Dr. Erik D. Storholm is a tenured associate professor in the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science in the School of Public Health at San Diego State University. Dr. Storholm is a licensed clinical psychologist with an established behavioral research program focused on reducing health inequities through behavioral and biomedical interventions that prevent HIV/STI transmission by improving mental health and reducing substance use and violence among sexual and gender minority populations. Dr. Storholm is currently leading several NIH-funded projects focused on biobehavioral HIV prevention uptake and adherence among sexual and gender minorities. Prior to joining SDSU, Dr. Storholm was Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica where he maintains an adjunct appointment. Storholm received his Ph.D. from New York University and completed his clinical training in the Departments of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mount Sinai Hospital System in New York City. He then completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the NIDA-funded Substance Abuse Treatment Services and Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.

Contact: storholm@rand.org

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Wagner, G. J., Siconolfi, D., Nacht, C. L., & Storholm, E. D. (2024). Disclosure and Help Seeking Related to Intimate Partner Violence Victimization, Perpetration, and Bidirectional Abuse in a National Sample of Sexual Minority Men. Journal of interpersonal violence, 8862605241298301. Advance online publication.

2. Kielhold, K., Storholm, E. D., Reynolds, H. E., Vincent, W., Siconolfi, D. E., Kegeles, S. M., Pollack, L., & Campbell, C. K. (2024). “I Don’t Feel Judged, I Don’t Feel Less of a Person” – Engaged and Supportive Providers in the HIV Care Experiences of Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV. Patient preference and adherence, 18, 1641–1650.

3. Nacht, C. L., Reynolds, H. E., Jessup, O., Amato, M., & Storholm, E. D. (2024). The Association between Social Support and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis use among Sexual Minority Men in the United States: A Scoping Literature Review. AIDS and behavior, 28(11), 3559–3573.

Last updated: 1/17/2025