Curriculum Vitae

Education and Training

• Stanford University, Palo Alto, California: B.S. - Electrical Engineering (1986), B.A. -Psychology (1986)
• University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio: M.D. (1990)
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Residency in Psychiatry (1994)
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Fellowship in Psychiatric Informatics (1996)

Academic Positions and Employment

• Lecturer - University of Michigan School of Medicine (1996-2001)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor - University of Michigan School of Medicine (2001-2)
• Psychiatrist - County of Santa Cruz, California (2002-3)
• Staff Psychiatrist - University of California, Santa Cruz (2002-2008)

Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Mohl PC, Martinez D, Ticknor C, Huang M, Cordell L. Early Dropouts from psychotherapy. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. (1991 Aug) 179(8):478-81.
2. Huang M P and Alessi N E. The Internet and the Future of Psychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry. (July 1996); 153: 861-869.
3. Huang M P and Alessi N E. An Informatics Curriculum for Psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry. (Summer 1998); 22(2): 77-91.
4. Huang MP, Rajarethinam RP, Abelson J, Alessi NE. Case studies of the Internet: experiences at an Anxiety Disorders Program. MD Computing. (1998); 15(4):238-241.
5. Huang MP, Himle J, Beier K, Alessi NE. Challenges of Recreating Reality In Virtual Environments. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (1998); 1(2):163-168.
6. Alessi NE, Huang MP, Quinlan P. The Zachman Framework: An Information System Architecture for DMS. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (1998); 1(4):347-351.
7. Quinlan P, HuangMP, Alessi NE. A Model for Developing Web Sites at Academic Medical Institutions. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (1998); 1(4):361-369.
8. Huang MP, Couling M, Alessi NE. The CAVE(TM) System. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (1998); 1(4):397-399.
9. Huang M P and Alessi N E. Developing Trends of the World Wide Web. Psychiatric Services. (January 1999); 50(1):31-2,41.
10. Huang M P and Alessi N E. Challenges of the World Wide Web. Psychiatric Services. (April 1999); 50(4):483-4, 491.
11. Huang MP, Quinlan PE, Alessi NE. The Internet and the Practice of Psychiatry. Directions in Psychiatry. (1999); 19(12):177-190.
12. Huang MP, Alessi NE. Mental Health Implications for Presence. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (1999); 2(1):15-18.
13. Huang MP. Introduction:Beyond Presence. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (1999); 2(4):321-324.
14. Huang MP, Himle J, Alessi NE. Vivid visualization in the experience of phobia in virtual environments: preliminary results. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (2000); 3(3): 315-320.
15. Alessi NE, Huang MP. Evolution of the Virtual Humans: From Term to Potential Application in Psychiatry. Cyberpsychology and Behavior. (2000); 3(3):321-326.

Articles (non-peer reviewed)

1. Huang M P and Alessi N E. Psychiatry Navigates the Web. Psychiatric Times. (1995 Aug) 32-33.
2. Alessi N E and Huang M P. U of Michigan On-Line with 1st Psychiatric Informatics Fellowship. Psychiatric Times. (1995 Aug) 34-35.
3. Huang M. The AACAP meets the Internet. Michigan Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry News (1995).
4. Huang M. Medical Informatics enables the "New Psychiatry". Psychiatry Practice: A Resident's Perspective. Physician's Postgraduate Press, Inc. (June 1996); 1(4):1-2.
5. Huang M. Career Profile: Milton P. Huang, M.D. Psychiatry Practice: A Resident's Perspective. Physician's Postgraduate Press, Inc.(June 1996); 1(4): 8.
6. Huang M. The Psychiatric Society for Informatics. Psychiatry Practice: A Resident’s Perspective. Physician's Postgraduate Press, Inc.(June 1996); 1(4): 4.
7. Alessi N E and Huang M P. Riding the Third Wave: Psychiatry in the Information Era. Psychiatric Times. (June 1996); 13 (6): 20.
8. Huang M and Alessi N. Psychiatry in the Digital Age. Psychiatric Times. (September 1996).
9. Alessi N, Huang M, Quinlan P. Psychiatric Informatics: Exploring Myths and Barriers. Psychiatric Times. (August 1997); 54.
10. Huang MP, Alessi NE. An introduction to Virtual Reality in Psychiatry. Canadian Psychiatric Association Bulletin. (February 2000); 32(1): 14-17.
11. Huang M, Alessi N. E-Mental Health Services. Psychiatric Times. (November 2001); 18(11):50,52.
12. Huang, M. Staying Rooted: Insights on how to handle stress using tai chi. Santa Cruz Sentinel. (September 6, 2004) : A11.

Book Chapters

1. Huang MP, Alessi N. Tools for Developing Multimedia in Psychiatry. in Mental Health Computing. Miller M., Hammond K, and Hile M. (eds.) pp. 322- 341. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996.
2. Bennett J, Huang MP, Alessi N. Barriers to Telemedicine in Psychiatry. in Mental Health Computing. Miller M., Hammond K, and Hile M. (eds.) pp. 415-428. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996.
3. Huang MP, Alessi N, Carli T. The Web as a Psychiatric Information Source for the Primary Care Physician. in Primary Care Psychiatry. Knesper DJ, Riba M, Schwenk TL (eds). Chapter 22. pp. 407-414. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company 1997.
4. Alessi N, Huang M, Quinlan P: 2005: Information Technology Impacts Psychiatry. In American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry. Volume 16. Dickstein LJ, Riba MB, Oldham JM (eds.) Chapter 27, pp. VI69-87. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1997.
5. Huang MP, Alessi N. Computers and Assessment. in The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Volume 5: Clinical Assessment and Intervention Planning. J. Noshpitz (ed.) pp. 740-745. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
6. Huang MP, Himle J, Beier K, Alessi NE. Comparing Virtual and Real Worlds for Acrophobia Treatment. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: Art Science, Technology: Healthcare (R)evolution. Westwood JD, Hoffman HM, Stredney D, and Weghorst SJ, (eds.) Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1998:175-179.
7. Huang MP, Alessi NE. Current limitations in the application of Virtual Reality to mental health research. In Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience. G Riva, BK Wiederhold, E Molinari (eds.). pp. 63-66. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1998.
8. Alessi NE, Huang MP. The Potential Relevance of Attachment Theory in Assessing Relatedness with Virtual Humans. In Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience. G Riva, BK Wiederhold, E Molinari (eds.). pp. 180-187. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1998.
9. Huang MP, Alessi NE. Presence as an Emotional Experience. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: The Convergence of Physical and Informational Technologies Options for a New Era in Healthcare. JD Westwood, HM Hoffman, RA Robb, D Stredney. (eds). pp. 148-153. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1999.
10. Alessi NE, Huang MP, Quinlan PE. The Use of an Information System Architecture Modeling Tool in the Development of Disease Management Systems. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: The Convergence of Physical and Informational Technologies Options for a New Era in Healthcare. JD Westwood, HM Hoffman, RA Robb, D Stredney. (eds). pp. 15-20. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1999.
11. Alessi NE, Huang MP. The Internet and Mental Health: A Consumer Health Perspective. In Behavioral Healthcare Informatics. NA Dewan, NM Lorenzi, RT Riley, SR Bhattacharya. (eds). Springer-Verlag, 2002.

Presentations