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Faculty Bio

Janet M. Johnston, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
127 Parran Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-624-5438
E-mail: johnston@edc.pitt.edu

Research Interests
  • Design and coordination of longitudinal observational studies
  • Epidemiological methods
  • Inflammation
  • Genetic epidemiology
Research Support
    Co-Principal Investigator

    • 2002 - 2009
      NIA Grant AG012553/NIA/NINR Grant AG012546 Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Coordinating Center


    Statistician

    • 2000 - 2002
      NHLBI Grant HL33292 Dynamic Evaluation of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention


    Research Epidemiologist

    • 1999 - 2000
      Division of Safety Research, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control.

Education & Training

  • Williams College - B.A. Mathematics, 1983
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology - M.S. Mathematics, 1985
  • University of Pittsburgh - M.P.H. Epidemiology, 1997
  • University of Pittsburgh - Ph.D. Epidemiology, 1998

Honors

  • Elected 1982, Phi Beta Kappa - Williams College


  • Elected 2000, Delta Omega - University of Pittsburgh


  • 2001, Alice Hamilton Award for Excellence in Occupational Safety and Health, Human Studies Category - National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Community Involvement

Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition, Education Committee


Selected Publications

  1. Chandra V, DeKosky ST, Pandav R, Johnston JM, Belle SH, Ratcliffe G, Ganguli M. Neurological Factors Associated with Cognitive Impairment in a Rural Elderly Population in India; Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 1998;11:11-17.

  2. Chandra V, Ganguli M, Pandav R, Johnston JM, Belle S, DeKosky ST. Prevalence of Alzheimer's and other dementias in rural India: The Indo-US Study; Neurology 1998;51:1000-1008.

  3. Ganguli M, Dube S, Johnston JM, Pandav R, Chandra V, Dodge HH. Depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment and functional impairment in a rural elderly population in India: a Hindi version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-H). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 1999;14:807-820.

  4. Reynolds MD, Johnston JM, Dodge HH, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M. Small head size is related to low MMSE scores in a non-demented community sample of older adults. Neurology 1999;53:228-229.

  5. Johnston JM, Cauley JA, Ganguli M. APOE*4 and hip fracture risk in a community-based study of older adults. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 1999;47:1342-1345.

  6. Ganguli M, Chandra V, Kamboh MI, Johnston JM, Dodge HH, Thelma BK, Juyal RC, Pandav R, Belle SH, DeKosky ST. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease: The Indo-US Cross-National Dementia Study. Archives of Neurology 2000;57:824-830.

  7. Johnston JM, Nazar-Stewart V, Kelsey SF, Kamboh MI, Ganguli M. Relationships between cerebrovascular events, APOE polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease in a community sample. Neuroepidemiology 2000;19:320-326.

  8. Wassell JT, Gardner LI, Landsittel DP, Johnston JJ, Johnston JM. A prospective study of back belts for prevention of back pain and injury. Journal of the American Medical Society 2000;284:2727-2732.

  9. Chandra V, Pandav R, Dodge HH, Johnston JM, Belle SH, DeKosky ST, Ganguli M. Incidence of Alzheimer's disease in a rural community in India: The Indo-US study. Neurology 2001;57:985-989.

  10. Jacobs AK, Johnston JM, Haviland A, Brooks MM, Kelsey SF, Holmes DR, Faxon DP, Williams DO, Detre KM. Improved outcomes for women undergoing contemporary percutaneous coronary interventions: A report from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002;39:1608-1614.

  11. Wilensky RL, Selzer F, Johnston JM, Laskey WK, Klugherz BD, Block P, Cohen H, Detre K, Williams DO. Relation of percutaneous coronary intervention of complex lesions to clinical outcomes (from the NHLBI Dynamic Registry). American Journal of Cardiology. 2002;90:216-222.

  12. Srinivas VS, Brooks MM, Detre KM, King SB, Jacobs AK, Johnston JM, Williams DO. Contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention versus balloon angioplasty for multivessel coronary artery disease: A comparison of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry and the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) study. Circulation. 2002;106:1627-1633.

  13. Bourassa MG, Detre KM, Johnston JM, Vlachos HA, Holubkov R, for the Investigators of the NHLBI Dynamic Registry. Effect of prior revascularization on outcome following percutaneous coronary intervention: NHLBI Dynamic Registry. European Heart Journal. 2002;23:1546-1555.

  14. Laskey WK, Selzer F, Vlachos HA, Johnston JM, Jacobs A, King SB, Holmes DR, Douglas J, Block P, Wilensky R, Williams DO, Detre M, for the Dynamic Registry Investigators. Comparison of in-hospital and one-year outcomes in patients with and without diabetes mellitus undergoing percutaneous catheter intervention (From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry). American Journal of Cardiology. 2002;90:1062-1067.

  15. Johnston JM, Landsittel DP, Nelson NA, Gardner LI, Wassell JT. Stressful psychosocial work environment increases risk for back pain among retail material handlers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2003:43:179-187.

  16. Holmes DR Jr., Selzer F, Johnston JM, Kelsey SF, Holubkov R, Cohen HA, Williams DO, Detre K. Modeling and Risk Prediction in the Current Era of Interventional Cardiology: A Report from the NHLBI Dynamic Registry. Circulation. 2003;107:1871-6.

  17. Cohen HA, Williams DO, Holmes DR Jr., Selzer F, Kip KE, Johnston JM, Holubkov R, Kelsey SF, Detre KM. Impact of Age on Procedural and One-Year Outcome in PTCA: A Report from the NHLBI Dynamic Registry. American Heart Journal. 2003;146:513-9.

  18. Kelley MP, Klugherz BD, Hashemi SM, Meneveau NF, Johnston JM, Matthai WH Jr., Banka VS, Herrmann HC, Hirshfeld JW Jr., Kimmel SE, Kolansky DM, Horwitz PA, Schiele F, Bassand JP, Wilensky RL. One-Year Clinical Outcomes of Protected and Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting. European Heart Journal. 2003;24:1554-9.

  19. Keelan PC, Johnston JM, Koru-Sengul T, Detre KD, Williams DO, Slater J, Block PC, Holmes DR. Comparisons of In-Hospital and One-Year Outcomes in Patients with Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions <40%, 41-49% and >50% Having Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. American Journal of Cardiology. 2003;91:1168-72.

  20. Naidu SS, Selzer F, Jacobs A, Faxon D, Marks DS, Johnston JM, Detre K, Wilensky RL. Renal insufficiency is an independent predictor of mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention. American Journal of Cardiology. 2003;92:1160-4.
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