Rate My Professor Erik Storholm

Storholm's research interests center on improving mental health outcomes, reducing substance use and violence, and preventing HIV/STI transmission in LGBTQ+ communities by tackling stigma, minority stress, and structural barriers to healthcare. His projects emphasize implementation science and community-centered approaches. He has secured significant funding, including a $2.9 million five-year R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health in 2021 to study the impact of intimate partner violence on HIV risk, sexually transmitted infections, and PrEP use among sexual minority men, as well as a three-year implementation science grant from the California HIV/AIDS Research Program to enhance PrEP services for transgender and nonbinary individuals at the Trans Wellness Center. Storholm received the Pioneering Leadership in Science Award from the California HIV/AIDS Research Program. Select publications include "Intimate Partner Violence and its Association with Symptoms of Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among HIV-Negative Cisgender Sexual Minority Men in the United States" (2026), "The Impact of Discrimination on Young Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV in the US South" (2025), "Qualitative client perspectives on PrEP well: a community-led PrEP implementation project" (2025), and "Intimate Partner Violence and the Sexual Health Experiences of Sexual Minority Men" (2023). His work advances health equity through rigorous behavioral and biomedical interventions.