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Victoria L. Holt, PhD, MPH |
Professor, Epidemiology
Victoria Holt, PhD, MPH is Professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington and Member (Joint) in the Program in Epidemiology of the Division of Public Health Sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She obtained her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Nursing and MPH and PhD degrees in Epidemiology from the University of Washington.
Contact Information
Office: F-346A
Box 357236
1959 NE Pacific Street
Health Sciences Building
Seattle, WA 98195
Tel: 206-685-1643
Fax: 206-543-8525
vholt@u.washington.edu
Affiliations
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Research Interests
Dr. Holt's primary research interests are in the areas of reproductive epidemiology and intimate partner violence. Recent reproductive epidemiology research projects include the impact of oral contraceptive use on ovarian cyst formation, the epidemiology of adenomyosis and endometriosis (with emphasis on reproductive and contraceptive risk factors), and risk factors for oral contraceptive failure, including body mass index and antibiotic use. Dr. Holt participates in several research projects concerning intimate partner violence through the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center. Recent violence-related projects concern the associations between violence during pregnancy and adverse infant outcomes, the effect of protection orders on future intimate partner violence, and the impact of the justice system response to partner violence on the risk of subsequent violence and injury.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Holt currently teaches:
- EPI 522"Reproductive Epidemiology" offered in Spring Quarter
- Co-teaches EPI 584 "Doctoral Dissertation Research Seminar", an interactive course for doctoral students in the department that is offered Autumn-Spring Quarters
- And co-teaches EPI 513 " Epidemiologic Methods I" how designs of epidemiologic studies may be constructed to maximize etiologic inferences. offered in Winter Quarter
Education
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Washington 1990
MPH, Epidemiology, University of Washington 1987
Selected Publications
Holt VL, Scholes D, Wicklund KG, Cushing-Haugen KL, Daling JR. Body mass index, weight, and oral contraceptive risk. Obstet Gynecol 2005; 105:46-52.
Holt VL, Cushing-Haugen K, Daling JR. Risk of functional ovarian cyst: Effects of smoking and marijuana use according to body mass index. Am J Epidemiol 2005; 161:520-5.
Janssen PA, Holt VL, Sugg NK, Emanuel I, Critchlow CM, Henderson AD. Intimate partner violence and adverse pregnancy outcomes: A population-based study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003;188:1341-7.
Holt VL, Cushing-Haugen K, Daling JR. Oral contraceptives, tubal sterilization, and functional ovarian cyst risk. Obstet Gynecol 2003; 102: 252-8.
Lipsky S, Holt VL, Critchlow CW, Easterling TR. Impact of police-reported intimate partner violence during pregnancy on neonatal health outcomes. Obstet Gynecol 2003; 102:557-64.
Holt VL, Kernic MA, Wolf ME, Rivara FP. Do protection orders affect the likelihood of future partner violence and injury? Am J Prev Med 2003; 24:16-21.
Holt VL, Kernic MA, Lumley T, Wolf ME, Rivara FP. Civil protection orders and risk of subsequent police-reported violence. JAMA 2002; 288:589-94
Holt VL, Cushing-Haugen K, Daling JR. Body weight and risk of oral contraceptive failure. Obstet Gynecol 2002; 99:820-7.
Lydon-Rochelle M, Holt VL, Easterling TR, Martin DP. Risk of uterine rupture during labor among women with a prior cesarean delivery. New England Journal of Medicine. 345(1): 3-8, 2001.
Holt VL, Weiss NS. Recommendations for the design of epidemiologic studies of endometriosis. Epidemiology. 11(6): 654-9, Nov 2000.
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