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Wei Huang MD

  • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 728-4926
  • whuang4@emory.edu

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • PhD Psychology/Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University
  • Advanced Certificate in Acupuncture and Moxibustion from Chinese Medicine College of Shanghai
  • MD from Shanghai Medical University

Research

Focus

  • My long-term interest of research is to integrate complementary and alternative medicine in patient-centered care involving multiple discipline approaches, to ultimately enhance care quality and decrease healthcare expenditure. My current research focuses on the efficacy of acupuncture and its possible mediating factor in improving sleep, pain, and anxiety in TBI veterans. Another focus of my research is to improve sleep duration and quality in patients with various diseases to improve their functional status.

Publications

  • Acupuncture for Treatment of Persistent Disturbed Sleep: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
    J Clin Psychiatry Volume: 80
    12/11/2018 Authors: Huang W; Johnson TM; Kutner NG; Halpin SN; Weiss P; Griffiths PC; Bliwise DL
  • Correction to: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Persons living with HIV in the Era of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment.
    AIDS Behav Volume: 22 Page(s): 2381
    07/01/2018 Authors: Halpin SN; Carruth EC; Rai RP; Edelman EJ; Fiellin DA; Gibert C; Gordon KS; Huang W; Justice A; Marconi VC
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Persons living with HIV in the Era of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment.
    AIDS Behav Volume: 22 Page(s): 848 - 852
    03/01/2018 Authors: Halpin SN; Carruth EC; Rai RP; Edelman EJ; Fiellin DA; Gibert C; Gordon KS; Huang W; Justice A; Marconi VC
  • COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AMONG HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS IN THE CURRENT TREATMENT ERA
    GERONTOLOGIST Volume: 56 Page(s): 707 - 708
    11/01/2016 Authors: Halpin SN; Carruth EC; Edleman EJ; Huang W; Marconi VC; Justice A; Perkins M
  • A case series of auricular acupuncture in a veteran's population using a revised auricular mapping-diagnostic paradigm (RAMP-uP).
    Complement Ther Med Volume: 27 Page(s): 130 - 136
    08/01/2016 Authors: Huang W; Halpin SN; Perkins MM
  • Effect of acupuncture on sleep quality and hyperarousal state in patients with primary insomnia: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
    BMJ Open Volume: 6 Page(s): e009594
    03/08/2016 Authors: Guo J; Huang W; Tang C-Y; Wang G-L; Zhang F; Wang L-P
  • Physicians' influence on veterans' decision to use acupuncture.
    Patient Educ Couns Volume: 97 Page(s): 211 - 215
    11/01/2014 Authors: Halpin SN; Huang W; Perkins MM
  • Determining attitudes toward acupuncture: a focus on older U.S. veterans.
    J Altern Complement Med Volume: 20 Page(s): 118 - 122
    02/01/2014 Authors: Halpin SN; Perkins MM; Huang W
  • Complexity of sham acupuncture.
    JAMA Intern Med Volume: 173 Page(s): 713
    04/22/2013 Authors: Huang W; Kutner N; Bliwise D
  • Improvement of pain, sleep, and quality of life in chronic pain patients with vitamin D supplementation.
    Clin J Pain Volume: 29 Page(s): 341 - 347
    04/01/2013 Authors: Huang W; Shah S; Long Q; Crankshaw AK; Tangpricha V
  • Correlates of persistent sleep complaints after traumatic brain injury.
    Neuropsychol Rehabil Volume: 23 Page(s): 698 - 714
    01/01/2013 Authors: Huang W; Bliwise DL; Johnson TM; Long Q; Kutner N; Stringer AY
  • Autonomic activation in insomnia: the case for acupuncture.
    J Clin Sleep Med Volume: 7 Page(s): 95 - 102
    02/15/2011 Authors: Huang W; Kutner N; Bliwise DL
  • Acupuncture for pain and sleep in knee osteoarthritis.
    J Am Geriatr Soc Volume: 58 Page(s): 1218 - 1220
    06/01/2010 Authors: Huang W; Bliwise DL; Carnevale CV; Kutner NG
  • A systematic review of the effects of acupuncture in treating insomnia.
    Sleep Med Rev Volume: 13 Page(s): 73 - 104
    02/01/2009 Authors: Huang W; Kutner N; Bliwise DL
  • Contribution of supragranular layers to sensory processing and plasticity in adult rat barrel cortex.
    J Neurophysiol Volume: 80 Page(s): 3261 - 3271
    12/01/1998 Authors: Huang W; Armstrong-James M; Rema V; Diamond ME; Ebner FF
  • Laminar comparison of somatosensory cortical plasticity.
    Science Volume: 265 Page(s): 1885 - 1888
    09/23/1994 Authors: Diamond ME; Huang W; Ebner FF
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