William Hua • UCSF Profiles (original) (raw)

	Title(s)Professor, PsychiatrySchoolSchool of MedicineAddress1855 Folsom Street, #670BSan Francisco CA 94103Phone415-476-3951 ext. 3763PronounsHe/Him/HisvCardDownload vCard

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William Hua, Ph.D., is the Division Director of the Alliance Health Project (AHP), a community-based program for the HIV and LGBTQ+ communities that offers compassionate, comprehensive, and culturally tailored behavioral health, sexual health, and case management services as well as education to healthcare providers. AHP is a division of the University of California, San Francisco Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. As an Associate Clinical Professor, Dr. Hua is active in training, education, and equity initiatives.

Prior to joining AHP, Dr. Hua served as clinical health psychologist for 10+ years at the San Francisco VA Health Care System, where he provided integrated care services for Veterans living with HIV and/or liver care concerns. He led several diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives, including Chair of the Psychology Diversity Committee, primary consultant on the first-ever diversity consultation service in the VA system, and co-author of a DEIB-focused hiring toolkit that became a national model across the VA system. He is also co-founder of a non-profit called Here to Hope, which provided HIV education and prevention services in Guyana, South America from 2009-2019.

Dr. Hua received his B.S. from Oklahoma State University, his Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine at the University of North Texas, and completed specialized behavioral medicine training through the Palo Alto VA Health Care System psychology internship and fellowship programs.

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1. Factors Associated With Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Use Among Patients With Chronic Liver Disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Feb; 61(3):481-490. Satre DD, Dasarathy D, Batki SL, Ostacher MJ, Snyder HR, Hua W, Parekh P, Shui AM, Cheung R, Monto A, Wong RJ, Chen JY, Liao M, Tana M, Chen PH, Haight CG, Fakadej T, Khalili M. PMID: 39523996; PMCID: PMC11710982.
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2. Developing the IDCaRe team: an integrated and culturally-affirming approach to improving health engagement for HIV-positive veterans. HIV Res Clin Pract. 2024 12; 25(1):2404333. Brennan JM, Bailey MB, Hua W. PMID: 39382045.
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3. Maladaptive Personality Characteristics, Coping and Situational Factors Predict Symptoms of Complicated Grief and Health Difficulties. Omega (Westport). 2024 Aug 29; 302228241275195. Peak A, Martin L, Post KM, Hua W. PMID: 39206492.
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4. Rationale and design of a multisite randomized clinical trial examining an integrated behavioral treatment for veterans with co-occurring chronic pain and opioid use disorder: The pain and opioids integrated treatment in veterans (POSITIVE) trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 03; 126:107096. Vowles KE, Witkiewitz K, Clarke E, Schmidt Z, Borsari B, Edwards KE, Korecki JR, Moniz-Lewis DI, Bondzie JA, Mullins C, Thoreson CI, Delacruz J, Wilkins CH, Nelson S, Delventura J, Henderson R, Katz A, Hua W, Watson E, Baxley C, Canlas BR, Pendleton T, Herbst E, Batki S. PMID: 36693589; PMCID: PMC10308452.
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5. A prior history of substance abuse in veterans undergoing bariatric surgery. J Obes. 2013; 2013:740312. Tedesco M, Hua WQ, Lohnberg JA, Bellatorre N, Eisenberg D. PMID: 23840947; PMCID: PMC3694550.
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