Malene Lindholm
About me
I am a translational scientist with a PhD in medical science working at the intersection of cardiometabolic disease, bioinformatics and molecular biology, currently serving as senior research engineer and Director of the Human Molecular Athlete Moonshot at Stanford University.
Research
My research is dedicated to deciphering the specific molecular mechanisms that mediate the health benefits of exercise, a crucial determinant in combating the global health crisis posed by sedentary lifestyles. Recognized as the fourth leading risk factor for mortality worldwide, physical inactivity is a modifiable behavior that, if addressed, has the potential to prevent numerous leading causes of premature mortality, including type II diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. By leveraging cutting-edge exercise interventions and multi-omic techniques alongside advanced cellular
models, my work aims not only to delineate the molecular pathways that confer exercise’s protective effects but also to translate these findings into actionable strategies for the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic conditions. This integrative approach stands to offer transformative insights into public health policies and therapeutic innovations, towards the goal of precision exercise health.
Articles
- Journal article: PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS. 2026;58(9):461-472Jin C; Many G; Reynoso Spurrier CS; Borsellino P; Wheeler MT; Adkins JN; Snyder MP; Newgard CB; Radom-Aizik S; Cooper DM; Bodine SC; Schenk S; Lindholm ME
- Journal article: CELL REPORTS. 2026;45(8):117823Many GM; Jin C; Day NJ; Iyer G; Smith G; Voos K; Sanford JA; Bareja A; Jimenez-Morales D; Leach DT; Sagendorf TJ; Ahmed A; Li X; Gaffrey MJ; Attah IK; Mitchell HD; Viggars MR; Gaul D; Huffman KM; Fernandez F; Snyder MP; Ortlund E; Kohrt W; Wheeler MT; Kraus WE; Esser KA; Goodpaster BH; Goodyear LJ; Burant CF; Newgard CB; Hevener AL; Bodine SC; Qian W-J; Schenk S; Adkins JN; Lindholm ME
- Journal article: CELL REPORTS. 2026;45(6):117416Kelty TJ; Franczak E; Gay NR; Many GM; Sagendorf TJ; Sanford JA; Hou Z; Gaul DA; Fernandez FM; Rekowski M; Burant CF; Hevener AL; Adkins JN; Bodine S; Lindholm ME; Ortlund EA; Schenk S; Thyfault JP; Rector RS
- Article: MOLECULAR METABOLISM. 2026;108:102358Bonilauri B; Smith GR; Raja AN; Jimenez-Morales D; Ahmed A; Jin C; Sparks LM; Walsh MJ; Montgomery SB; MoTrPAC Study Group; Bodine SC; Ashley EA; Lindholm ME
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 2026;74(5):675-689Many GM; Sagendorf TJ; Mitchell H; Sanford JA; Cohen SE; Misra RS; Estevao I; Ludovico ID; Gaul DA; Lindholm ME; Ushakumary MG; Pino JC; Musi N; Nie J; Fernandez FM; Ortlund EA; Esser KA; Bodine SC; Schenk S; Clair G; Adkins JN
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2026;123(5):101262Carollo L; Lawson EA; Stanley TL; Wang J; Bhattacharya R; Bishop DJ; Carmichael O; Esser KA; Febbraio MA; Fielding RA; T Fourman L; Goodpaster BH; Goodyear LJ; Guseh JS; Haines MS; Hawley JA; Heymsfield SB; Lindholm ME; Long JZ; Snyder MP; Whitham M; Grinspoon SK
- Review: TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. 2026;37(4):356-370Plaza-Florido A; Lindholm ME; Carrera-Bastos P; Santos-Lozano A; Valenzuela PL; Fiuza-Luces C; Radom-Aizik S; Lucia A
