Alfred C. Johnson

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Alfred C. Johnson
Born
Alfred Charles Johnson

Alma materAlbany State University (BA)
University of Tennessee (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology
InstitutionsNational Institutes of Health
ThesisHormonal responsiveness of developmentally regulated genes in fetal rat liver (1985)

Alfred Charles Johnson is an American molecular biologist and civil servant. He is the deputy director of management at the National Institutes of Health. Johnson was a principal investigator in the laboratory of molecular biology at the National Cancer Institute from 1996 to 2007.

Early life and education[edit]

Alfred Charles Johnson, the 12th in a family of 14 children, grew up near Selma, Alabama, where he attended a segregated high school.[1] Johnson completed a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry at Albany State University in 1979. He earned a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences at the University of Tennessee in 1985.[2] His dissertation was titled Hormonal responsiveness of developmentally regulated genes in fetal rat liver.[3] Johnson conducted his doctoral research at the biology division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1985 as an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow.[2]

Career[edit]

From 1996 to 2007, Johnson was a principal investigator in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research. He held several leadership positions at NIH including assistant director in the Office of Intramural Research (since 2004) and acting director of the Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship (since 2000).[4] In 2006, Johnson became director of the NIH Office of Research Services (ORS). In this capacity, he planned and directed service programs for public safety, security operations, scientific and regulatory support, and a wide variety of other programs and employee services that enrich the NIH community.[2]

In May 2016, Johnson joined the NIH Office of the Director leadership team as the acting deputy director of management. He was promoted to NIH deputy director of management on May 28, 2017.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Holder, Matthew (March 10, 2006). "Johnson Motivates Students to Prepare for Research Careers" (PDF). NIH Record. Retrieved April 24, 2020.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b c d "Appointment of Dr. Alfred Johnson as NIH Deputy Director for Management". National Institutes of Health (NIH). 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2020-04-24.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Johnson, Alfred Charles (1985). Hormonal responsiveness of developmentally regulated genes in fetal rat liver (Thesis). University of Tennessee. OCLC 13012837.
  4. ^ "Alfred C. Johnson, Ph.D." National Institutes of Health (NIH). 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Institutes of Health.

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