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1 KIMBERLY A. JOHNSON 9419 Hunters Pond Dr Tampa, FL EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin, Madison PhD, 2014 University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine - MBA, 2006 University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine - M.S. Counselor Education, 1988 Smith College, Northampton, Mass. - A.B. Biology, 1984 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Research Associate Professor: University of South Florida College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, Mental Health Law and Policy Department May present. Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, PI on research projects. Executive Director: International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction April 2018 present. First executive director of new international membership organization of university addiction training programs. Responsible for membership recruitment, membership services, annual conference and publications Director: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Authority Feb, 2016 Feb Manage a federal government agency with a staff of 100 and a two billion dollar budget. Responsible for articulating and executing federal policy on the treatment of substance use disorders. Deputy Director/Associate Scientist: Center for Health Enhancement System Studies, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September, 2008-February, Principal Investigator for research and training projects. Projects include investigating efficacy of mobile behavioral health technologies, investigating methods of disseminating evidence based practices and how organizations and individuals adopt new practices under funding from NIDA, NIAAA, NIMH, SAMHSA and AHRQ. Co-Director: National Coordinating Center ATTC, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October, February Managed national network of 15 training and technical assistance centers devoted to translating research into evidence based practice in the addiction treatment and recovery industry. Other activities include overseeing a national work force study and online learning management system. SAMHSA funded. Director: ACTION Campaign: NIATx, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October, September, Managed a national campaign to improve access to and retention in substance abuse treatment. RWJF and other foundation funding. Director: Maine State Office of Substance Abuse, Augusta, ME Worked with Governor's office and legislature to set public policy. Worked with local government and community providers to enact policy and develop programming. Worked on a variety of national policy issues in addiction with SAMHSA, BJA and others including model programming for criminal justice clients, women s treatment, and prevention of and access to treatment for prescription opiate abuse. Managed state grant funding, federal block grant and Medicaid for substance abuse service system. Executive Director: Crossroads for Women, Portland, ME Crossroads for Women provides residential, IOP, and outpatient treatment, and recovery housing for women. Oversaw a budget of $3 million and 30 staff providing services in two locations. The budget tripled during my tenure and added three programs. Experience with government contracts, grant writing, project development, staff development, and budget management. Program Director: YWCA, Lewiston, ME Director of YWCA Intervention Program which provided a variety of services to adolescents including substance abuse counseling, pregnancy and parenting services, homeless education program, family mediation,

2 and prevention programs. Provided statewide training to guidance counselors and school teachers on developing peer helper programs. Wrote and monitored federal, state and foundation grants. Project Coordinator: YWCA, Lewiston, ME Part-time coordinator of a substance abuse prevention program for high risk adolescents. Recruited and supervised a large group of volunteer parents and provided family counseling and parent education. Mental Health Counselor II: Tri-County Mental Health Services, Lewiston, ME Provided individual, family, and group counseling for children and families. PUBLICATIONS: Peer Reviewed Gustafson, DH, Boyle, MG, Johnson KA, et al. An E-Health Solution for People with Alcohol Problems. Alcohol Health and Research 33(4) Johnson K, Isham A, Shah DV, Gustafson DH. Potential Roles for New Communication Technologies in Treatment of Addiction. Curr Psychiatry Rep Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: NIHMSID: NIHMS Johnson K, Ford J, McClusky M Promoting new practices to increase access to and retention in addiction treatment: An analysis of five communication channels. Addictive Behaviors 37(11), Scott, Christy K., Johnson, K., and Dennis, M.. "Using Mobile Phone Technology to Provide Recovery Support for Women Offenders." Telemedicine and e-health (2013): McCarty, D., Croff, R., Chalk, M., Alanis-Hirsch, K., Kemp, J., Ford,J., Johnson, K & Schmidt, L. (2014). The medication research partnership. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 140, e139. Johnson, K. A. (2014). Mapping the Addiction Treatment Gap (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Wisconsin-Madison). Jackson, H., Mandell, K., Johnson, K., Chatterjee, D., & Vanness, D. J. (2015). Cost Effectiveness of Injectable Extended Release Naltrexone Compared to Methadone Maintenance and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Dependence. Substance Abuse, 2015, Vol.36(2), p Johnson, K., Quanbeck, A., Maus, A., Gustafson, D. H., & Dearing, J. W. (2015). Influence networks among substance abuse treatment clinics: implications for the dissemination of innovations. Translational Behavioral Medicine, Volume 5, Issue3, Page Johnson K, Gustafson D, Ewigman B, et al. Using Rapid-Cycle Research to Reach Goals: Awareness, Assessment, Adaptation, Acceleration. AHRQ Publication No Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Johnson, K., Richards, S., Chih, M. Y., Moon, T. J., Curtis, H., & Gustafson, D. H. (2016). A Pilot Test of a Mobile App for Drug Court Participants. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 10, 1. Lord, S., Moore, S. K., Ramsey, A., Dinauer, S., & Johnson, K. (2016). Implementation of a substance use recovery support mobile phone app in community settings: qualitative study of clinician and staff perspectives of facilitators and barriers. JMIR mental health, 3(2). Kresina, T. F., Kaplowitz, L., Ahadpour, M., & Johnson, K. (2016). Test and start for people living with HIV and who use drugs in low and middle income countries. HIV/AIDS Res Treat Open J, 3(1), Sacks, S., Gotham, H. J., Johnson, K., Padwa, H., Murphy, D. M., & Krom, L. (2016). Integrating substance use disorder and health care services in an era of health reform: models, interventions, and implementation strategies. American Journal of Medical Research, 3(1),

