2022
- Considerations for integrated cognitive behavioural treatment for older adults with coexisting nocturia and insomnia.. Age and ageing. 51. 2022
- Rapid Conversion of a Group-Based Yoga Trial for Diverse Older Women to Home-Based Telehealth: Lessons Learned Using Zoom to Deliver Movement-Based Interventions.. Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. 28:188-192. 2022
- Effect of vitamin D supplementation on urinary incontinence in older women: ancillary findings from a randomized trial.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 226:535.e1-535.e12. 2021
- Interpersonal violence and painful bladder symptoms in community-dwelling midlife to older women.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 226:230.e1-230.e10. 2021
- Formal and informal social participation and elder mistreatment in a national sample of older adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69:2579-2590. 2021
- Editorial Comment.. The Journal of urology. 205:-. 2021
- Workplace Sexual Harassment: Potential Long-term Associations with Psychological Function in Older Adults.. Journal of general internal medicine. 37:692-694. 2021
- Pelvic Floor Therapy for Older Women With Urinary Incontinence-Can Group-Based Training Reduce the Population-Level Burden of This Condition?. JAMA internal medicine. 180:1293-1294. 2020
- Early Life Sexual Trauma and Later Life Genitourinary Dysfunction and Functional Disability in Women.. Journal of general internal medicine. 35:3210-3217. 2020
- "I'm going to stay young": Belief in anti-aging efficacy of menopausal hormone therapy drives prolonged use despite medical risks.. PloS one. 15:-. 2020
- Strategies for evaluating self-efficacy and observed success in the practice of yoga postures for therapeutic indications: methods from a yoga intervention for urinary incontinence among middle-aged and older women.. BMC complementary medicine and therapies. 20:-. 2020
- Vitamin D Intake and Progression of Urinary Incontinence in Women.. Urology. 213-218. 2020
- Vitamin D intake and the 10-year risk of urgency urinary incontinence in women.. The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology. -. 2020
- Patient-centered change in the day-to-day impact of postmenopausal vaginal symptoms: results from a multicenter randomized trial.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 223:99.e1-99.e9. 2020
- Interpersonal Trauma as a Marker of Risk for Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Midlife and Older Women.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 135:106-112. 2020
- Beyond the bladder: poor sleep in women with overactive bladder syndrome.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 222:600.e1-600.e13. 2019
- Convergent-Divergent Validity and Correlates of the Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging Domain Scales in the MsFLASH Vaginal Health Trial.. The journal of sexual medicine. 17:117-125. 2019
- Forced and Coerced Sexual Initiation in Women: New Insights, Even More Questions.. JAMA internal medicine. 179:1558-1560. 2019
- Urinary Incontinence and Nocturia in Older Men: Associations with Body Mass, Composition and Strength in the Health ABC Study.. The Journal of urology. 202:1015-1021. 2019
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Device Guided, Slow-Paced Respiration in Women with Overactive Bladder Syndrome.. The Journal of urology. 202:787-794. 2019
- Menopausal Symptoms and Higher Risk Opioid Prescribing in a National Sample of Women Veterans with Chronic Pain.. Journal of general internal medicine. 34:2159-2166. 2019
- Menopause symptoms and chronic pain in a national sample of midlife women veterans.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 26:708-713. 2019
- Changes in Sexual Functioning in Women and Men in the 5 Years After Bariatric Surgery.. JAMA surgery. 154:487-498. 2019
- More Similarities Than Differences? An Exploratory Analysis Comparing the Sexual Complaints, Sexual Experiences, and Genitourinary Health of Older Sexual Minority and Sexual Majority Adults.. The journal of sexual medicine. 16:347-350. 2019
- Associations of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Menopause Symptoms Among Midlife and Older Women.. JAMA internal medicine. 179:80-87. 2019
- Anxiety, depressive symptoms, and cardiac autonomic function in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with hot flashes: a brief report.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 25:1470-1475. 2018
- A group-based yoga program for urinary incontinence in ambulatory women: feasibility, tolerability, and change in incontinence frequency over 3 months in a single-center randomized trial.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 220:87.e1-87.e13. 2018
- Interpersonal trauma and aging-related genitourinary dysfunction in a national sample of older women.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 220:94.e1-94.e7. 2018
- Urinary Incontinence in a National Cohort of Older Women: Implications for Caregiving and Care Dependence.. Journal of women's health (2002). 27:1097-1103. 2018
- Association of Pharmacologic Treatment of Urgency Urinary Incontinence With Sleep Quality and Daytime Sleepiness.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 131:204-211. 2018
- Sleep Quality and Daytime Sleepiness Among Women With Urgency Predominant Urinary Incontinence.. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery. 24:76-81. 2018
- Development and Feasibility of a Group-Based Therapeutic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain.. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 18:1864-1872. 2017
- Nocturia is Associated with Poor Sleep Quality Among Older Women in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 65:2502-2509. 2017
- Cardiac autonomic function and hot flashes among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 24:756-761. 2017
- Urine leakage during sexual activity among ethnically diverse, community-dwelling middle-aged and older women.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 217:439.e1-439.e8. 2017
