Alison Huang,, MD, MPhil, MAS

Alison Huang, MD, MPhil, MAS

Professor of Medicine, Urology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Director of Research for General Internal Medicine at UCSF Health

Director of the UCSF Health Women's Health Clinical Research Center

Education

2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California

MPhil, - Trinity College Charles Fiske Scholar, Cambridge University

B.A., - History and Literature, Harvard University

- Ambulatory Care Research Fellowship, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

MAS, - Clinical Research Methods, University of California

MD, - Doctor of Medicine, University of California

- Internal Medicine Residency, University of California

Biography

Dr. Alison Huang is Professor of Medicine, Urology, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Director of Research for General Internal Medicine at UCSF Health; Director of the UCSF Women's Health Clinical Research Center; and a clinical scientist dedicated to advancing scientific understanding and improving management of the impact of aging on women’s health and genitourinary health. She leads a multidisciplinary team of clinical and translational scientists in investigating shared factors underlying relationships between common genitourinary health conditions and overlapping aging syndromes such as cognitive and physical function decline, sleep disruption, and depression. She has designed and led multiple NIH-funded randomized trials of pharmacologic, behavioral, and integrative health interventions in midlife and older women that leverage findings from her epidemiological research on urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, urogenital atrophy, and menopause symptoms. She has also developed and validated patient-reported outcome measures of genitourinary health and function in older women of diverse backgrounds that have been adopted and translated into multiple languages by investigators in the U.S. and internationally. She directs NIH-funded training programs and teaches clinical research methods courses for early-stage investigators based in the UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and the UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute. With the support of an NIH K24 mentoring award, she mentors early-stage investigators in designing clinical research studies and launching research careers focused on aging women's health, genitourinary health, and behavioral, pharmacologic, and integrative health interventions. As a general internal medicine physician, she provides primary care to adults of all ages in UCSF Health's General Medicine Practice.

Research Interests

August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2029 - A Randomized Trial of a Remotely Delivered Group Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome , Multiple Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NCCIH, NIH/ORWH, Sponsor Award ID: R01AT012461

September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2028 - A multi-center trial to improve nocturia and sleep in older adults , UCSF Data Coordinating Center Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NIA, Sponsor Award ID: R01AG083477

September 1, 2023 - June 30, 2028 - Learners to LeAders in benign Urology, benign Nephrology, and non-Cancer Hematology , Administrative Core Lead . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: 1U2CDK133488-6960

February 15, 2023 - January 31, 2028 - Promoting Clinical and Translational Science Training and Career Development for Residents , Multiple Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R38HL167283

September 1, 2023 - June 30, 2027 - Letrozole for Treatment of Uterine Fibroids: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial , Multiple Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NICHD, Sponsor Award ID: R01HD112465

February 15, 2022 - January 31, 2027 - Cognitive, urinary, and functional trajectories of older women using pharmacologic treatment strategies for urgency incontinence , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01AG075471

September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2026 - UCSF-Kaiser Urological Epidemiology Research Career Development Program , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K12DK111028

September 20, 2018 - June 30, 2025 - A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Group-Based Therapeutic Yoga Intervention for Urinary Incontinence in Ambulatory Older Women , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01DK116712

August 1, 2020 - May 31, 2025 - Midcareer Mentoring in Patient-Oriented Research on Genitourinary Aging in Women , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K24AG068601

September 15, 2023 - January 31, 2025 - Language-Concordant Mobile Health Training and Support for Behavioral Management of Urinary Incontinence for Women with Limited English Proficiency , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/ORWH, Sponsor Award ID: 3R01AG075471-02S1

February 1, 2021 - January 31, 2025 - Promoting Multidisciplinary Clinical and Translational Science in Aging by Resident Investigators , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R38AG070171

June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2024 - A Feasibility Trial of a Group Based Yoga Intervention for Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R34AT010356

July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2023 - Enhancing Resident Investigation and Career Advancement , Multiple Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NHLBI, Sponsor Award ID: R38HL143581

August 15, 2019 - May 31, 2023 - Coexisting Nocturia and Insomnia in Older Adults: Planning a Trial of Integrated Therapy , UCSF Coordinating Center Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R34AG058835

April 15, 2016 - September 30, 2022 - Transdermal Nitroglycerin Therapy for Menopausal Hot Flashes , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NIA, Sponsor Award ID: R01AG050588

July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 - Promoting Engagement, Assessing Barriers, and Evaluating Self-Efficacy in Yoga Research Among Women From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01DK116712-04S1

August 1, 2017 - May 31, 2020 - Nocturnal overactive bladder and sleep disruption in middle-aged and older women , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NIA, Sponsor Award ID: R03AG056752

April 15, 2014 - March 31, 2019 - A Behavioral Slow-Breathing Exercise Program for Female Overactive Bladder , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NIA, Sponsor Award ID: R01AG047894

September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2018 - Yoga to Enhance Behavioral Self-Management of Urinary Incontinence in Women , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NCCIH, Sponsor Award ID: R34AT008028

July 15, 2011 - March 31, 2015 - Slow-Paced Respiration for Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flashes , Co-Principal Investigator 2011-2013, Principal Investigator 2014-2015 . Sponsor: NIH/NCCIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01AT005491

September 1, 2011 - December 31, 2014 - A Multidimensional Approach to Urogenital Aging in Older Women , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH/NIA, Sponsor Award ID: K23AG038335 (Beeson)

September 30, 2010 - August 31, 2014 - The Impact of Vaginal Atrophy Symptoms on Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R03AG035207