Joy Johnson (university administrator)

Joy Louise Johnson (FCAHS) is the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. A health scientist and researcher in gender and health, she became the first woman to be appointed Vice-President Research at Simon Fraser in 2014.

Joy L. Johnson

FRSC FCAHS
President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University
In office
2020 – present
Preceded byAndrew Petter
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Alberta (PhD, MN)
University of British Columbia (BSN)
OccupationAcademic administrator

Academic work and life

Johnson graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Nursing from the University of Alberta in 1993.[1] She worked as a nurse at St. Paul's Hospital and other facilities before returning to graduate school.[1][2]

From 2003 to 2007, she was the University of British Columbia (UBC) Unit Director, Centre for Addictions Research of BC.[1] From 2008 to 2014, she was the Scientific Director for the Institute of Gender and Health of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.[3] Johnson held a professorship in the University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, with a focus on health promotion and health behaviour change.[4] Johnson served on the boards of the Women's Health Research Institute, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and Innovate BC.

In 2014, she became Simon Fraser University's first female Vice President of Research,[5] succeeding Mario Pinto.[6] In 2020, she was appointed to succeed Andrew Petter as President of the university.[7]

Research program

Johnson’s research program[8] is geared toward promoting health and modifying health-related behaviour.[9]

Her program highlights the need to integrate sex and gender differences in research design. In particular, women and men exhibit different health behaviours and react differently to drugs and other therapies. Medical devices or other equipment physically fit the sexes differently. Ignoring these differences compromises treatment quality.[8]

One reason for ignoring sex differences in drug therapies, for example, is the standard of controlling for extraneous variables such as hormones. This is done in order to attribute health changes to the drug being tested. Because female hormones fluctuate more than do males’, experiments typically use male subjects. The obvious problem is that we then have comparatively little data about how women respond to the same drug therapies, which compromises women’s health.[8]

Johnson’s solution for researchers of any health area is to ask how sex and gender affect the issue in question. The goal of this approach is to improve the quality of health research and in turn quality of life regardless of sex or gender.[8]

Recognition

Selected publications
  • Haines-Saah, R. J., Johnson, J. L., Repta, R., & Ostry, A. (2014). The privileged normalization of marijuana use – an analysis of Canadian newspaper reporting, 1997–2007. Critical Public Health, 24(1), 47–61. doi:10.1080/09581596.2013.771812
  • Maggi, S., Lovato, C. Y., Hill, E. M., & Johnson, J. L. (2014). Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Influences on Their Smoking Behavior: A Content Analysis. Youth and Society, 46(1), 132.
  • Moffat, B. M., Jenkins, E. K., & Johnson, J. L. (2013). Weeding out the information: an ethnographic approach to exploring how young people make sense of the evidence on cannabis. Harm Reduction Journal, 10(1), 34.
  • Tarlier, D. S., Johnson, J. L., Browne, A. J., & Sheps, S. (2013). Maternal-Infant Health Outcomes and Nursing Practice in a Remote First Nations Community in Northern Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 45(2), 1.
  • Bottorff, J. L., Oliffe, J. L., Kelly, M. T., & Johnson, J. L. (2013). Reconciling Parenting and Smoking in the Context of Child Development. Qualitative Health Research, 23(8), 1042.
  • Johnson, J. L. (1996). A dialectical analysis concerning the rational aspect of the art of nursing. Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 28, 169-175.
  • Johnson, J. L. (1996). The perceptual aspect of nursing art: Sources of accord and discord. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, 10, 307-322.
  • Johnson, J. L., Green, L. W., Frankish, C. J., Maclean, D. R., & Stachenko, S. (1996). A dissemination research agenda to strengthen health promotion and disease prevention. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 87(supp. 2), S5-S10.
  • Johnson, J. L., Ratner, P. A., & Bottorff, J. L. (1995). Urban-rural differences in the health-promoting behaviours of Albertans. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 86, 103-108.
  • Johnson, J. L., & Morse, J. M. (1990). Regaining control: The process of adjustment after myocardial infarction. Heart and Lung, 19, 126-135.
  • Johnson, J. L. (1991). Nursing science: Basic, applied or practical? Implications for the art of nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 14(1), 7-16. [Reprinted in: Johnson, J. L. (1996). Nursing science: Basic, applied or practical? Implications for the art of nursing. In J. W. Kenney (Ed.), Philosophical and theoretical perspectives for advanced nursing practice (pp. 101–109). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett
  • Johnson, J. L., Ratner, P. A., Bottorff, J. L., & Hayduk, L. A. (1993). An exploration of Pender's Health Promotion Model using LISREL. Nursing Research, 42, 132-128.
  • Johnson, J. L., Budz, B., Mackay, M., & Miller, C. (1999). Evaluation of a nurse-delivered smoking cessation intervention for hospitalized cardiac patients. Heart and Lung, 28, 55-64.
  • Johnson, J. L., Bottorff, J. L., Balneaves, L., Grewal, S., Bhagat, R., Hilton B. A., & Clarke, H. (1999). South Asian women’s views on the causes of breast cancer: Images and explanations. Patient Education and Counseling, 37, 243-254.

References
  1. "The University of British Columbia Curriculum Vitae for Faculty members – Joy Johnson" (PDF). Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. cmartin (September 27, 2012). "Dr Joy Johnson, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Gender and Health". ResearchMediaLtd. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. IGH Scientific Director: Dr. Joy Johnson Biography. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  4. University of British Columbia Official Webpage. "School of Nursing". Biography.2014-07-07.
  5. "Joy Johnson named SFU's new VP Research". SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations. February 11, 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. Roach, Melissa (February 24, 2014). "Joy Johnson will succeed Mario Pinto after two five-year terms in the position". The Peak. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  7. Carrigg, David (January 8, 2020). "Joy Johnson appointed new president of Simon Fraser University". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  8. UBC School of Nursing leading the way by considering sex and gender in research web, archived from the original on 2014-10-19
  9. SFU, Office of the Vice-President, Vice-President's Bio web
  10. "Killam Research Prize Winner (2006)". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  11. "Women of influence: Science and medicine". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  12. "Professor Dr. Joy Johnson Awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal". UBC Nursing News. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  13. "The RSC presents the Class of 2019". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  14. "Directory of Fellowships". Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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