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