Dr. Steven Holland received his bachelor’s degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis and his medical degree from
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was an intern, resident, and chief resident in internal medicine and
a fellow in Infectious Diseases. He first came to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes
of Health in 1989 as a National Research Council fellow and Guest Researcher. In 2000, Dr. Holland became a tenured Senior Clinical
Investigator in the Laboratory of Host Defenses. In 2003, he was named Chief of the Immunopathogenesis Section of the Laboratory of
Host Defenses. In 2004, he began his current appointment as Chief of the Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
His research focuses on patient populations with unique susceptibilities to infection, with an emphasis on mycobacterial
infections like tuberculosis and its relatives.
Among Dr. Holland’s awards is the 2002 NIH Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award, the highest honor bestowed on an NIH
senior clinical investigator by the NIH Clinical Fellows. In 1999, he received the Special Act or Service Award from the U.S.
Public Health Service.
Over the last 5 years he has presented more than three dozen invited talks internationally, published more than 40
invited publications and nearly 90 peer-reviewed papers. He is also active as an editor and reviewer and has served on the
editorial boards of the Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, Journal of Translational Medicine, and Journal of Clinical
Investigation. He is active in several professional societies and is currently President of the Immunocompromised Host Society and
Elected Councilor with the Clinical Immunology Society.
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