- Modifiers of Response to Treatment With Fesoterodine for Urgency-Predominant Urinary Incontinence in a Randomized Controlled Trial.. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery. 23:151-156. 2017
- Urinary Incontinence in Older Women: The Role of Body Composition and Muscle Strength: From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 65:42-50. 2016
- Differences in the Association of Nocturia and Functional Outcomes of Sleep by Age and Gender: A Cross-sectional, Population-based Study.. Clinical therapeutics. 38:2386-2393.e1. 2016
- Sexual functioning of men and women with severe obesity before bariatric surgery.. Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 13:334-343. 2016
- Continuous transdermal nitroglycerin therapy for menopausal hot flashes: a single-arm, dose-escalation trial.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 23:330-4. 2016
- Bladder Symptoms in the Early Menopausal Transition.. Journal of women's health (2002). 25:457-63. 2016
- Predictors of impact of vaginal symptoms in postmenopausal women.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 23:40-6. 2016
- Bridging the gap: determinants of undiagnosed or untreated urinary incontinence in women.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 214:266.e1-266.e9. 2015
- Urinary Incontinence Before and After Bariatric Surgery.. JAMA internal medicine. 175:1378-87. 2015
- Device-guided slow-paced respiration for menopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 125:1130-1138. 2015
- Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging questionnaire: a multidimensional measure of the impact of vaginal symptoms on functioning and well-being in postmenopausal women.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 22:144-54. 2015
- The burden of nocturia among middle-aged and older women.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 125:35-43. 2015
- Predictors of urinary incontinence in community-dwelling frail older adults with diabetes mellitus in a cross-sectional study.. BMC geriatrics. -. 2014
- The impact of multimorbidity on sexual function in middle-aged and older women: beyond the single disease perspective.. The journal of sexual medicine. 11:2744-55. 2014
- What constitutes an adequate evaluation of device-guided breathing?. JAMA internal medicine. 174:-. 2014
- A group-based yoga therapy intervention for urinary incontinence in women: a pilot randomized trial.. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery. 20:147-54. 2014
- Childbirth and female sexual function later in life.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 122:988-997. 2013
- Sex hormone levels and risk of breast cancer with estrogen plus progestin.. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 105:1496-503. 2013
- Nonsurgical treatments for urinary incontinence in women: summary of primary findings and conclusions.. JAMA internal medicine. 173:1463-4. 2013
- Clinical predictors and significance of postvoid residual volume in women with diabetes.. Diabetes research and clinical practice. 101:164-9. 2013
- Long-term efficacy and safety of questionnaire-based initiation of urgency urinary incontinence treatment.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 209:244.e1-9. 2013
- Fecal incontinence decreases sexual quality of life, but does not prevent sexual activity in women.. Diseases of the colon and rectum. 55:1059-65. 2012
- Diabetes mellitus and sexual function in middle-aged and older women.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 120:331-40. 2012
- Pharmacologic treatment for urgency-predominant urinary incontinence in women diagnosed using a simplified algorithm: a randomized trial.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 206:444.e1-11. 2012
- Clinical significance of postvoid residual volume in older ambulatory women.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59:1452-8. 2011
- Sex hormone levels and risks of estrogen receptor-negative and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers.. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 103:562-70. 2011
- An intensive behavioral weight loss intervention and hot flushes in women.. Archives of internal medicine. 170:1161-7. 2010
- Vaginal symptoms in postmenopausal women: self-reported severity, natural history, and risk factors.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 17:121-6. 2010
- The day-to-day impact of urogenital aging: perspectives from racially/ethnically diverse women.. Journal of general internal medicine. 25:45-51. 2009
- Sexual function and aging in racially and ethnically diverse women.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 57:1362-8. 2009
- Mixed urinary incontinence: greater impact on quality of life.. The Journal of urology. 182:596-600. 2009
- Sexual function among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence in a randomized controlled trial of an intensive behavioral weight loss intervention.. The Journal of urology. 181:2235-42. 2009
- Hot flushes, coronary heart disease, and hormone therapy in postmenopausal women.. Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 16:639-43. 2009
- Ending cervical cancer screening: attitudes and beliefs from ethnically diverse older women.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 200:40.e1-7. 2008
- Development and validation of a sexual functioning measure for use in diverse women's health outcome studies.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 198:710.e1-8; discussion 710.e8-9. 2008
- Preferences for human papillomavirus testing with routine cervical cancer screening in diverse older women.. Journal of general internal medicine. 23:1324-9. 2008
- Persistent hot flushes in older postmenopausal women.. Archives of internal medicine. 168:840-6. 2008
- The effect of ultralow-dose transdermal estradiol on sexual function in postmenopausal women.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 198:265.e1-7. 2008
