Judith Ann Johnson, PhD
Research Professor
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Dept. of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine |
Currently Involved In:
Microbial pathogenesis - Ongoing projects: the role of surface polysaccharides in pathogenesis and immunity of Vibrio spp.; virulence of community associated Staphylococcus aureus in lung infections, virulence factors in Mycobacteria and Acinetobacter.
Infection Control - Development of self-sterilizing devices; extended spectrum beta-lactamase resistance in Gram negative bacteria.
Molecular epidemiology - Ongoing projects: Phylogeography of the cholera 7th pandemic; molecular typing of enterococci, V. cholerae, pneumococci, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other organisms; and diarrheal infections in the developing world.
Microbial ecology - Ongoing projects: Environmental reservoirs of nontuberculous mycobacteria.
Microbial genetics - Ongoing projects: evolution of Vibrio spp., Bacillus, and Staphylococcus aureus genomes and pathogenicity islands.
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 2 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