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| Laura Hill-Sakurai MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Her primary interest in doctor-patient communication drives her research, teaching and clinical work. This year she is beginning an NIH career development award that compares the varied understandings of menopause that emerge from women’s experiences with the clinical discussions of midlife change. The pilot data for this grant was collected during Dr. Hill-Sakurai’s research fellowship, and focused on women’s decisions about hormone replacement therapy and complementary alternative medicine during menopause. Dr. Hill-Sakurai also trained extensively in anthropological and qualitative methodologies during her fellowship. As an educator, she works on culture in medicine, human sexuality/LGBTI issues and professionalism in the pre-doctoral curriculum. She completed a small research project on clinical sexual history-taking that guided her production of an interactive videotape used to teach sexual history-taking. Dr. Hill-Sakurai is a graduate of Ramsey Family and Community Medicine Residency in the St. Paul/Minneapolis, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Carleton College. She enjoys hiking, cooking and jewelry making. |
- “Does Required Preclinical Exposure Affect Students’ Encouragement To Pursue Family Medicine?” Hill-Sakurai LE, Schillinger E, Rittenhouse DR, Fahrenbach R, Hudes ES, LeBaron S, Shore WB, Hearst N. Accepted for publication in Fam Med.
- “Feedback to Medical Students Regarding Family Medicine as a Specialty Choice” Hill-Sakurai LE, Fahrenbach R, LeBaron S, Hudes ES, Rittenhouse D, Schillinger E, Shore W, Hearst N. (abstract) (2002) Fam Med 34: 541.
- “Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Menopause: A Qualitative Analysis of Women’s Decision making” Hill-Sakurai LE, (Currently under review).
- “Analysis of Troponin-Tropomyosin Binding to Actin: Troponin Does Not Promote Interactions Between Tropomyosin Molecules" Hill LE, Mehegan JP, Butters CA, Tobacman LS.(1992) J Biol Chem 267: 16106-16113.
- “Effects of the Amino-terminal Regions of Tropomyosin and Troponin T on Thin Filament Assembly" Willardsen KA, Butters CA, Hill LE, Tobacman LS. (1992) J Biol Chem 267: 23746-23752.
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| 2001 |
Hill-Sakurai L. “Health, Menopause and Change: How Women Understand Health and Contemplate Health Related Change during Midlife.” Podium presentation, North America Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Halifax, Canada, 10/15/01. |
| 2001 |
Hill-Sakurai L. “Health, Menopause and Change: How Women Understand Health and Contemplate Health Related Change during Midlife.” Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care weekly conference, University of California, Davis, 11/15/01. |
| 2002 |
Hill-Sakurai L. “Understandings of Menopause: Personal Bridges and Fluctuating Hormones.” Podium presentation, 8 th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference, Banff, Canada, 4/5/02. |
| 2002 |
Hill-Sakurai L, Fahrenbach R, LeBaron S, Hudes ES, Rittenhouse D, Schillinger E, Shore W, Hearst N. “Faculty Reaction to Medical Students Interested in Family Medicine: Influences of Curriculum and Campus” UCSF Medical Education Day, San Francisco, CA 4/22/02. |
| 2002 |
Hill-Sakurai L. “The Decision To Take Hormone Replacement Therapy: An Anthropological Approach.” Poster presentation, Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, San Francisco, CA 4/28/02. |
| 2002 |
Hill-Sakurai L, Fahrenbach R, LeBaron S, Hudes E, Rittenhouse D, Schillinger E, Shore W, Hearst N. “Feedback to Medical Students Regarding Family Medicine as a Specialty Choice.” Podium presentation, Society for Teachers of Family Medicine, San Francisco, CA 5/1/02. |
| 2002 |
Hill-Sakurai L. “Choosing Herbs for Menopausal Symptoms: Wise Women’s Elixir or Prempro.” Abstract, National Research Service Award Fellows Conference, Washington DC, 6/22/02. |
| 2002 |
Hill-Sakurai L. “Prempro or Wise Women’s Elixir: Understanding Women’s Decisions to Use Herbal Therapies for Menopausal Symptoms.” Podium presentation, North America Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 11/18/02. |
| 2002 |
Schafer A, Hill-Sakurai L, Gabali C, Gaona E, Lebaron S. “Negotiating Disparate Clinical Realities: Perceptions of and Explanations for Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Mexico.” Podium presentation, North America Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 11/19/02. |
| 2002 |
Hill-Sakurai L. “Medical Menopauses and Embodied Transitions.” Podium presentation included in chaired presentation, “History, Technology and Agency: Imagining the Future of the Reproductive Body.” American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, 11/21/02. |
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An anthropological approach to decision-making about HRT and CAM during menopause. Family Medicine Grand Rounds, UCSF, 3/28/03. |
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- R01 CA246810
(PI) 7/1/04-6/30/09
NIH/NCHD $102,130 direct/yr 1
Bridging Menopause: Personal Bridges and Clinical Encounters
- Teaching the Sexual Interview through Interactive Videotapes
(PI) 7/1/04-6/30/05
Academy of Medical
Educators $22,000
- Culture and Behavior in the Curriculum
7/01/03-6/30/05
California Endowment
$391.238
- Enriching & Strengthening the Curriculum via Infusion of Sexuality & LGBTI Topics
(co-investigator)
7/04-6/04
Academy of Medical Educators
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