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., Bogart, L. M., Matovu, J. K. B., Okoboi, S., Gwokyalya, V., Ninsiima, S., McBain, R. K., Storholm, E. D., Malika, N., & Green, H. D. (2024). Correlates of HIV Prevention Advocacy by Persons Living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A Cross-sectional Evaluation of a Conceptual Model. International journal of behavioral medicine, 10.1007/s12529-024-10277-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10277-3

2. Bazzi, A. R., Valasek, C. J., Stamos-Buesig, T., Eger, W. H., Harvey-Vera, A., Vera, C. F., Syvertsen, J. L., Storholm, E. D., Bartholomew, T. S., Tookes, H. E., Strathdee, S. A., & Pines, H. A. (2024). Health, harm reduction, and social service providers’ perspectives on the appropriateness and feasibility of peer distribution of HIV self-test kits among people who use drugs. Harm reduction journal, 21(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-00950-x

3. Vincent, W., Siconolfi, D. E., Pollack, L., Campbell, C. K., Kegeles, S. M., & Storholm, E. D. (2024). What’s in Your Dataset? Measuring Engagement in HIV Care Using Routinely Administered Items with a Population Disproportionately Burdened by HIV. AIDS and behavior, 28(4), 1423–1434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04229-3