Kimberly Johnson, PhD, MPH

Medical School Department Public Health - Social Work
Research Program Prevention and Control
Kimberly Johnson

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Public Health, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 2007 - 2010 : Postdoctoral fellow, pediatric cancer epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Education

  • 2004: MPH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2007: PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Social determinants of health, cancer epidemiology, healthcare access, statistical methods, cancer communication

Research Publications

Disparities in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Among Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients.
Authors:

Kang LC, Fiala MA, Johnson KJ

Journal & Year:

Transplant Cell Ther • 2026

SEER-Medicaid and SEER-Medicare data for neuro-oncology research.
Authors:

Johnson KJ, Brown DS, Johnston KJ

Journal & Year:

J Neurooncol • 2026

Associations between central nervous system tumor diagnosis stage and survival and Medicaid enrollment among children, adolescents, and young adults.
Authors:

Johnson KJ, Brown DS, Thompson T, Barnes JM , King AA

Journal & Year:

Neurooncol Pract • 2025

Associations between Medicaid enrollment and diagnosis stage and survival among pediatric cancer patients.
Authors:

Johnson KJ, Brown DS, O'Connell CP, one or more additional authors omitted King AA

Journal & Year:

Pediatr Blood Cancer • 2024

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening in a large midwestern United States academic medical center.
Authors:

Johnson KJ, O'Connell CP, Waken RJ, Barnes JM

Journal & Year:

PLoS One • 2024