Julie A. Johnson, PharmD

Dean and Distinguished Professor
University of Florida

Julie Johnson is Dean of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine. She received her B.S. in Pharmacy from the Ohio State University and her Pharm.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular pharmacology/ pharmacokinetics at Ohio State.
Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on cardiovascular pharmacogenomics and implementation of precision medicine approaches into clinical practice. She is an internationally-recognized leader in pharmacogenomics and genomic medicine, with over 300 peer reviewed publications and nearly $50M in research funding as principal investigator. In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 she was named a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher, indicating she was in the top 1% most highly cited scientists globally in the previous decade.
Under her leadership as dean, the UF College of Pharmacy implemented a new PharmD curriculum, its faculty grew by over 60%, the US News and World Report ranking rose from #14 to #5, research funding grew 3-fold and research rankings rose from the high teens to #3.
Dr. Johnson has had numerous service roles, including with the NIH, FDA, CDC, American Heart Association, American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and ASCPT, for which she served as President in 2016-17.
Dr. Johnson has received numerous awards. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, and has been the recipient of the Leon I Goldberg Young Investigator Award from the ASCPT, Volwiler Research Achievement Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) (2007), the Therapeutic Frontiers Award, and Paul Parker Medal from ACCP, the ACCP-Pharmacology Distinguished Scientist Award, among others. She has also received teaching awards from both the University of Tennessee and the University of Florida.

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Presentation(s):

• Student/Trainee Communication Showdown - Sponsored by Gilead

  Friday, March 18, 2022
  2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

• Speed Mentoring: Colleague to Colleague - Sponsored by Janssen

  Friday, March 18, 2022
  3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET