Gina Solomon, MD, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

She is also the Program Director of the UCSF Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency program, teaches medical and nursing students, and leads the research efforts in the Division.

Before coming to UCSF, Dr. Solomon founded and directed the Achieving Resilient Communities program at the Public Health Institute, where she worked from 2018-2023. From 2012-2018 she was appointed by Governor Brown as the Deputy Secretary for Science and Health at the California Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Solomon previously served as the director of the occupational and environmental medicine residency program at UCSF from 2008-2012, the associate director of the UCSF Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit from 2003-2009, and as a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) from 1996-2012.

Dr. Solomon’s research has encompassed cumulative impacts of environmental and social stressors in disadvantaged communities, environmental justice, farmworker health, new approach methodologies in toxicology and risk assessment, drinking water quality, air pollution, endocrine disrupting chemicals, pesticides, environmental contaminants in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and in communities after wildfires, the health implications of the 2010 Gulf oil spill, and the health effects of climate change. Currently, Dr. Solomon is Chair of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Advisory Council.

• Wexler P (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Toxicology
  Disasters and Mental Health 2023 Manczek E, Reuben A, Solomon G.
• Wexler P (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Toxicology
  Environmental Health 2023 Solomon G.
• Microcystins at the tap: A closer look at unregulated drinking water contaminants
  American Water Works Association Journal 2023 Stanton R, Little A, Miller L, Solomon G, Ryan S, Paulukonis S, Cajina S
• A science-based agenda for health-protective chemical assessments and decisions: overview and consensus statement.
  Environmental health : a global access science source 2023 Woodruff TJ, Rayasam SDG, Axelrad DA, Koman PD, Chartres N, Bennett DH, Birnbaum LS, Brown P, Carignan CC, Cooper C, Cranor CF, Diamond ML, Franjevic S, Gartner EC, Hattis D, Hauser R, Heiger-Bernays …
• Advancing the science on chemical classes.
  Environmental health : a global access science source 2023 Maffini MV, Rayasam SDG, Axelrad DA, Birnbaum LS, Cooper C, Franjevic S, MacRoy PM, Nachman KE, Patisaul HB, Rodgers KM, Rossi MS, Schettler T, Solomon GM, Woodruff TJ
• Notes from the Field: Harmful Algal Bloom Affecting Private Drinking Water Intakes - Clear Lake, California, June-November 2021.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2022 Solomon GM, Stanton B, Ryan S, Little A, Carpenter C, Paulukonis S
• Tracking Environmental and Health Disparities to Strengthen Resilience Before the Next Crisis.
  Environmental justice (Print) 2022 Garzón-Galvis C, Richardson MJ, Solomon GM
• Environmental Public Health Tracking, an untapped resource for occupational health.
  Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene 2022 Namulanda G, Monti M, Werner A, Nogueira I, Solomon G, English P, Karlsson N, Cosser A, Bush K, Mitchell C
• Association between long-term exposure to particulate air pollution with SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths in California, U.S.A.
  Environmental advances 2022 English PB, Von Behren J, Balmes JR, Boscardin J, Carpenter C, Goldberg DE, Horiuchi S, Richardson M, Solomon G, Valle J, Reynolds P
• The Interplay of Environmental Exposures and Mental Health: Setting an Agenda.
  Environmental health perspectives 2022 Reuben A, Manczak EM, Cabrera LY, Alegria M, Bucher ML, Freeman EC, Miller GW, Solomon GM, Perry MJ
• Organic Chemical Contaminants in Water System Infrastructure Following Wildfire.
  ACS ES&T water 2022 Draper WM, Li N, Solomon GM, Heaney YC, Crenshaw RB, Hinrichs RL, Chandrasena REP
• Returning Individual Tap Water Testing Results to Research Study Participants after a Wildfire Disaster.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2022 Von Behren J, Wong M, Morales D, Reynolds P, English PB, Solomon G
• New Toxicology Tools and the Emerging Paradigm Shift in Environmental Health Decision-Making.
