Staff: Andrea C. Johnson, PhD, MPH
Andrea C. Johnson, PhD, MPH
Cancer Research Training Award Fellow
andrea.johnson3@nih.gov
240-276-6879
Andrea C. Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., is a Cancer Research Training Award Fellow in the Behavioral Research Program’s Tobacco Control Research Branch.
Dr. Johnson is interested in studying health communication approaches to discourage tobacco use. Her past research has focused on decision making and risk perceptions around tobacco marketing, packaging and labeling, and prevention message testing to deter uptake or motivate cessation. She is also interested in technology-based intervention strategies, methodologies to measure attention (e.g., heatmapping), and mechanisms of behavior change.
Dr. Johnson completed her Ph.D. in social & behavioral sciences in public health at George Washington University. She pursued her dissertation research with support of an NCI-funded F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. This work assessed affective responses to cigarette pictorial warning labels among young adults using longitudinal structural equation modeling. Dr. Johnson earned an M.P.H. from Boston University and a B.A. in psychology & social behavior from the University of California, Irvine.
Current and/or past BRP mentors include Stephanie Land.
Research Areas
- Decision making
- Risk perceptions
- Risk communication
- Tobacco control and prevention
- Smoking cessation
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Johnson AC, Mercincavage M, Tan ASL, Villanti AC, Delnevo CD, Strasser AA. Effects of reduced nicotine content cigarette advertising with warning labels and social media features on product perceptions among young adults. J Behav Med 2023 Dec; 46(6):948-959.
- Johnson AC, Mercincavage M, Souprountchouk V, Deatley T, Mays D, Strasser AA. Assessing Attention to Tobacco Warnings With a Heatmapping Task. Am J Prev Med 2023 Nov; 65(5):809-817.
- Johnson AC, Turner MM, Simmens SJ, Evans WD, Strasser AA, Mays D. Mediational Effects on Motivation to Quit Smoking After Exposure to a Cigarette Pictorial Warning Label Among Young Adults. Ann Behav Med 2022 Jul 12; 56(7):737-748.
- Johnson AC, Simmens SJ, Turner MM, Evans WD, Strasser AA, Mays D. Longitudinal effects of cigarette pictorial warning labels among young adults. J Behav Med 2022 Feb; 45(1):124-132.
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