Suzanne Bennett Johnson for APA President

Listed below is a brief overview of some of Dr. Johnson’s experience in particular areas relevant to the APA presidency: leadership, practice, science, education, division and  state association activities, international, and public policy. For a complete listing of credentials and accomplishments, please see her vita.

Leadership Experience

            Medical School Department Chair

            APA Board of Directors

            Division 38 President

Practice Experience

            Licensed Psychologist, Florida

            ABPP in Clinical Health Psychology

            APA Board of Professional Affairs: 1998-2000 (Chair: 2000)

Science Experience

            30+ history as NIH Principal Investigator

            Recipient of over $7 million dollars (direct costs) in research grants

            APA Board of Scientific Affairs: 2002-2004 (Chair 2003, 2004)

            US National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences: 2003-2008 (Co-Chair: 2006; Chair: 2007-2008)

            American Diabetes Association Behavioral Medicine and Psychology Lectureship for Distinguished Contributions, 2007

Education Experience

            Chaired 56 completed master’s theses and doctoral dissertations

            William R. Jones Most Valuable Mentor Award, McKnight Foundation, 1997

            Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award, Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology), 2002

Florida State Psychological Association Experience

            American Psychological Association Council Representative, 1990-96

            Outstanding Research Award, 1989

            Distinguished Service Award, North Central Florida Chapter, 2000

Division Experience

            Society of Pediatric Psychology (now Division 54): President: 1993

            Division 38 (Health Psychology): President: 1994-1995; APA Council Rep: 2006-2009; Distinguished Service Award 2007

           APA Interdivisional Health Committee: 1996-2002; 2006-2009

International

           Co-chair, psychological studies committee for NIH’s international study on The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY)

          Chaired National Academy of Sciences Workshop report on International Collaborations in Social and Behavioral Research

          Member, International Union of Science’s Planning Group on Health and Well-being in the Changing Urban Environment

Health Policy/Advocacy Experience

          Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton (2001-2002)

          Lifepan Respite Care Act of 2006  – Dr. Johnson wrote this bill as a Fellow; it became law in 2006