Erik Storholm, PhD
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. Baumgardner, M., Nacht, C. L., Murtaugh, K. L., Flynn, R., Opalo, C., Dopp, A. R., & Storholm, E. D. (2025). Community-Partnered Development of Behavioral Economic Incentives in a Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Intervention for Transgender and Nonbinary Clients in Los Angeles. Research square, rs.3.rs-7654557. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7654557/v1
2. Lentz, C., Telaak, S., Dominguez, B. S., Siconolfi, D. E., Rebchook, G. M., Kegeles, S. M., Vincent, W., & Storholm, E. D. (2025). The Impact of Discrimination on Young Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV in the US South: Identifying Predictors of Internalized Stigma and Depressive Symptoms. AIDS patient care and STDs, 39(11), 462–472.
3. Nacht, C. L., Reynolds, H. E., Campbell, C. K., Kielhold, K., Vincent, W., Siconolfi, D. E., Kegeles, S. M., & Storholm, E. D. (2025). COVID-19 and the Syndemic of Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health, Substance Use, and HIV Care Engagement Among Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV in the US South. International journal of environmental research and public health, 22(7), 1065.
Last updated: 11/25/2025