  Environmental health perspectives 2019 Ginsberg GL, Pullen Fedinick K, Solomon GM, Elliott KC, Vandenberg JJ, Barone S, Bucher JR
• Proposed Key Characteristics of Female Reproductive Toxicants as an Approach for Organizing and Evaluating Mechanistic Data in Hazard Assessment.
  Environmental health perspectives 2019 Luderer U, Eskenazi B, Hauser R, Korach KS, McHale CM, Moran F, Rieswijk L, Solomon G, Udagawa O, Zhang L, Zlatnik M, Zeise L, Smith MT
• An Integrated Approach Using Publicly Available Resources for Identifying and Characterizing Chemicals of Potential Toxicity Concern: Proof-of-Concept With Chemicals That Affect Cancer Pathways.
  Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 2019 Iyer S, Pham N, Marty M, Sandy M, Solomon G, Zeise L
• Assessing health risks from multiple environmental stressors: Moving from G×E to I×E.
  Mutation research. Reviews in mutation research 2017 McHale CM, Osborne G, Morello-Frosch R, Salmon AG, Sandy MS, Solomon G, Zhang L, Smith MT, Zeise L
• Identifying Chemical Groups for Biomonitoring.
  Environmental health perspectives 2016 Krowech G, Hoover S, Plummer L, Sandy M, Zeise L, Solomon G
• Integrating environmental justice into public health: approaches for understanding cumulative impacts
  Frontiers Public Health Serv Sys Res 2016 Solomon GM, Faust JB, Morello-Frosch, R, Zeise, L
• Using ToxCast to Explore Chemical Activities and Hazard Traits: A Case Study With Ortho-Phthalates.
  Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 2016 Pham N, Iyer S, Hackett E, Lock BH, Sandy M, Zeise L, Solomon G, Marty M
• Screening for Chemical Contributions to Breast Cancer Risk: A Case Study for Chemical Safety Evaluation.
  Environmental health perspectives 2015 Schwarzman MR, Ackerman JM, Dairkee SH, Fenton SE, Johnson D, Navarro KM, Osborne G, Rudel RA, Solomon GM, Zeise L, Janssen S
• A Comparison of ToxCast Test Results with In Vivo and Other In Vitro Endpoints for Neuro, Endocrine, and Developmental Toxicities: A Case Study Using Endosulfan and Methidathion.
  Birth defects research. Part B, Developmental and reproductive toxicology 2015 Silva M, Pham N, Lewis C, Iyer S, Kwok E, Solomon G, Zeise L
• Six climate change-related events in the United States accounted for about $14 billion in lost lives and health costs.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2011 Knowlton K, Rotkin-Ellman M, Geballe L, Max W, Solomon GM
• Seafood contamination after the BP Gulf oil spill and risks to vulnerable populations: a critique of the FDA risk assessment.
  Environmental health perspectives 2011 Rotkin-Ellman M, Wong KK, Solomon GM
• Gulf oil spill air quality monitoring: lessons learned to improve emergency response.
  Environmental science & technology 2010 Rotkin-Ellman M, Navarro KM, Solomon GM
• Toxicity testing in the 21st century: a vision and a strategy.
  Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews 2010 Krewski D, Acosta D, Andersen M, Anderson H, Bailar JC, Boekelheide K, Brent R, Charnley G, Cheung VG, Green S, Kelsey KT, Kerkvliet NI, Li AA, McCray L, Meyer O, Patterson RD, Pennie W, Scala RA, …
• Arsenic contamination in New Orleans soil: temporal changes associated with flooding.
  Environmental research 2010 Rotkin-Ellman M, Solomon G, Gonzales CR, Agwaramgbo L, Mielke HW
• Meeting report: moving upstream-evaluating adverse upstream end points for improved risk assessment and decision-making.
