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Emma C Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine
I am a behavioral and psychiatric geneticist with research interests in:​
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the relationships between substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders and health conditions
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using approaches from the population and evolutionary genetics fields to learn more about the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders
ABOUT ME
I am so lucky to have a job I love! I have always enjoyed applying quantitative methods to solve biological problems, and working with a collaborative team to solve these problems is really fun. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my husband Keith and our dogs Olive and Moose. I discovered running in college and really enjoy trail running (and the occasional speed workout), as well as hiking, playing trivia, cycling around town, and searching for Missouri's best croissant.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2017 - 2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Washington University School of Medicine
Mentor: Arpana Agrawal
Research focus: Genetics of substance use disorders; genetic overlap and sources of comorbidity amongst substance use disorders and other psychiatric conditions
2013 - 2017
PhD, Psychology - Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Statistical Genetics
University of Colorado Boulder
Advisor: Matthew C Keller
Dissertation: "The genetic etiology of schizophrenia and other complex traits: novel insights from existing genome-wide datasets"
2009 - 2013
BSPH, Biostatistics
BA, Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill