Carolyn Gibson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Dr. Gibson is a psychologist and health services researcher based at the San Francisco VA. Her research focuses on women’s physical and mental health related to menopause and aging. Her current work examines women Veterans’ mental health, the impact of interpersonal trauma on health during menopause and aging, and the effect of menopause and menopause symptoms on the development and exacerbation of mental health concerns.
Education & Training
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- Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health San Francisco VA Health Care System 2018
- PhD Clinical-Health Psychology University of Pittsburgh 2015
- Psychology Internship VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle 2015
- MPH Dartmouth 2008
- BA Psychology University of Virginia 2002
Websites
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- @@carolynjo25 on Twitter (twitter.com)
- UCSF Women's Health Clinical Research Center (whcrc.ucsf.edu)
- Center for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness (CHIME) (chime.ucsf.edu)
- SFVA Stress and Health Research Program (stressandhealthresearch.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- Lethal Suicide Methods in Aging Veterans: Associated Profiles, Trajectories, and Transitions Informing Attempts, VA CSR&D, 2023-2028
- Gaps in Identification, Referral and Treatment of Cannabis Use in VA Primary Care, VA HSR&D, 2023-2028
- Does the co-use of tobacco and cannabis increase the risk of earlier age at menopause?, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program New Investigator Award, 2022-2025
- Development and Feasibility of a Telehealth Mind-Body Menopause Program, VA Office of Rural Health, 2023-2024
- Improving Health Care for Women Veterans: Addressing Menopause and Mental Health, VA HSR&D, 2018-2023
- Assessing the usability of a Veteran-focused mobile application for menopause symptom tracking and psychoeducation, VA HSR&D SWIFT IVI, 2022-2023
- A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of Integrated Tele-Yoga Therapy for Midlife and Older Women Veterans with Chronic Pain, VA HSR&D Pain/Opioid CORE, 2021-2022
Publications (53)
Top publication keywords:
VeteransChronic PainPostmenopauseIntimate Partner ViolenceMilitary PersonnelSexual HarassmentSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSweatingStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticWomen's HealthPerimenopauseHot FlashesMenopauseHysterectomySex Offenses
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Bridging information gaps in menopause status classification through natural language processing.
JAMIA open 2024 Eyre H, Alba PR, Gibson CJ, Gatsby E, Lynch KE, Patterson OV, DuVall SL -
SLEEP DISORDERS AND RISK OF MID- TO LATE-LIFE SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
Innovation in Aging 2023 Amy Byers, Emily Dolsen, Yixia Li, Carolyn Gibson, Aoife O’Donovan, Thomas Neylan, Randall Kuffel -
Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health, and Aging-Related Health Among Men and Women Veterans Across the Lifespan.
Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Gibson CJ, Bahorik A, Xia F, Peltz C, Yaffe K -
Military Sexual Trauma and Menopause Symptoms Among Midlife Women Veterans.
Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Travis KJ, Huang AJ, Maguen S, Inslicht S, Byers AL, Seal KH, Gibson CJ -
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 2023 Huang AJ, Cummings SR, Ganz P, Schembri M, Raghunathan H, Vittinghoff E, Gibson CJ, Grady D
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Association between vasomotor symptom frequency and weight gain in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2023 Gibson CJ, Shiozawa A, Epstein AJ, Han W, Mancuso S -
Factors Associated with Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Disclosure During VA Screening Among Women Veterans.
Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Hargrave AS, Danan ER, Than CT, Gibson CJ, Yano EM -
Lifetime history of interpersonal partner violence is associated with insomnia among midlife women veterans.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2023 Goldstein LA, Jakubowski KP, Huang AJ, Seal KH, Maguen S, Inslicht SS, Byers AL, Gibson CJ -
Long-term Psychoactive Medications, Polypharmacy, and Risk of Suicide and Unintended Overdose Death Among Midlife and Older Women Veterans.
Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Gibson CJ, Li Y, Jasuja GK, Keyhani S, Byers AL -
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 2022 Hargrave AS, Maguen S, Inslicht SS, Byers AL, Seal KH, Huang AJ, Gibson CJ -
Racial/ethnic disparities in the diagnosis and management of menopause symptoms among midlife women veterans.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2022 Blanken A, Gibson CJ, Li Y, Huang AJ, Byers AL, Maguen S, Inslicht S, Seal K -
Interpersonal Violence and Painful Bladder Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Midlife to Older Women.
