Judith Ann Johnson, PhD

Research Professor

Dept. of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Florida, College of Medicine
P.O. Box 100275
Gainesville, FL 32610-0275

Office Location and Express Mail address:
Dept. of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
JHMHSC M-634A
1600 SW Archer Rd
Gainesville, FL 32610-0275

Office: (352) 392-2165
Fax: (352) 392-3053
Email: jajohnson@pathology.ufl.edu

Office Assistant:
Gavina Dickerson (352) 392-2659

Currently Involved In:

Microbial pathogenesis - Ongoing projects: the role of surface polysaccharides in pathogenesis, immunity, and evolution of Vibrio spp.; the evolution of virulence and resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, virulence in atypical Mycobacteria.
Antibiotic resistance - Ongoing projects: molecular mechanisms, development of models for transmission of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, and extended spectrum beta-lactamase resistance in Gram negative bacteria. Role of agricultural use of antibiotics in clinical resistance.
Microbial genetics - Ongoing projects: evolution, recombination, and regulation of vibrio polysaccharide expression
Molecular epidemiology - Ongoing projects: epidemiology of nosocomial infections; use of PCR and probes to follow transmission of vancomycin and high level aminoglycoside resistance genes; and molecular typing of enterococci, V. cholerae, pneumococci, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other organisms.
Microbial ecology - Ongoing projects: transport of bacteria through soil and vegetation.

Brief Biography:

Dr. Johnson is a Research Professor in the Pathology Department at the University of Florida College of Medicine and Director of Core Laboratories for the Emerging Pathogens Institute. Prior to joining the University of Florida in 2007, Dr. Johnson was faculty at the Department of Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Chief of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics for the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System. Dr Johnson is author of over 60 original articles and book chapters in the polysaccharides of Vibrio cholerae and in bacterial antibiotic resistance. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park did her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Related Links:

Emerging Pathogens Institute - COM IFAS UF


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