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2026;17(1):4286Smith GR; Zhao B; Lindholm ME; Raja A; Viggars M; Pincas H; Gay NR; Sun Y; Vangeti S; Ge Y; Nair VD; Sanford JA; Amper MAS; Vasoya M; Smith KS; Ramos I; Montgomery SB; Zaslavsky E; Bodine SC; Esser KA; Walsh MJ; Snyder MP; Sealfon SC
- Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2025;152(SUPPL_3):a4370739Brochet P; Jimenez-Morales D; Lindholm M; Wheeler M; Katz D
- Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2025;152(SUPPL_3):a4367025Brochet P; Njoroge J; Montalvo Hernandez S; Lindholm M; Smith G; Amar D; Gay N; Zhao B; Hung C; Jin C; Chavez C; Nachun D; Zaslavsky E; Nudelman G; Pincas H; Armenteros J; Smith K; Hennig K; Amper MA; Wolf M; Vasoya M; Bararpour N; Ge Y; Rasmussen B; Walsh M; Snyder M; Montgomery S; Sealfon S; Kraus W; Yan Z; Ashley E; Katz D; Wheeler M
- Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2025;152(SUPPL_3):a4363557Gomes Botelho Quintas BF; Xia R; Loong S; Reddy SG; Cao F; Steffner K; Geraldo A; Lindholm M; Amar D; Ashley E
- Article: FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE. 2025;12:1546493Lindholm ME; Abramowitz S; Waggott DM; Grove ME; Dewey FE; Pan C; Pavlovic A; Shang C; Huang Y; Bensabath L; Goldfeder RL; Cordero P; Erbilgin A; Priest JR; Chaib H; Puckelwartz MJ; Day SM; Mcnally EM; Cappola T; Dorn GW; Ashley EA; Wheeler MT
- Review: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2025;136(11):1407-1432Shero JA; Lindholm ME; Sandri M; Stanford KI
- Review: PHYSIOLOGY. 2025;40(2):0-202Katz DH; Lindholm ME; Ashley EA
- Article: BMC MEDICAL ETHICS. 2025;26(1):22Ormond KE; Stanclift C; Reuter CM; Carter JN; Murphy KE; Lindholm ME; Wheeler MT
- Journal article: CIRCULATION. 2024;150:a4143199Katz D; Jin C; Smith G; Clark N; Iyer G; Keshishian HK; Hart P; Sanford J; Zhang Z; Ge Y; Robbins J; Barber J; Montalvo S; Jimenez-Morales D; Lindholm M; Zhen J; Jaeger B; Sparks L; Sagendorf T; Many G; Vetr N; Raja A; Amar D; Hsu F-C; Miller M; Xia A; Fleg J; Tracy R; Gerszten R; Adkins J; Walsh M; Sealfon S; Goodpaster B; Trappe S; Burant C; Carr S; Smith K; Snyder M; Montgomery S; Ashley E; Wheeler M
- Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2024;137(3):473-493Jakicic JM; Kohrt WM; Houmard JA; Miller ME; Radom-Aizik S; Rasmussen BB; Ravussin E; Serra M; Stowe CL; Trappe S; Abouassi H; Adkins JN; Alekel DL; Ashley E; Bamman MM; Bergman BC; Bessesen DH; Broskey NT; Buford TW; Burant CF; Chen H; Christle JW; Clish CB; Coen PM; Collier D; Collins KA; Cooper DM; Cortes T; Cutter GR; Dubis G; Fernandez FM; Firnhaber J; Forman DE; Gaul DA; Gay N; Gerszten RE; Goodpaster BH; Gritsenko MA; Haddad F; Huffman KM; Ilkayeva O; Jankowski CM; Jin C; Johannsen NM; Johnson J; Kelly L; Kershaw E; Kraus WE; Laughlin M; Lester B; Lindholm ME; Lowe A; Lu C-J; McGowan J; Melanson EL; Montgomery S; Moore SG; Moreau KL; Muehlbauer M; Musi N; Nair VD; Newgard CB; Newman AB; Nicklas B; Nindl BC; Ormond K; Piehowski PD; Qian W-J; Rankinen T; Rejeski WJ; Robbins J; Rogers RJ; Rooney JL; Rushing S; Sanford JA; Schauer IE; Schwartz RS; Sealfon SC; Slentz C; Sloan R; Smith KS; Snyder M; Spahn J; Sparks LM; Stefanovic-Racic M; Tanner CJ; Thalacker-Mercer A; Tracy R; Trappe TA; Volpi E; Walsh MJ; Wheeler MT; Willis L
- Article: FUNCTION. 2024;5(4):zqae014Schenk S; Sagendorf TJ; Many GM; Lira AK; de Sousa LGO; Bae D; Cicha M; Kramer KS; Muehlbauer M; Hevener AL; Rector RS; Thyfault JP; Williams JP; Goodyear LJ; Esser KA; Newgard CB; Bodine SC
