Carolyn Gibson, PhD
Working Title
Associate Professor
Dr. Gibson is a psychologist and health services researcher based at the San Francisco VA. She is the Associate Director of the SFVA Center for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation (3DI), a VA Health Systems Research Center of Innovation (COIN), and Co-Director of the UCSF Women's Health Clinical Research Center. Her current work focuses on women Veterans’ health and health care, mental health in the menopause transition, the impact of interpersonal trauma and military exposures on menopause- and aging-related health, medical cannabis use among midlife and older women, and complementary and integrative health approaches to improving health for women across the lifespan.
- 2018 - Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health, San Francisco VA Health Care System
- PhD, 2015 - Clinical-Health Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
- 2015 - Psychology Internship, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle
- MPH, 2008 - , Dartmouth
- BA, 2002 - Psychology, University of Virginia
Veterans
Chronic Pain
Postmenopause
Intimate Partner Violence
Military Personnel
Sexual Harassment
Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Women's Health
Perimenopause
Hot Flashes
Menopause
Menopause, Premature
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Sex Offenses
September 25, 2019 - Study Reveals Lasting Effects of Sexual Assault Among Female Veterans
September 19, 2019 - Over 3 million women in U.S. say their first sexual experience was rape
October 9, 2020 - Women with menopause turn to cannabis for treatment
October 1, 2017 - Years after silently combating sexual trauma, female veterans seek help
November 19, 2018 - Emotional Abuse May Be Linked with Menopause Misery
March 6, 2019 - Menopause Symptoms Nearly Double the Risk of Chronic Pain
October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2029 - The Center for Data to Discovery and Delivery Innovation (3DI) , Associate Director . Sponsor: VA HSR, Sponsor Award ID: 1I50HX004001-01
August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2029 - A Randomized Trial of a Remotely Delivered Group Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome , MPI . Sponsor: NCCIH, Sponsor Award ID: 1 R01 AT012461-01A1
June 1, 2023 - May 31, 2028 - Gaps in Identification, Referral and Treatment of Cannabis Use in VA Primary Care , MPI . Sponsor: VA HSR&D, Sponsor Award ID: 1 I01 HX003522-01A1
June 1, 2023 - May 31, 2028 - Gaps in Identification, Referral and Treatment of Cannabis Use in VA Primary Care , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: I01HX003522
September 20, 2025 - August 31, 2027 - Improving Identification of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Women , MPI . Sponsor: NHLBI, Sponsor Award ID: R01HL181024
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2026 - Does the co-use of tobacco and cannabis increase the risk of earlier age at menopause? , PI . Sponsor: Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program New Investigator Award, Sponsor Award ID: T32KT4693
June 1, 2018 - May 31, 2023 - Improving Health Care for Women Veterans: Addressing Menopause and Mental Health , PI . Sponsor: VA HSR&D, Sponsor Award ID: 1 IK2 HX002402-01A1