Alison Hwong, MD, PhD (VA Scholar)

Dr. Hwong completed her Psychiatry residency at the University of California San Francisco, where she served as Chief Resident of Research. She received an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University. Following college, she was a Fulbright Fellow in Belgium, studying the history of the mental health community in Geel, and worked for the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. She received her MD and PhD in Health Policy at Harvard.
 
Career Interests: Dr. Hwong plans to pursue a career in academic psychiatry and health services research.
 
Research Interests: Research interests include disparities in medical care for persons with serious mental illness, particularly cancer care; global mental health; and the integration of behavioral and physical health care.