Mark Johnson

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
• Professor, Department of Oral Biology, The University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Assistant Dean for GME, Creighton University School of Medicine

EDUCATION:
Dr Johnson received his BS in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1976. He subsequently received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota through the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, in 1980. He conducted post-doctoral training in molecular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, The Department of Cell Biology. Prior to joining the faculty at tThe University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, he held faculty positions at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, The University of Akron and Creighton University.

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
• American Chemical Society (non-active)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (non-active)
• New York Academy of Science (non-active)
• Ohio Academy of Science (non-active)
• Member, Midwest Hypertension Society (non-active)
• Fellow, Council for High Blood Pressure Research (non-active)
• Member, The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
• Member, American Society of Human Genetics

HONORS AND AWARDS:
• Minnesota Heart Fund Summer High School Scholar
• Predoctoral Fellowship, 1977-80, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1980-83, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
• 1998 Creighton University School of Medicine, Young Investigator Award

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Johnson has long-standing interests in the molecular basis of human disease and for the past dozen years has focused on the molecular genetics of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by decreased bone mass and compromised bone strength that predisposes affected individuals to an increased risk of fracture.

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