- Endogenous estrogen levels and the effects of ultra-low-dose transdermal estradiol therapy on bone turnover and BMD in postmenopausal women.. Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. 22:1791-7. 2007
- Hot flushes, bone mineral density, and fractures in older postmenopausal women.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 109:841-7. 2007
- Urinary incontinence in older community-dwelling women: the role of cognitive and physical function decline.. Obstetrics and gynecology. 109:909-16. 2007
- Quality-of-life impact and treatment of urinary incontinence in ethnically diverse older women.. Archives of internal medicine. 166:2000-6. 2006
- Urinary incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction in Asian-American women.. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 195:1331-7. 2006
- Health plans' coverage determinations for technology-based interventions: the case of electrical bone growth stimulation.. The American journal of managed care. 10:957-62. 2004
- MSJAMA: the rise of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs in the United States.. JAMA. 284:-. 2000
- Continuing controversy over the international medical graduate.. JAMA. 283:-. 2000
- Reinventing the physician-scientist in the new era of health care.. JAMA. 281:-. 1999
- Characterization of mutated transforming growth factor-beta s which possess unique biological properties.. Biochemistry. 33:12298-304. 1994
- Characterization of distinct functional domains of transforming growth factor beta.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 90:8628-32. 1993
Research
Research Overview
- Dr. Alison Huang is an internal medicine physician, clinical epidemiologist, and clinical trialist at the University of California San Francisco. Her research focuses on advancing understanding and improving management of the impact of aging on women's health, with an emphasis on genitourinary and postmenopausal health conditions that disproportionately affect older women. She leads a multidisciplinary team of clinical researchers in examining shared factors that underlie relationships between genitourinary syndromes and other aging-related conditions such as cognitive and physical function decline, sleep disorders, and depression. She has designed and led multiple NIH-funded randomized trials that leverage findings from her epidemiological research on urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, urogenital atrophy, and nocturia, with the goal of improving women's health and functioning across the aging spectrum. She directs NIH-funded training programs for early-stage clinical and translational scientists and teaches research methods courses for the UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics as well as the UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Training Program. With the support of a K24 mentoring award, she mentors early-stage investigators in conducting clinical research on older women's health, genitourinary health, and behavioral and pharmacologic interventions. As a general internist, she provides primary care to adults of all ages in UCSF Health's General Medicine Practice.
Principal Investigator on
- A Randomized Trial of a Remotely Delivered Group Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome 2024 - 2029
- Administrative Core 2023 - 2028
- Promoting Clinical and Translational Science Training and Career Development for Residents 2023 - 2028
- Letrozole for Treatment of Uterine Fibroids: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial 2023 - 2027
- Cognitive, urinary, and functional trajectories of older women using pharmacologic treatment strategies for urgency incontinence 2022 - 2027
- Cognitive, urinary, and functional trajectories of older women using pharmacologic treatment strategies for urgency incontinence Administrative supplement 2022 - 2027
- Language-Concordant Mobile Health Training and Support for Behavioral Management of Urinary Incontinence for Women with Limited English Proficiency 2022 - 2027
- UCSF-Kaiser Urological Epidemiology Research Career Development Program 2016 - 2026
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Group-Based Therapeutic Yoga Intervention for Urinary Incontinence in Ambulatory Older Women 2018 - 2025
- Midcareer Mentoring in Patient-Oriented Research on Genitourinary Aging in Women 2020 - 2025
- Promoting Multidisciplinary Clinical and Translational Science in Aging by Resident Investigators 2021 - 2025
- A Feasibility Trial of a Group Based Yoga Intervention for Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women 2020 - 2024
- Impact and Implications of concurrent hearing and vision impairment on risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and social isolation in older adults 2021 - 2023
- Promoting engagement, assessing barriers, and evaluating self-efficacy in yoga research among women from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds 2018 - 2023
- Enhancing Resident Investigation and Career Advancement in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Science 2018 - 2023
- Transdermal Nitroglycerin Therapy for Menopausal Hot Flashes 2016 - 2022
- Nocturnal overactive bladder and sleep disruption in middle-aged and older women 2017 - 2020
- A Behavioral Slow-Breathing Exercise Program for Female Overactive Bladder 2014 - 2019
- Yoga to Enhance Behavioral Self-Management of Urinary Incontinence in Women 2014 - 2018
- Slow-Paced Respiration for Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flashes 2011 - 2015
- A Multidimensional Approach to Urogenital Aging in Older Women 2011 - 2014
- The Impact of Vaginal Atrophy Symptoms on Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women 2010 - 2014
Background
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- M.D.
- M.S. in Clinical Research
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Areas of Focus
- Women's health and aging
- Epidemiology
- Geriatric syndromes