Dr. Jennifer E. Johnson is the inaugural Chair of the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health and the first C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University. She is also the Chief Translation Officer in the Office of Health Sciences at Michigan State University and a professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at MSU.
Dr. Johnson is a licensed clinical psychologist who conducts policy-relevant mental health, suicide prevention, and maternal health care 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.
