Eric Johnson

Expertise

Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder Research
Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders
Genetic Epidemiology

Biography

Eric Johnson, PhD, is a senior research scientist with over 10 years' experience in the epidemiologic and behavioral genetic study of substance use and mental health. Before joining RTI in January 2005, he was an associate scientist at the Henry Ford Health Sciences Center and associate professor of psychiatry at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is currently the principal investigator for the Epidemiology of Insomnia and Mental Illness in Adolescence project and co-investigator for the Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Nicotine Dependence project. His experience and interest include substance use, psychiatric, and sleep disorder epidemiology; the interaction of environmental and genetic influences on these disorders; and the application of epidemiology to intervention/prevention programs. Dr. Johnson was the lead analyst and writer for the National Sleep Foundation's Sleep in America surveys and is the author of numerous articles on substance use, mental illness, and sleep disorders.

Education

PhD, Sociology, Western Michigan University; MA, Sociology, Western Michigan University; BA, Sociology and Psychology, Olivet Nazarene University.

Selected Publications

Bierut, L.J., Madden, P.A., Breslau, N., Johnson, E.O., Hatsukami, D., Pomerleau, O.F., Swan, G.E., Rutter, J., Bertelsen, S., Fox, L., Fugman, D., Goate, A.M., Hinrichs, A.L., Konvicka, K., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G.W., Saccone, N.L., Saccone, S.F., Wang, J.C., Chase, G.A., & Rice, J.P. (2007 Jan 1). Novel genes identified in a high-density genome wide association study for nicotine dependence. Human molecular genetics, 16 (1):24-35.

Johnson, E.O., & Roth, T. (Sep 2006). An epidemiologic study of sleep-disordered breathing symptoms among adolescents. Sleep, 29 (9):1135-1142.

Johnson, E.O., Roth, T., Schultz, L., & Breslau, N. (2006). Epidemiology of DSM-IV insomnia in adolescence: Lifetime prevalence, chronicity, and an emergent gender difference. Pediatrics, 117 (2):E247-E256.

Johnson, E.O., Rhee, S.H., Chase, G.A., & Breslau, N. (2004). Comorbidity of depression with levels of smoking: an exploration of the shared familial risk hypothesis. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6 (6):1029-1038.

Johnson, E.O., Chase, G.A., & Breslau, N. (2002 Aug). Persistence of cigarette smoking: familial liability and the role of nicotine dependence. Addiction, 97 (8):1063-1070.

Breslau, N., Johnson, E.O., Hiripi, E., & Kessler, R. (2001 Sep). Nicotine dependence in the United States: prevalence, trends, and smoking persistence. Archives of General Psychiatry, 58 (9):810-816.

Johnson, E.O., & Pickens, R.W. (2001 May). Familial transmission of alcoholism among nonalcoholics and mild, severe, and dyssocial subtypes of alcoholism. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 25 (5):661-666.

Breslau, N., & Johnson, E.O. (2000 Jul). Predicting smoking cessation and major depression in nicotine-dependent smokers. American Journal of Public Health, 90 (7):1122-1127.

Johnson, E.O., van den Bree, M.B., & Pickens, R.W. (1996 Nov). Subtypes of alcohol-dependent men: a typology based on relative genetic and environmental loading. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 20 (8):1472-1480.

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