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2082
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1208

Overview

C. Anderson Johnson is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Surgery, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, General Health Professions, and Small Animals.

Their scholarly output addresses a range of main topics in medical research, notably:

  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Johnson's recent publications illustrate their focus on transplantation and circulatory support modalities. These include:

  • "IER5, a DNA damage response gene, is required for Notch-mediated induction of squamous cell differentiation" (2020) published in eLife
  • "Ambulatory 7-day mechanical circulatory support in sheep model of pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure" (2023) published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • "10 degree C static storage of porcine donation after circulatory death livers improves biliary viability and mitigates ischemia-reperfusion injury" (2025) published in American Journal of Transplantation
  • "10°C static storage mitigates ischemia reperfusion injury through improved mitochondrial preservation in a porcine DCD liver model" (2025) published in American Journal of Transplantation
  • "Lung rehabilitation using xenogeneic cross-circulation does not lead to hyperacute rejection in a human lung transplantation model" (2025) published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Johnson frequently collaborates with several researchers who have coauthored multiple papers with them. These coauthors include Rei Ukita, Caitlin T. Demarest, Matthew Bacchetta, Michael Cortelli, and Elizabeth Simonds. These collaborative efforts appear across several publications.

Their research contributions have been published predominantly in a few key venues:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • eLife
  • Pedagogy in Health Promotion

Best Publications

  • A Multicommunity Trial for Primary Prevention of Adolescent Drug Abuse: Effects on Drug Use Prevalence

    Mary Ann Pentz;James H. Dwyer;David P. MacKinnon;Brian R. Flay

  • The association between emotional intelligence and early adolescent tobacco and alcohol use

    Dennis R Trinidad;C.Anderson Johnson

  • Relative Effectiveness of Comprehensive Community Programming for Drug Abuse Prevention With High-Risk and Low-Risk Adolescents

    C. Anderson Johnson;Mary Ann Pentz;Mark D. Weber;James H. Dwyer

  • Acculturation, physical activity, and fast-food consumption among Asian-American and Hispanic adolescents

    Jennifer B. Unger;Kim Reynolds;Sohaila Shakib;Donna Spruijt-Metz

  • Effects of a social-network method for group assignment strategies on peer-led tobacco prevention programs in schools

    Thomas W. Valente;Beth R. Hoffman;Annamara Ritt-Olson;Kara Lichtman

  • The AHIMSA Acculturation Scale: A New Measure of Acculturation for Adolescents in a Multicultural Society

    Jennifer B. Unger;Peggy Gallaher;Sohaila Shakib;Anamara Ritt-Olson

  • Affective and social influences approaches to the prevention of multiple substance abuse among seventh grade students: Results from project SMART

    William B. Hansen;C.Anderson Johnson;Brian R. Flay;John W. Graham

  • Perceived stress, depression and food consumption frequency in the college students of China Seven Cities.

    Chunhong Liu;Chunhong Liu;Bin Xie;Chih-Ping Chou;Carol Koprowski

  • Substance use among eighth-grade students who take care of themselves after school.

    Jean L. Richardson;Kathleen Dwyer;Kimberly McGuigan;William B. Hansen

  • Prevention of cigarette smoking in seventh grade students.

    Peter D. Hurd;C. Anderson Johnson;Terry Pechacek;L. Peter Bast

  • Attrition in prevention research.

    William B. Hansen;Linda M. Collins;C. Kevin Malotte;C. Anderson Johnson

  • Functional Decline in the Elderly: Evidence for Direct and Stress-buffering Protective Effects of Social Interactions and Physical Activity

    Jennifer B. Unger;C. Anderson Johnson;Gary Marks

  • Effects of Program Implementation on Adolescent Drug Use Behavior: The Midwestern Prevention Project (MPP)

    Mary Ann Pentz;Elizabeth A. Trebow;William B. Hansen;David P. MacKinnon

  • Psychometric Assessment of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) Among Chinese Adolescents

    David S. Black;Steve Sussman;C. Anderson Johnson;Joel Milam

  • Do popular students smoke? The association between popularity and smoking among middle school students.

    Thomas W. Valente;Jennifer B. Unger;C. Anderson Johnson

  • The consistency of peer and parent influences on tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use among young adolescents.

    William B. Hansen;John W. Graham;Judith L. Sobel;David R. Shelton

  • Psychosocial Predictors of Young Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Sixteen‐Month, Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study

    Linda Marie Collins;Steve Sussman;Jill Mestel Rauch;Clyde W. Dent

  • Measurement of adolescent smoking behavior: rationale and methods

    Terry F. Pechacek;David M. Murray;Russell V. Luepker;Maurice B. Mittelmark

  • English language use as a risk factor for smoking initiation among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents: evidence for mediation by tobacco-related beliefs and social norms.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Tess Boley Cruz;Louise Ann Rohrbach;Kurt M. Ribisl

  • Reliability of self-report measures of drug use in prevention research: Evaluation of the Project SMART questionnaire via the test–retest reliability matrix.

    John W. Graham;Brian R. Flay;C. Anderson Johnson;William B. Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou University of Southern California
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University
Clyde W. Dent
Clyde W. Dent University of Southern California
Alan W. Stacy
Alan W. Stacy Claremont Graduate University
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
John W. Graham
John W. Graham Pennsylvania State University
Antoine Bechara
Antoine Bechara University of Southern California
David P. MacKinnon
David P. MacKinnon Arizona State University

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