Amber Johnson, Ph.D., MPH

Department of Health Sciences

California State University, Long Beach

Dr. Amber Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at CSULB. Her research focuses on the social epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. (Research Website)

Dr. Johnson and the PRO-Health Research Program have collaborated on the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Project / Proyecto Mamás Saludables, Bebés Saludables which examined laboratory-based cortisol reactivity profiles among ethnic minority, pregnant women. We also collaborated on a Racism & Stress Reactivity Project investigating the role of racism and shame on the cortisol profiles of African-American women.