- Article: BMC BIOLOGY. 2024;22(1):147Geiger C; Needhamsen M; Emanuelsson EB; Norrbom J; Steindorf K; Sundberg CJ; Reitzner SM; Lindholm ME
- Article: CELL GENOMICS. 2024;4(6):100421Nair VD; Pincas H; Smith GR; Zaslavsky E; Ge Y; Amper MAS; Vasoya M; Chikina M; Sun Y; Raja AN; Mao W; Gay NR; Esser KA; Smith KS; Zhao B; Wiel L; Singh A; Lindholm ME; Amar D; Montgomery S; Snyder MP; Walsh MJ; Sealfon SC
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025Emanuelsson E; Reitzner S; Quizon A; Burrows J; Elmastas M; Jalkanen J; Perez S; Gilljam H; Lindholm M; Norrbom J; Palsson B; Zielinski D; Rydén M; Chapman M; Sundberg CJ
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025;BIORXIVBonilauri B; Smith GR; Raja AN; Jimenez-Morales D; Ahmed A; Jin C; Sparks LM; Walsh MJ; Montgomery SB; MoTrPAC Study Group; Bodine SC; Ashley EA; Lindholm ME
- Letter: CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 2025;137(7):1045-1047Brochet P; Montalvo S; Lindholm ME; Jimenez-Morales D; Jin CA; Rasmussen BB; Kraus WE; Yan Z; Wheeler MT; Katz DH
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025;BIORXIVSmith GR; Zhao B; Lindholm ME; Raja A; Viggars M; Pincas H; Gay NR; Sun Y; Ge Y; Nair VD; Sanford JA; Amper MAS; Vasoya M; Smith KS; Montgomery S; Zaslavsky E; Bodine SC; Esser KA; Walsh MJ; Snyder MP; Sealfon SC; MoTrPAC Study Group
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025;BIORXIVKelty TJ; Franczak E; Gay NR; Many GM; Sagendorf TJ; Sanford JA; Hou Z; Gaul DA; Fernández FM; Burant C; Hevener AL; Adkins JN; Bodine S; Lindholm ME; Ortlund EA; Schenk S; Thyfault JP; Rector RS
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025Many G; Sagendorf T; Mitchell H; Sanford J; Cohen S; Misra R; Estevao I; Ludovico ID; Gaul D; Lindholm M; Ushakumary M; Pino J; Musi N; Nie J; Fernández F; Ortlund E; Esser K; Bodine S; Schenk S; Clair G; Adkins J; The MoTrPAC Study Group
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2024Ormond K; Stanclift C; Reuter C; Carter J; Murphy K; Lindholm M; Wheeler M
- Conference publication: PHYSIOLOGY. 2024;39:646Emanuelsson E; Arif M; Reitzner S; Perez S; Lindholm M
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023;BIORXIVMany GM; Sanford JA; Sagendorf TJ; Hou Z; Nigro P; Whytock K; Amar D; Caputo T; Gay NR; Gaul DA; Hirshman M; Jimenez-Morales D; Lindholm ME; Muehlbauer MJ; Vamvini M; Bergman B; Fern Ndez FM; Goodyear LJ; Ortlund EA; Sparks LM; Xia A; Adkins JN; Bodine SC; Newgard CB; Schenk S; MoTrPAC Study Group
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023;BIORXIVAmar D; Gay NR; Jimenez-Morales D; Beltran PMJ; Ramaker ME; Raja AN; Zhao B; Sun Y; Marwaha S; Gaul D; Hershman SG; Xia A; Lanza I; Fernandez FM; Montgomery SB; Hevener AL; Ashley EA; Walsh MJ; Sparks LM; Burant CF; Rector RS; Thyfault J; Wheeler MT; Goodpaster BH; Coen PM; Schenk S; Bodine SC; Lindholm ME; MoTrPAC Study Group
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022Voisin S; Seale K; Jacques M; Landen S; Harvey NR; Haupt LM; Griffiths LR; Ashton KJ; Coffey VG; Thompson J-LM; Doering TM; Lindholm ME; Walsh C; Davison G; Irwin R; McBride C; Hansson O; Asplund O; Heikkinen AE; Piirilä P; Pietiläinen KH; Ollikainen M; Blocquiaux S; Thomis M; Coletta DK; Sharples AP; Eynon N
