Alfreda Holloway, PhD '14, MS '07
Research Assistant Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
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About
Alfreda Holloway, PhD, MS, is the Director of Epidemiology at Cook County Department of Public Health. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Washington University in St. Louis, and both a Master of Science and Doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. She is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences where she focuses on surveilling police-caused injury to citizens and occupational injury among police through law enforcement epidemiology.
As the director of epidemiology, she directs and oversees health status assessment for the health department. In this role, she is able to improve the understanding of chronic diseases, injuries, and illnesses in terms of incidence, prevalence, risk factors, spatial, financial, societal, temporal, and demographical aspects.
Dr. Holloway has served as the Chair of Occupational Health and Safety section and President of the Black Caucus of Health Workers at APHA. She is currently the Co-Chair of the Health Equity subcommittee at the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. She is the Co-Chair of the Epidemiology and Health Informatics subcommittee at the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium.
She was recently honored with the Chicago 40 Game Changers award by Mellody Hobson from Ariel Investments. Dr. Holloway is a Chicago Foundation for Women, Willie's Warrior Alum from the 2024 Cohort 6.
Professional Leadership
Chair of Health Equity, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist
Chair of Health Informatics and Epidemiology, Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium
Past President of Black Caucus of Health Workers, American Public Health Association
Chair of Occupational Health and Safety, American Public Health Association
Opioid Fatality Review Committee, Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office
COVID-19 Health Equity Policy Statement Committee, American Public Health Association
Notable Honors
2020, 40 Game Changer in Chicago, Ariel Investments & Midway Broadcasting Corp
2015, Crown Jewel Honoree, Top Ladies of Distinction Lincoln Park Chicago Chapter
2013, Michael Bruton Workplace Safety Foundation Award, Michael Burton Foundation
2024, Willie’s Warriors Leadership Initiative, Chicago Foundation for Women
2021, Leading Epidemiologist, Advancing Data Fellow, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
2018, Cardiovascular Genetics and Epidemiology Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
2017, Visiting Faculty for Pipelines Biostatistics, Harvard University Chan School of Public Health
Education
PhD (2014), University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Dissertation: An Assessment of Surveillance and Administrative Data for Law Enforcement Related Injuries
MS (2007), University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Thesis: Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumanii Harboring an OXA-40 Carbapenemase
BA (2002), Washington University in St. Louis, International Studies
Professional Memberships
Cook County Medical Examiner’s Opioid Fatality Review Committee, 2019-2024
Chicago Coronavirus Assessment Network (CAN), Walder Foundation, Review 2020-2022
Illinois and Cook County Data Solutions to Opioid Overdose Crisis Committee, 2020-2022
Cook County Rail Safety Workgroup Committee Member, 2021-2022, Co-Chair
American Public Health Assoc. (APHA), COVID-19 Health Equity Policy Co-author, 2020-2021
American Public Health Assoc. (APHA), Occupational Health & Safety 2020 – 2022 Treasurer
American Public Health Assoc. (APHA), Occupational Health & Safety Section 2019 – 2020 Chair
Black Caucus of Health Workers (BCHW), 2019 – 2020 President, Board Member; Policy Chair
American Public Health Assoc. (APHA), Epidemiology Section, Member
Society of Epidemiologic Research (SER), Abstract Review Committee
Target H.O.P.E. Alumni Association (THAA), 2013 – 2020, President
Society of the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues, Member
Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium, Epidemiology/Health Informatics 2019 – 2024, Co-Chair
Illinois Violence Prevention Task Force – Data Subcommittee Member, 2019-2022
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), Health Equity, 2020-2024 Co-Chair
Selected Presentations
Abasilim C, Friedman LS, Karch L, Holloway A. Trends in non-fatal and fatal opioid overdoses during the first two years of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Feb;90:35-41. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.10.007. Epub 2023 Oct 29. PMID: 38501569.
Friedman LS, Abasilim C, Karch L, Jasmin W, Holloway A. Disparities in fatal and non-fatal opioid-involved overdoses among middle-aged non-Hispanic Black Men and Women. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Dec 4. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01877-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38048043.
Paul F Ehlers, PF., Deitche, A., Wise, LM., Patrick, SL., Holloway, A., Ellison, R., Trecki, J., Gerona, R., Wahl, MS. Notes from the Field: Seizures, hyperthermia, and myocardial injury in three young adults who consumed bromazolam disguised as alprazolam, Suburban Chicago, Illinois, February 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. (Accepted September 2023).