  Environmental health perspectives 2008 Woodruff TJ, Zeise L, Axelrad DA, Guyton KZ, Janssen S, Miller M, Miller GG, Schwartz JM, Alexeeff G, Anderson H, Birnbaum L, Bois F, Cogliano VJ, Crofton K, Euling SY, Foster PM, Germolec DR, Gray E,…
• Outcomes of the California ban on pharmaceutical lindane: clinical and ecologic impacts.
  Environmental health perspectives 2008 Humphreys EH, Janssen S, Heil A, Hiatt P, Solomon G, Miller MD
• The role of skeletal muscle insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007 Petersen KF, Dufour S, Savage DB, Bilz S, Solomon G, Yonemitsu S, Cline GW, Befroy D, Zemany L, Kahn BB, Papademetris X, Rothman DL, Shulman GI
• Health effects of common home, lawn, and garden pesticides.
  Pediatric clinics of North America 2007 Karr CJ, Solomon GM, Brock-Utne AC
• Transgenerational exposures: persistent chemical pollutants in the environment and breast milk.
  Pediatric clinics of North America 2007 Thundiyil JG, Solomon GM, Miller MD
• Airborne mold and endotoxin concentrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, after flooding, October through November 2005.
  Environmental health perspectives 2006 Solomon GM, Hjelmroos-Koski M, Rotkin-Ellman M, Hammond SK
• The tobacco industry and pesticide regulations: case studies from tobacco industry archives.
  Environmental health perspectives 2005 McDaniel PA, Solomon G, Malone RE
• The ethics of industry experimentation using employees: the case of taste-testing pesticide-treated tobacco.
  American journal of public health 2005 McDaniel PA, Solomon G, Malone RE
• Inappropriate influence by industry on EHP news article.
  Environmental health perspectives 2005 Sass J, Solomon G
• Low levels of persistent organic pollutants raise concerns for future generations.
  Journal of epidemiology and community health 2002 Solomon GM, Huddle AM
• Chemical contaminants in breast milk: time trends and regional variability.
  Environmental health perspectives 2002 Solomon GM, Weiss PM
• Diesel exhaust and asthma: hypotheses and molecular mechanisms of action.
  Environmental health perspectives 2002 Pandya RJ, Solomon G, Kinner A, Balmes JR
• Risk and incidence of asthma attributable to occupational exposure among HMO members.
  American journal of industrial medicine 1998 Milton DK, Solomon GM, Rosiello RA, Herrick RF
• Reproductive toxins: a growing concern at work and in the community.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 1997 Solomon GM
• Manganese in gasoline:.
  New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS 1997 Solomon GM, Huddle AM, Silbergeld EK, Herman J
• Stillbirth after occupational exposure to N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. A case report and review of the literature.
  Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 1996 Solomon GM, Morse EP, Garbo MJ, Milton DK
• A comparison of the substrate specificities of endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases from Streptomyces griseus and Diplococcus Pneumoniae.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1975 Tarentino AL, Maley F
• Isolation and characterization of pepsin-treated type III collagen from calf skin.
  Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift fur physiologische Chemie 1975 Fujii T, Kühn K
• Delineation of the intimate details of the backbone conformation of pyridine nucleotide coenzymes in aqueous solution.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1975 Bose KS, Sarma RH
• Metal substitutions incarbonic anhydrase: a halide ion probe study.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1975 Smith RJ, Bryant RG
• Identification of adenylate cyclase-coupled beta-adrenergic receptors with radiolabeled beta-adrenergic antagonists.
  Biochemical pharmacology 1975 Lefkowitz RJ
• Coronary vascular and myocardial responses to carotid body stimulation in the dog.
  The American journal of physiology 1975 Ehrhart IC, Parker PE, Weidner WJ, Dabney JM, Scott JB, Haddy FJ
• Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes.
  Biochemical pharmacology 1975 Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G
• The amino acid sequence of Neurospora NADP-specific glutamate dehydrogenase. Peptic and chymotryptic peptides and the complete sequence.
  The Biochemical journal 1975 Holder AA, Wootton JC, Baron AJ, Chambers GK, Fincham JR