Dawn M. Holman, MPH

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Dawn M. Holman, MPH

Dawn M. Holman, MPH, is a behavioral scientist in CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control’s Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch. Her work is focused on opportunities to reduce cancer risk through community-level strategies that make it easier for people to adopt healthy behaviors and reduce harmful exposures at every stage of life.

Ms. Holman has led the production of five supplemental journal issues—

Ms. Holman leads the Division’s skin cancer prevention efforts, including use of national data to examine sun-protective behaviors, indoor tanning, and sunburn among U.S. adolescents and adults and trends over time in the incidence of skin cancer. She leads the development of CDC’s annual Skin Cancer Prevention Progress Report and other skin cancer prevention resources. In addition, Ms. Holman served as a lead writer for the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer and as a member of the coordination team for The Community Guideexternal icon review of community-level interventions to prevent skin cancer.

Ms. Holman completed her undergraduate education at the University of Georgia with a bachelor of science and earned her master of public health from Emory University. Before coming to CDC, Ms. Holman worked at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University as the project coordinator of the Pool Cool program, a research-based, sun-safety education program designed for use at outdoor swimming pools.

Recent articles Ms. Holman has first-authored include—

Ms. Holman offers her perspective in the blog post, The Bright Side of Going Dark.

Page last reviewed: July 7, 2020
Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention