Jennifer Johnson, PhD
- Chair, Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health
- Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health
- Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Bio
Dr. Jennifer E. Johnson is the founding chair of the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, University Distinguished Professor, and the first C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University. Dr. Johnson is also a professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at MSU.
Johnson received her bachelor’s degree in applied physics and doctorate in clinical psychology from Brigham Young University. She then completed a T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Treatment Research at Brown University, where she was faculty until coming to MSU in 2015.
Dr. Johnson is a licensed clinical psychologist who conducts policy-relevant mental health, suicide prevention, and maternal healthcare implementation and effectiveness research. Her work champions healthcare access and equity for individuals interacting with criminal-legal systems, pregnant and postpartum people, and people living in disinvested communities such as Flint, Michigan. She has been a principal investigator of 21 research studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, including the National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention (NCHATS) and the Maternal Health Multilevel Interventions for Racial Equity (MIRACLE) Center of Research Excellence in Women’s Health.