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022Group MS; Amar D; Gay NR; Beltran PMJ; Adkins JN; Armenteros JJA; Ashley E; Avila-Pacheco J; Bae D; Bararpour N; Burant C; Clish C; Cutter G; Dasari S; Dennis C; Evans CR; Fernández FM; Gaul D; Ge Y; Gerszten R; Goodyear LJ; Hou Z; Ilkayeva O; Ivanova AA; Jimenez-Morales D; Kachman MT; Keshishian H; Kraus WE; Lanza IR; Li J; Lindholm ME; Lira AC; Many GM; Marwaha S; Miller ME; Muehlbauer MJ; Nair KS; Nair VD; Raja AN; Newgard C; Ortlund EA; Piehowski PD; Presby DM; Qian W-J; Rooney JL; Sanford JA; Savage E; Sealfon SC; Smith GR; Smith KS; Steep A; Stowe CL; Sun Y; Tracy R; Vetr NG; Walsh MJ; Wu S; Zhang T; Zhao B; Zhen J; Albertson BG; Amper MAS; Balci AT; Bamman M; Barton ER; Bergman B; Bessesen D; Booth F; Bouverat B; Buford TW; Caputo T; Chambers TL; Chavez C; Chikina M; Chiu R; Cicha M; Coen PM; Cooper D; Cornell E; Dalton KP; De Sousa LO; Farrar R; Gadde K; Gagne N; Goodpaster BH; Gritsenko MA; Guevara K; Haddad F; Hansen JR; Harris M; Hastie T; Hennig KM; Hershman SG; Hevener A; Hirshman MF; Hsu F-C; Huffman KM; Hung C-J; Hutchinson-Bunch C; Jackson BE; Jankowski C; Jin CA; Johannsen NM; Ke BG; Kohrt WM; Kramer KS; Leeuwenburgh C; Lessard SJ; Lester B; Liu X; Lu C-J; Makarewicz NS; Maner-Smith KM; Mani; Marjanovic N; Marshall A; May S; Melanson E; Monroe ME; Moore RJ; Moore S; Moreau KL; Mundorff CC; Musi N; Nachun D; Nestor MD; Newton RL; Nicklas B; Nigro P; Nudelman G; Pahor M; Pearce C; Petyuk VA; Pincas H; Powers S; Radom-Aizik S; Ramachandran K; Ramaker ME; Ramos I; Rankinen T; Raskind A; Rasmussen BB; Ravussin E; Rector RS; Rejeski WJ; Richards C; Rirak S; Robbins JM; Rubenstein AB; Ruf-Zamojski F; Rushing S; Sagendorf TJ; Samdarshi M; Schauer IE; Schwartz R; Seenarine N; Soni T; Sparks LM; Teng C; Thalacker-Mercer A; Thyfault J; Tibshirani R; Trappe S; Trappe TA; Uppal K; Vangeti S; Vasoya M; Volpi E; Vornholt A; Walkup MP; Williams J; Xia A; Yan Z; Yu X; Zang C; Zaslavsky E; Zebarjadi N; Bodine SC; Carr S; Esser K; Montgomery SB; Schenk S; Snyder MP; Wheeler MT
- Conference publication: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2022;236:57Lindholm ME
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020Lindholm M; Jimenez-Morales D; Zhu H; Seo K; Amar D; Zhao C; Raja A; Madhvani R; Espenel C; Sutton S; Caleshu C; Berry G; Motonaga K; Dunn K; Platt J; Ashley E; Wheeler M
- Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2020;142Lindholm ME; Zhu H; Seo K; Jimenez-Morales D; Zhao C; Ashley EA; Wheeler MT
- Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2020;142(Suppl_3)Lindholm ME; Zhu H; Seo K; Jimenez-Morales D; Zhao C; Ashley EA; Wheeler MT
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2020Amar D; Lindholm ME; Norrbom J; Wheeler MT; Rivas M; Ashley EA
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019Amar D; Lindholm M; Norrbom J; Wheeler M; Rivas M; Ashley E
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019Voisin S; Harvey NR; Haupt LM; Griffiths LR; Ashton KJ; Coffey VG; Doering TM; Thompson JM; Benedict C; Cedernaes J; Lindholm ME; Craig JM; Rowlands DS; Sharples AP; Horvath S; Eynon N
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2019;27:1310Lindholm ME; Zhu H; Huang Y; Ashley EA; Wheeler M
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Grants
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute1 July 2022 - 31 August 2024
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2019 - 31 December 2021
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2026-2027
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2015
- Master Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2009