Sophia Yen, MD, MPH

Phone:(650) 694-0600
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Sophia_Yen/

Alternate Contact:
Name: Anna Valdez-Frasier
Title: Administrative Assistant
Phone: 650-694-0660

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Clinical Instructor
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
 
Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Pediatric Clerkship Faculty Honor Roll
Dept of Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School
2007
Faculty Teaching Award
Stanford Medical School, LPCH.
2006
MCHB Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Adolescent Health
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
2000-2003
Special graduation award for Student Advocacy
UCSF Class of 1997
1997
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
MPH
UC Berkeley
Maternal Child Health
2004
Fellowship
UCSF
Adolescent Medicine
2003
Residency
Children's Hospital Oakland
Pediatrics
2000
MD
UCSF
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1997
BS
MIT
Biology
1993
Research Interests

Emergency contraception access, availability, knowledge.

Pediatric obesity and its treament with videogames and pedometers.

Adolescent use and access to contraception.

Using computers to educate patients during waiting time.

Determinants of Tampon use/initiation.

Health needs of adolescents in local high schools. Obesity, exercise, mental health, reproductive health.

Attitudes towards a reproductive health clinic - parents perspective, adolescents.

Community and International Work
  • N. CA AAP Pediatric Obesity Interest Group More »
  • Reproductive Rights More »
Publications
  • Madsen KA, Yen S, Wlasiuk L, Newman TB, Lustig R "Feasibility of a dance videogame to promote weight loss among overweight children and adolescents." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007; 161: 1: 105-7 More »
  • Yen S, Shafer MA, Moncada J, Campbell CJ, Flinn SD, Boyer CB "Bacterial vaginosis in sexually experienced and non-sexually experienced young women entering the military." Obstet Gynecol 2003; 102: 5 Pt 1: 927-33 More »