Stephanie Holm, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

She is board certified in both pediatrics and occupational/environmental medicine, and completed a year of pediatric pulmonary training at Oakland before leaving to further pursue her interests in pediatric research and pediatric environmental medicine. She leverages her training in both clinical medicine and public health to do environmental epidemiology research, communicate research findings to the public and to help move those findings into policy actions. She has led and contributed to multiple community-engaged research projects assessing the health effects of air pollution (indoor and outdoor) in California children (especially those in environmental justice communities). These have included leading the AIM project (Airflow Improvements during Meal-prep), collaborating on the Children’s Health and Air Pollution Study (CHAPS), and serving on the leadership team for Cooking Electrification and Ventilation Improvements for Children’s Asthma (CEVICA). Her ongoing research activities include work on outdoor air pollution and its effects on metabolic and neurologic outcomes in children, as well as work on cooking-related indoor air pollution and associated health effects in children. As a former Public Health Medical Officer within the California EPA, she also has a keen sense of how research can inform policy actions. Dr. Holm is also the Director of the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (WSPEHSU)—a group that focuses on education and outreach regarding children’s environmental health. Dr. Holm serves as a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Personal Protective Equipment, and the Advisory Council for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

• Respiratory Protection for the Nation: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
  JAMA 2022 Samet JM, Holm SM, Jayaraman S
• No fire without smoke (particles).
  eLife 2021 Holm SM, Balmes J
• Traffic-related air pollution, biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction, oxidative stress, and CC16 in children.
  Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology 2021 Zhang AL, Balmes JR, Lutzker L, Mann JK, Margolis HG, Tyner T, Holland N, Noth EM, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Holm SM
• Systematic Review of Ozone Effects on Human Lung Function, 2013 Through 2020.
  Chest 2021 Holm SM, Balmes JR
• Traffic-related air pollution is associated with glucose dysregulation, blood pressure, and oxidative stress in children.
  Environmental research 2021 Mann JK, Lutzker L, Holm SM, Margolis HG, Neophytou AM, Eisen EA, Costello S, Tyner T, Holland N, Tindula G, Prunicki M, Nadeau K, Noth EM, Lurmann F, Hammond SK, Balmes JR
• Differences in the Estimation of Wildfire-Associated Air Pollution by Satellite Mapping of Smoke Plumes and Ground-Level Monitoring.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2020 Fadadu RP, Balmes JR, Holm SM
• Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review.
  Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology 2020 Holm SM, Miller MD, Balmes JR
• Do we know how best to disinfect child care sites in the United States? A review of available disinfectant efficacy data and health risks of the major disinfectant classes.
  American journal of infection control 2018 Holm SM, Leonard V, Durrani T, Miller MD
• Cooking behaviors are related to household particulate matter exposure in children with asthma in the urban East Bay Area of Northern California.
  PloS one 2018 Holm SM, Balmes J, Gillette D, Hartin K, Seto E, Lindeman D, Polanco D, Fong E
• Weekend-weekday advances in sleep timing are associated with altered reward-related brain function in healthy adolescents.
  Biological psychology 2012 Hasler BP, Dahl RE, Holm SM, Jakubcak JL, Ryan ND, Silk JS, Phillips ML, Forbes EE
• PER2 rs2304672 polymorphism moderates circadian-relevant reward circuitry activity in adolescents.
  Biological psychiatry 2011 Forbes EE, Dahl RE, Almeida JR, Ferrell RE, Nimgaonkar VL, Mansour H, Sciarrillo SR, Holm SM, Rodriguez EE, Phillips ML
• Reward-related brain function and sleep in pre/early pubertal and mid/late pubertal adolescents.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2009 Holm SM, Forbes EE, Ryan ND, Phillips ML, Tarr JA, Dahl RE