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 2022 Eva Raphael, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, Carolyn J. Gibson, Chris Tonner, David H. Thom, Leslee Subak, Alison J. Huang -
Cultural adaptations of motivational interviewing: A systematic review.
Psychological services 2022 Self KJ, Borsari B, Ladd BO, Nicolas G, Gibson CJ, Jackson K, Manuel JK -
Interpersonal violence and painful bladder symptoms in community-dwelling midlife to older women.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2021 Raphael E, Van Den Eeden SK, Gibson CJ, Tonner C, Thom DH, Subak L, Huang AJ -
Women Veterans' Experiences with Integrated, Biopsychosocial Pain Care: A Qualitative Study.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2021 Nicosia FM, Gibson CJ, Purcell N, Zamora K, Tighe J, Seal KH -
Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Suicide in a National Sample of Midlife and Older Women Veterans.
Medical care 2021 Gibson CJ, Li Y, Jasuja GK, Self KJ, Seal KH, Byers AL -
Workplace Sexual Harassment: Potential Long-term Associations with Psychological Function in Older Adults.
Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Gibson CJ, Lisha N, Lalchandani P, Huang AJ -
Whole Health Options and Pain Education (wHOPE): A Pragmatic Trial Comparing Whole Health Team vs Primary Care Group Education to Promote Nonpharmacological Strategies to Improve Pain, Functioning, and Quality of Life in Veterans-Rationale, Methods, and Implementation.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2020 Seal KH, Becker WC, Murphy JL, Purcell N, Denneson LM, Morasco BJ, Martin AM, Reddy K, Iseghem TV, Krebs EE, Painter JM, Hagedorn H, Pyne JM, Hixon J, Maguen S, Neylan TC, Borsari B, DeRonne B, Gibson… -
An Integrated Pain Team Model: Impact on Pain-Related Outcomes and Opioid Misuse in Patients with Chronic Pain.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2020 Gibson CJ, Grasso J, Li Y, Purcell N, Tighe J, Zamora K, Nicosia F, Seal KH -
Early Life Sexual Trauma and Later Life Genitourinary Dysfunction and Functional Disability in Women.
Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Lalchandani P, Lisha N, Gibson C, Huang AJ -
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 2020 Gibson CJ, Huang AJ, Larson JC, Mitchell C, Diem S, LaCroix A, Newton KM, Reed SD, Guthrie KA -
"We Have a Long Way to Go:" A Case Study Examination of Older Women Veterans' Experiences in VA Primary Care.
Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing 2020 Silvestrini M, Nicosia F, Spar MJ, Gibson CJ, Brown RT -
Interpersonal Trauma as a Marker of Risk for Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Midlife and Older Women.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2020 Boyd BAJ, Gibson CJ, Van Den Eeden SK, McCaw B, Subak LL, Thom D, Huang AJ -
Opioid Reduction and Risk Mitigation in VA Primary Care: Outcomes from the Integrated Pain Team Initiative.
Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Seal KH, Rife T, Li Y, Gibson C, Tighe J -
Military Sexual Trauma in Older Women Veterans: Prevalence and Comorbidities.
Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Gibson CJ, Maguen S, Xia F, Barnes DE, Peltz CB, Yaffe K -
Forced and Coerced Sexual Initiation in Women: New Insights, Even More Questions.
JAMA internal medicine 2019 Huang AJ, Gibson CJ -
Menopausal Symptoms and Higher Risk Opioid Prescribing in a National Sample of Women Veterans with Chronic Pain.
Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Gibson CJ, Li Y, Huang AJ, Rife T, Seal KH -
Menopause symptoms and chronic pain in a national sample of midlife women veterans.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2019 Gibson CJ, Li Y, Bertenthal D, Huang AJ, Seal KH -
Patient Experiences With Integrated Pain Care: A Qualitative Evaluation of One VA's Biopsychosocial Approach to Chronic Pain Treatment and Opioid Safety.
Global advances in health and medicine 2019 Purcell N, Zamora K, Gibson C, Tighe J, Chang J, Grasso J, Seal KH -
Associations of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Menopause Symptoms Among Midlife and Older Women.
JAMA internal medicine 2019 Gibson CJ, Huang AJ, McCaw B, Subak LL, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK -
Anxiety, depressive symptoms, and cardiac autonomic function in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with hot flashes: a brief report.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2018 Fu P, Gibson CJ, Mendes WB, Schembri M, Huang AJ -
Do current treatment options fall short for persistent vasomotor symptom bother in women over 60?
