Shana Millstein, MS, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics

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Dr. Millstein is Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF, a research consultant to the California School of Professional Psychology, and an affiliated faculty member of the Stanford University Center on Adolescence.  Dr. Millstein’s research has focused on health-related decision making, risk perception and judgment, and health promotion.  She has been the recipient of numerous research grants and awards and has published widely on issues such as adolescent risk taking, women’s reproductive health, delivery of health services, decision-making, and infertility. Dr. Millstein serves as a frequent policy advisor to foundations and federal agencies and has been active in a variety of national activities related to health promotion and prevention.  Her most recent research projects have involved (1) treatment-related decision making in infertile couples and (2) the effects of stress on neurocognitive function and decision making in adolescent males.

Private Practice
Psychotherapist    

Decision Making in Infertile Couples
Principal Investigator

Effects of Stress on Adolescent Decision Making
Principal Investigator

Perceived Risk for Sexually Transmitted Disease
Co-Investigator

Culture-Based Prediction of Adolescent HIV Risk Behavior
Co-Investigator

National Academies of Science, Board on Children Youth and Families
Board Member 

Miller WB, Millstein SG (2008).  The measurement of childbearing motivation in couples considering the use of assisted reproductive technology. Social Biology 53(3-4).

Millstein SG, Pasch L, Katz P, Nachtigall R, Adler N (2008). Mental models of treatment decisions in women considering assisted reproductive technologies. Fertility and Sterility 90: S9. 

Bleil ME, Pasch LA, Gregorich SE, Katz PP, Millstein SG, Adler NE (2007). Dispositional optimism and psychological adjustment to fertility treatment. Fertility and Sterility 88: S84.

Ford CA, Jaccard J, Millstein SG, Bardsley PE, Miller WC. (2004) Perceived risk of chlamydial and gonococcal infection among sexually experienced young adults in the United States. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36:258-64.

Johnson SB, Millstein SG (2003). Prevention opportunities in health care settings. American Psychologist, 58(6/7):475-481.

Millstein SG, Katz P, Pasch LA (2002) Deciding about IVF: What’s important to infertile couples? Fertility and Sterility 78: S27.

Millstein SG, Halpern-Felsher BL. (2002). Judgments about risk and perceived invulnerability in adolescents and young adults. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 12(4):399-422.

Millstein SG. (1996). Utility of the Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior for Predicting Physician Behavior:  A Prospective Analysis. Health Psychology 15: 398-402.

Millstein SG, Petersen AC, Nightingale EO: Promoting the Health of Adolescents: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Millstein SG, Nightingale EO, Petersen AP, Mortimer AM, Hamburg DA (1993). Promoting the healthy development of youth: Current frontiers and future directions. Journal of the American Medical Association 269: 1413-1415.