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EDUCATION

Graduate Education: Masters of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Masters of Science, Educational Psychology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Doctorial Education: Educational Psychology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Post Doctoral: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Adolescent Health and Medicine Interdisciplinary Research Training in Child and Adolescent Primary Care (IRT:CAPC), Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and ACTIVITIES

Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
APA Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology)
Pediatric Academic Society (PAS)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
AERA Division C (Learning and Instruction)
AERA Special Interest Group: Motivation in Education
AERA Special Interest Group: Studying and Self Regulated Learning
AERA Special Interest Group: Adolescence
American Psychological Association (APA)
APA Division 15 (Educational Psychology)

GRANTS

Optimal Gifted and Talented Student Identification: Maximizing Efficacy, Efficiency, and Equity (2020 - 2025) awarded through Department of Education.

Health Care Transition Among Youth with Lupus (2018) Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Association

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS and ABSTRACTS

Johnson, K., Edens, C., Lawson, E (2018). Differences in Healthcare Transition Views, Practices, and Barriers Among North American Pediatric Rheumatology Providers from 2010 to 2018. Annual conference of the American College of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL

Johnson, K.R., & Richmond, A. (2018). Healthcare Transition among Youth with jSLE. Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Association, Denver, CO

Duvall, K. L., Wood, D. L., Johnson, K.R. (2018). Who are Adolescents Talking To? Understanding who Adolescents in Appalachia Talk with about Health. Presented at the 41st Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, Cincinnati, OH April 5 – 9.

Edens, C, Johnson KR, Lawson E, et al. (2018). Differences in Healthcare Transition Views, Practices, and Barriers Among North American Pediatric Rheumatology Providers from 2010 to 2018. Abstract accepted to American College of Rheumatology June 2018

Ford, E. E., Duvall, K. L., Wood, D. L., & Johnson, K. R. (2018). Taking the Risk: Insufficient Communication Concerning Risky Driving Behaviors among Young Drivers in Central Appalachia. Presented at the 2018 Appalachian Student Research Forum. Johnson City, TN. April 5.

Noe, M., Wood, D. L., & Johnson, K. R. (2018). Appalachian Tennessee and Virginia Schools: A role in suicide prevention using involvement and adult connectedness as key markers. Presented at the 2018 Appalachian Student Research Forum. Johnson City, TN. April 5.

Ouedraogo, Y., Duvall, K. L., James, T., Olakunle, O., Johnson, K. R. (2018). Motivating Factors of Blood Donation among South Central Appalachian Adolescents. Presented at the 2018 Appalachian Student Research Forum. Johnson City, TN. April 5.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Johnson, KR, McBee, M, Reiss,J. Livingood,W, Wood DL. (2021) TRAQ Changes: Improving the Measurement of Transition Readiness by the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire . Journal of Pediatric Nursing, April, 2021.

Johnson K.R., Edens, C, Lawson E, et al. (2021). Differences in Healthcare Transition Views, Practices, and Barriers Among North American Pediatric Rheumatology Providers from 2010 to 2018. Resubmitted to Journal of Rheumatology, April 2021.

Omoike OE, Johnson KR. Prevalence of Vaping and Behavioral Associations of Vaping Among a Community of College Students in the United States. Journal of Community Health. 2020 Jun. DOI: 10.1007/s10900-020-00868-y.

Omoike, Ogbebor Enaholo, Wang, Liang, Adekunle, Oke & Johnson, Kiana (2020) Effect of Environmental-Tobacco-Smoke on Bone-Turnover Markers, Possible Modification by Race/Ethnicity. Annals of Epidemiology, DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.020

Ogbebor E. Omoike, Liang Wang, Adekunle O. Oke & Kiana R. Johnson (2020) Predicting bone turnover following tobacco exposure using bone alkaline phosphatase and N-telopeptide biomarkers and possible variability and effect modification of these markers by race/ethnicity, Biomarkers, DOI: 10.1080/1354750X.2020.1781260