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2018 Gibson CJ -
Interpersonal trauma and aging-related genitourinary dysfunction in a national sample of older women.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2018 Gibson CJ, Lisha NE, Walter LC, Huang AJ -
Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Risk Related to Diabetes and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2018 Gibson CJ, Li Y, Inslicht SS, Seal KH, Byers AL -
Do postconcussive symptoms from traumatic brain injury in combat veterans predict risk for receiving opioid therapy for chronic pain?
Brain injury 2018 Bertenthal D, Yaffe K, Barnes DE, Byers AL, Gibson CJ, Seal KH, Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study Group -
Traumatic Brain Injury and Receipt of Prescription Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans: Do Clinical Practice Guidelines Matter?
The journal of pain 2018 Seal KH, Bertenthal D, Barnes DE, Byers AL, Gibson CJ, Rife TL, Yaffe K, Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study Group -
Subjective Sleep Related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Trauma-Exposed Men and Women.
Behavioral sleep medicine 2017 Gibson CJ, Richards A, Villanueva C, Barrientos M, Neylan TC, Inslicht SS -
Sleep and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis responses to metyrapone in posttraumatic stress disorder.
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017 Inslicht SS, Rao MN, Richards A, O'Donovan A, Gibson CJ, Baum T, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC -
Cardiac autonomic function and hot flashes among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2017 Gibson CJ, Mendes WB, Schembri M, Grady D, Huang AJ -
Trends in hysterectomy rates among women veterans in the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Katon JG, Gray K, Callegari L, Gardella C, Gibson C, Ma E, Lynch KE, Zephyrin L -
Cortisol dysregulation is associated with daily diary-reported hot flashes among midlife women.
Clinical endocrinology 2016 Gibson CJ, Thurston RC, Matthews KA -
Sex differences in visuospatial abilities persist during induced hypogonadism.
Neuropsychologia 2015 Guerrieri GM, Wakim PG, Keenan PA, Schenkel LA, Berlin K, Gibson CJ, Rubinow DR, Schmidt PJ -
Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Physical Victimization during Military Service across Age Cohorts of Women Veterans.
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2015 Gibson CJ, Gray KE, Katon JG, Simpson TL, Lehavot K -
Vasomotor Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Veteran and Non-Veteran Postmenopausal Women.
The Gerontologist 2015 Katon JG, Gray KE, Gerber MR, Harrington LB, Woods NF, Weitlauf JC, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Hunt JR, Katon WJ, Haskell SG, McCutcheon SJ, Gass ML, Gibson CJ, Zephyrin LC -
Daily physical activity and hot flashes in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Flashes Study.
Fertility and sterility 2014 Gibson C, Matthews K, Thurston R -
Changes in cardiovascular risk factors by hysterectomy status with and without oophorectomy: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013 Matthews KA, Gibson CJ, El Khoudary SR, Thurston RC -
Cognitive performance in healthy women during induced hypogonadism and ovarian steroid addback.
Archives of women's mental health 2012 Schmidt PJ, Keenan PA, Schenkel LA, Berlin K, Gibson C, Rubinow DR -
Body mass index following natural menopause and hysterectomy with and without bilateral oophorectomy.
International journal of obesity (2005) 2012 Gibson CJ, Thurston RC, El Khoudary SR, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Matthews KA -
Mood symptoms after natural menopause and hysterectomy with and without bilateral oophorectomy among women in midlife.
Obstetrics and gynecology 2012 Gibson CJ, Joffe H, Bromberger JT, Thurston RC, Lewis TT, Khalil N, Matthews KA -
Negative affect and vasomotor symptoms in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation Daily Hormone Study.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2011 Gibson CJ, Thurston RC, Bromberger JT, Kamarck T, Matthews KA -
Negative attitudes and affect do not predict elective hysterectomy: a prospective analysis from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2011 Gibson CJ, Bromberger JT, Weiss GE, Thurston RC, Sowers M, Matthews KA -
False-positive mammography and depressed mood in a screening population: findings from the New Hampshire Mammography Network.
Journal of public health (Oxford, England) 2009 Gibson CJ, Weiss J, Goodrich M, Onega T -
Pharmacologically induced hypogonadism and sexual function in healthy young women and men.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2008 Schmidt PJ, Steinberg EM, Negro PP, Haq N, Gibson C, Rubinow DR