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Overview

Dr. Johnson is an esteemed champion of global health who during his distinguished career at Weill Cornell established outstanding research and training programs around the world, including in Brazil, Haiti and Tanzania. While leading these global programs he also served as chief of the Division of International Medicine from 1986-1995, and chief of the Division of International Medicine and Infectious Disease from 1995-2008. In 2009, Dr. Johnson was named the founding director of Weill Cornell Medicine’s newly established Center for Global Health, which unified and expanded the institution’s global health initiatives, which span six continents.

Publications

198 publications

Funding

14 grantsView NIH portfolio on RePORTER ↗
Completed grants (14)
  • KP
    Research Training Program in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of AIDS-related MDR-TB in Haiti
    Fogarty International Center · 2015–2021
    D43TW010062-04
  • MPI
    GHESKIO HIV Clinical Trial Unit (CTU)
    National Institute on Aging · 2007–2020 · via GHESKIO Centers
    UM1AI069421-12
  • KP
    Research Training for AIDS Related Cervical Cancer Prevention in Haiti
    Fogarty International Center · 2013–2019
    D43TW009606-05 EWOF
  • Sub-PI
    Host and Parasite Determinants in Human Leishmaniasis
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2008–2017 · via Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa e a Extensao· 2 renewals
    P50AI030639-24
  • MPI
    Training in Integrated HIV Clinical-Based Services - GHESKIO Network
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2011–2016 · via GHESKIO Centers
    No publications yet
    U2GGH000545-05
  • Sub-PI
    Innovative Approaches for TB Control in Brazil
    Fogarty International Center · 2010–2015 · via The Johns Hopkins University
    U2RTW006885-10
  • MPI
    Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Training Program
    NIAID · 1999–2014 · via NIH RePORTER
    T32AI007613-14
  • PI
    AIDS International Training and Research Program
    FIC · 1988–2014 · via NIH RePORTER
    D43TW000018-25
  • KP
    Haiti AIDS Research Training: Models to Implementation
    Fogarty International Center · 2009–2014 · via GHESKIO Centers
    U2RTW006896-10
  • MPI
    VUMC 41454: Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows
    Fogarty International Center · 2013–2014 · via Vanderbilt University
    R25TW009337-02 EW
  • PI
    HAITI AIDS RESEARCH TRAINING: MODELS TO IMPLEMENTATION
    FIC · 2004–2011 · via NIH RePORTER
    U2RTW006901-05S1
  • PI
    FRAMEWORK PROGRAM FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
    FIC · 2006–2010 · via NIH RePORTER
    R25TW007736-03
  • KP
    Natural History of Urban Leptospirosis
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2009–2010
    R01AI052473-06
  • PI
    INTERNATIONAL TRAINING & RESEARCH IN EMERGING INFECTIOUS
    FIC · 1997–2003 · via NIH RePORTER
    D43TW000919-05S1

Honors & distinctions

2 honors
  • Joan and Sanford I. Weill Exemplary Achievement Award · Weill Cornell Medicine · 2025
  • Member · Association of American Physicians

News mentions

1 mentionView all WCM news ↗