Research Interests
- Health disparities
- Disaster preparation
- Extreme weather health impacts
See research publications and more on FIU Discovery.
Honors & Awards
- W. Lester Henry Award, American College of Physician, 2025
- Miami-Dade County Black Affairs Black History Month Medical Heroes & She-roes, 2022
- Miami-Dade County Proclamation “Dr. Cheryl Holder Day”, 2021
- The Cleo Institute – F. Lynn Leverett, MD Circle of Change Award, 2021
Committees & Professional Organizations
- Founder and Executive Director, Florida Clinicians for Climate Action
- Council of Environment and Climate Change, National Medical Association
- Board of Trustee, The Nature Conservancy-Florida
- The CLEO Institute-Board Member
- President Florida State Medical Association
Education
- M.D., The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. 1984
- A.B., Psychology, Princeton University, NJ 1980