Holloway, A. Quigley, KM., Cole, C., Simckes, M., Friedman, LS, Bauer, M., Roesler, J., Lynfield, R. Position Statement 22-INJ-01 Standardized surveillance case definition for law enforcement-involved injuries and fatal encounters (LEIFE) among community members. Injury Control and Prevention Committee. Voted on and Approved Position Statement. www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/ps/ps2022/22-INJ-01_LEIFE.pdf
Abasilim C, Holloway A, Friedman LS. Description of Opioid-involved Hospital Deaths that Do Not Have a Subsequent Autopsy. Epidemiology. 2023 Jan 1;34(1):111-118. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000001543. Epub 2022 Sep 26. PMID: 36156045; PMCID: PMC9719799.
Friedman, L., Holloway, A., Nguyen, N. Opioid Epidemic in Suburban Cook County. February 2021. https://cookcountypublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Opioid-Epidemic-in-
Suburban-Cook-County-Report.pdf
Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in Cook County, IL, 2018-2019. September 2021. Holloway, A., Aikens, B., Kowalski, R., Arunkumar, P., Nowinski Konchak, J., Aks, S. Nguyen, N., Prachand, N., Wilnise, J., Kite, H., Karch, L., Holman, D. https://cookcountypublichealth.org/wpcontent/uploads/2021/09/2019-Joint-ReportOpioid_Deaths_CC_Final-Approved.pdf
Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in Cook County, IL, 2018-2019. September 2020. Holloway, A., Turner, B., Kite, H., Arunkumar, P., Nowinski Konchak, J., Aks, S., Nguyen, N. Prachand, N.
https://cookcountypublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2017_2018-Joint-Opioid-Brief.pdf
Babajide R, Carbunaru S, Nettey OS, Watson KS, Holloway A, McDowell T, Ben Levi J, Stinson J, Hollowell CMP, Dalton DP, Moore L, Kittles RA, Gann PH, Schaeffer EM, Murphy AB. Performance of Prostate Health Index (PHI) in Biopsy-Naïve Black Men. J Urol. 2020. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001453.
M Novak, M Wahl, L Friedman, A Holloway. Incidence & Injury due to hydrocarbon abuse: Fluorinated inhalants vs. other hydrocarbons. Clinical Toxicology 57 (10), 1023-1023. North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) Abstracts 2019, Clinical Toxicology, 57:10, 870-1052, DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1636569
Holloway, A., Rubin, R., Joshi, K., Murray, L. R., & Friedman, L. (2019). A 5-Year Retrospective Analysis of Legal Intervention Injuries and Mortality in Illinois. International Journal of Health Services, 49(3), 606–622. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731419836080
Dong, S., West, G., Holloway, A.,Wang, X, Sokas, R. (2019). Heat-related deaths among construction workers in the United States. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. Dec;62(12):10471057. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23024.
Watson, K.S., Henderson, V, Murray, M., Murphy, A.B, Levi J.B., McDowell, T., Holloway, A., Gogana, P., Dixon, M.A., Moore, L., Hall, I., Kimbrough, A., Molina, Y., Winn, R.A. “Engaging African American men as Citizen Scientist to Validate a Prostate Cancer Biomarker: Work-in Progress.” Progress in Community Health Partnerships. 2019;13(5):103-112.
Holloway, A., Forst, L., Lippert, J., Brandt-Rauf, S., Freels, S., Friedman, L. “Risk Factors Associated with Legal Intervention.” Injury Epidemiology, 2016; 3 (2): 1-9.
Holloway, A., Forst, L., Brandt-Rauf, S., Freels, S., Friedman, L. "Occupational Injury Surveillance among Law Enforcement Officers Using Workers' Compensation Data, Illinois 19802008." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2016, Jun; 58(6): 594-600. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000708.
Forst, L., Holloway, A., Kader, A., Kimmel, L., Martino, C., Oschner, M., Ringholm, E., Rodriguez, E., Ahonen, E., Zanoni., Sokas, R.K. “More than Training: Community-based Participatory Research to Reduce Injuries Among Hispanic Construction Workers.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine; no. 8: 827-37, 2013. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22187
Schneider, J. Dude, A. Dinaker, M. Kumar, V. Laumann, E. Holloway, A. Oruganti, G. Saluja, G. Chundi, V. Yeldandi, V. Mayer, K. “General Hygiene, Sexual Risk Behavior and HIV Prevalence in Truck Drivers from Andhra Pradesh, South India: Implications for Prevention Interventions.” International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2009; 20 (1): 39-45. doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008163.
Marwitz, K., Gaudino, J.A., Williams, C., Seneca, D.S., Smith, S.E., Holloway, A., Rosen, J., Landsbergis, P. American Public Health Policy Statement: Call for Urgent Actions to Address Health Inequities in the U.S. Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Response. APHA 2021.