Nina T. Holland  Adjunct Professor Children's Environmental Health Laboratory SPH Biorepository Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health Campus Office: 733 University Hall P. 510-642-8781 Richmond Field Station (Lab): 1301 S.46th St. Building 112 Richmond, CA 94804 Lab: 510-665-2200 Lab: 510-455-0561 Fax: 510-665-2202 E-mail: ninah@berkeley.edu Scientific interests:     Children's Environmental Health     Molecular Epidemiology     Human Cytogenetics     Biological Banking Our Work in the News: Chemical & Engineering News. "Furniture Linked to PBDE Levels in Pregnant Women." July 25, 2011 UC Berkeley New. "Prenatal Pesticide Exposure Tied to Lower IQ in Children." April 20, 2011 Newswise. "Study Documents PBDE Flame Retardant Levels in Children." April 13, 2011 New America Media. "New Study Reveals Dangers of Prenatal Pesticide Exposure." February 18, 2011 Editor's Choice. "Effects of PON Polymorphisms and Haplotypes on Molecular Phenotype in Mexican-American Mothers and Children." February 2011 UC Berkeley News. "Prenatal Pesticide Exposure Linked to Attention Problems in Preschool-Aged Children." August 9, 2010 Environmental Factor. "'Pesticide Exposure and Child Development." April 2010 LA Times. "Household Chemicals Linked to Reduced Fertility." January 27, 2010 Scientific American. "Scientists Link Flame Retardants and Reduced Human Fertility." January 26, 2010 The Daily Californian. "Study Analyzes Early Pesticides Exposure." June 25, 2009 New York Times. "'Childhood: Mold and Pollen May Affect Asthma Risk." March 2, 2009 Science Daily. "Babies Born in Pollen and Mold Seasons Have Greater Odds of Developing Asthma Symptoms." February 25, 2009 MedPageToday.com. "Folate Levels Not Low in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease." January 27, 2009 UCSF Press Release. "Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Have Surprisingly High Folate Levels, Study Finds." January 23, 2009 TheHeart.org. "Could an Orange a Day Keep BP Down?" January 6, 2009 KQED Radio Forum with Michael Krasny. November 26, 2008

    Dr. Holland is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Health and a director of the SPH biorepository and the Children’s Environmental Health Laboratory.  She has a background in genetics with extensive experience in molecular epidemiology, human cytogenetics and reproductive toxicology. Dr.Holland’s main scientific interest is in biomarkers of children's environmental health. She has organized and chaired several sessions on this topic at national and international meetings.
  Dr. Holland is a principal investigator on a study of functional genomics of pesticide sensitivity in farmworker Latino mothers and their children, and directs Epigenetics project and Biorepository in the CHAMACOS center grant.  This study involves a birth cohort from Salinas Valley, CA (http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/chamacos), which has been followed by Dr. Holland in conjunction with Dr. Brenda Eskenazi (PI) and other investigators, for many years. In addition, Dr. Holland is assessing biomarkers associated with air pollution (ozone and biofuels) in Guatemala and California (in collaboration with Professors Kirk Smith, John Balmes and Ira Tager), and she also collaborates with colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University. Dr.Holland represents the UC Berkeley in the Pediatric IBD Consortium that studies mechanisms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in children. She has published more than 100 papers and book chapters.

  Dr. Holland is a principal instructor on the graduate course "Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology” and has contributed to several other courses at the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco. She has also taught and provided research assistance at the University of Hawaii, National Universities of Australia, Mexico, Thailand and India. Since 1997 she is a member of the International Committee on Micronucleus Assay in Human Populations (www.HUMN.org). Dr.Holland serves on the UC Berkeley Human Subjects Committee and Regents and Chancellor’ Fellowship Committee.