Dr. Jennifer Johnson is a C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health and Professor of OBGYN in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Johnson is also a leading national researcher in mental health and maternal health treatments and implementation science. She serves as Chief Translation Officer for MSU’s Office of Health Sciences, helping to guide the realization of the University’s Sustainable Health strategic goals and to ensure uptake of research findings into practice and policy.

Her leadership at MSU includes serving on the MSU Strategic Planning Committee and participation in the academic fellow program, while also leading in her field through roles on national scientific boards, numerous NIH review committees, and prestigious editorial boards.