Associate Adjunct Professor
School of Public Health
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
ninah@berkeley.edu
510-642-8781 Fax: 510-642-0427
http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/holland/
Creative Achievements
Developed and validated novel cytogenetic biomarkers for molecular epidemiology
Current Research Interests
Biomarkers of genetic damage in children
Molecular epidemiology
Cytogenetic biomarkers of environmental exposures
Reproductive toxicology
Key Publications
Holland N, Duramad P, Rothman N, Figgs L, Blair A, Hubbard A, Smith M. 2001. Micronucleus frequency and proliferation in human lymphocytes after exposure to herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in vitro and in vivo. (submitted for publication).
Gunn L, Forrest MS, Zhang L, Holland NT, Smith MT. 2001. Biomarkers of early effect in the study of cancer risk. In: Wilson SH, Suk WA, eds. Biomarkers of environmentally associated disease: technologies, concepts and perspectives. (in press).
Holland NT, Zhang L, Smith MT. 2000. Cytogenetic biomarkers and air pollution. In: Heinrich U, Mohr U, eds. Relationship between acute and chronic effects of air pollution. Washington, DC: ILSI Press. p.65-78.
McDonald TA, Holland NT, Scibola C, Duramad P, Smith MT. 2000. Hypothesis: phenol and hydroquinone derived mainly from diet and gastrointestinal flora activity are causal factors in leukemia. Leukemia 15(1):10-20.
Fenech M, Holland NT, Chang W, Zeiger E, Bonassi S. 1999. The HUMN Project: an international collaborative study on the use of the micronucleus technique for measuring DNA damage in humans. Mutation Research 428:271-83.
Holland N, Ahlborn T, Turteltaub K, Markee C, Moore II D, Wyrobek AJ, Smith MT. 1999. Acrylamide causes preimplantation abnormalities in embryos and induces chromatin-adducts in male germ cells in mice. Reproductive Toxicology 13(3):167-78.
Titenko-Holland N, Jacob RA, Shang N, Balaraman A, Smith MT. 1998. Micronuclei in lymphocytes and exfoliated buccal cells of postmenopausal women with dietary changes in folate. Mutation Research 417:101-14.
Rothman N, Smith MT, Hayes RB, Li G-L , Irons R, Dosemeci M, Haas R, Stillman WS, Linet M, Xi L, Bechtold W, Wiemels J, Campleman S, Zhang L, Quintana PJE, Titenko-Holland N, Wang Y-Z, Lu W, Kolachana P, Meyer KB, Yin S. 1996. An epidemiological study of benzene's early biological effects in heavily exposed workers in Shanghai, China. Environmental Health Perspectives 104(suppl.6):1260-69.
Teaching
Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology (UCB)
Reproductive Toxicology and Nutrition (UCB)
Public Health Biology (UCB)
Public and University Service
Member of Alexander Hollaender Committee, EMS
GETA, member of the Board
Member of the International Committee on Micronucleus Studies
UCB Regents' and Chancellor's Scholarship Program