3 Alanis-Hirsch, K., Croff, R., Ford, J. H., Johnson, K., Chalk, M., Schmidt, L., & McCarty, D. (2016). Extended-release naltrexone: A qualitative analysis of barriers to routine use. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 62, Scott, C. K., Dennis, M. L., Gustafson, D., & Johnson, K. (2017). A pilot study of the feasibility and potential effectiveness of using smartphones to provide recovery support. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 171, e185. Muroff, J., Robinson, W., Chassler, D., López, L. M., Gaitan, E., Lundgren, L., Johnson, K. (2017). Use of a Smartphone Recovery Tool for Latinos with Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders and Mental Disorders. Journal of Dual Diagnosis,13(4) Compton, W. M., Han, B., Blanco, C., Johnson, K., & Jones, C. M. (2018). Prevalence and Correlates of Prescription Stimulant Use, Misuse, Use Disorders, and Motivations for Misuse Among Adults in the United States. American Journal of Psychiatry, appi-ajp. Blanco, C., Compton, W., Han, B., Jones, C., & Johnson, K. (2018). Prevalence and Correlates of Benzodiazepine Use, Misuse, and Use Disorders Among Adults in the US. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (Vol. 43, pp. S638-S638). Williams, Arthur Robin, Edward V. Nunes, Adam Bisaga, Harold A. Pincus, Kimberly A. Johnson, Aimee N. Campbell, Remien H. Remien et al. "Developing an opioid use disorder treatment cascade: A review of quality measures." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2018). Johnson, Kimberly, Jones, Chris, Compton, Wilson, Baldwin, Grant, Fan, Jennifer, Mermin, Jonathan, Bennett, Jean. Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis. Current HIV/AIDS Reports (2018) Book Chapters Ford J, Hoffman K, Johnson K. Chapter 31: Quality Improvement in Addiction Treatment in Principles of Addiction Medicine 5e Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014 Ford J, Hoffman K, Johnson K. Chapter 31: Quality Improvement in Addiction Treatment in Essentials of Addiction Medicine 5e Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015 Books Gustafson D, Johnson K. The NIATx Model: Process Improvement in Behavioral Health, University of Wisconsin, 2011 Field Reviewer SAMHSA TIP 42: Substance Abuse Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Disorders SAMHSA TIP 43: Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction in Opioid Treatment Programs PRESENTATIONS (sample): Addiction Health Services Research Conference, 10/19/17, Keynote: Increasing Access, Improving Quality and Reducing Disparities International Consortium of Universities on Drug Demand Reduction, Charles University, Prague Czech Republic, 6/21/17, Creating a Global Addiction Services Workforce McLean/Harvard Medical School Conference, 5/5/17, Keynote: What is High Quality Treatment for Substance Use Disorders? National Council for Behavioral Health National Conference, 4/5/17, Keynote: Quality and Access: Giving Hope and Changing Lives American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Disorders Conference 11/1/16, Keynote: Saving Lives: Access to Improved Health and Recovery New England School of Addiction Studies Best Practices Institute, 8/29/16, Keynote: Best Practices: Applying Science and Leveraging Experience for Better Health

4 Office of National Coordinator Annual Meeting, 6/1/16, Behavioral Health and Health IT: A look at adoption, information exchange, and integration across settings and provider types NIDA CTN Annual Meeting, 4/12/16, Keynote: Partnering for Better Health St. Petersburg, Russia Federation, June, 2014, Development of a Mobile Application for Addiction Recovery Support M-Health Summit Dec 2011, If We Build It Will They Come: Pilot Testing a Cell Phone Recovery Support Application with Drug Court Participants National Conference on Addiction Disorders 9/8/10, State and Provider Performance Improvement Models NIDA/NASADAD Blending Conference, June, 2006, Evidenced Based Practices in Maine SELECTED RESEARCH AWARDS: 5R01 DA (PI: Christy Scott) 05/02/14 05/01/19 NIH/NIDA Subcontract to Chestnut Health Systems Using smart phones to provide recovery support services. Role: Co-investigator TI (PI: Johnson) 09/30/12-09/29/17 Addiction Technology Transfer Center National Office. Role: PI 1 RC4 DA (CO-PIs: Gustafson and Johnson) 09/30/10-09/29/13 NIH/NIDA ARRA: Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research. Role: PI 1 P50 HS (PI: Gustafson) 06/01/11-05/31/16 AHRQ Bringing Communities and Technology Together for Healthy Aging. Role: Project Leader 1 R01 DA (PI: McCarty) 07/01/11-06/29/15 NIH/NIDA/OHSU Integrating Addiction Treatment and Medical Care in a Commercial Health Plan (subcontract to Oregon Health & Science University) Role: Subcontract Co-Investigator HHSS I (PI: Molfenter) 07/06/09-11/05/13 SAMHSA/JBS Clinical Technical Assistance Role: Co- Investigator HHSP P (PI: Johnson) 09/20/10-09/19/11 SAMHSA NIATx Process Improvement: Pilot of Smart Phone Application Role: PI HHSP P (PI: Johnson) 09/01/10-08/30/11 SAMHSA ACTION Campaign II: Financial Strength in A Changing World Implementing Health Reform Role: PI (PIs: Gustafson and Molfenter) 02/15/07-07/31/11 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Establishing a National Resource Center on Quality in Addiction Treatment Role: Co-Investigator AWARDS RECEIVED: 2003: Federal DHHS Commissioner s Award for Child Welfare Efforts in Maine 2005: Maine Women s Addiction Treatment Council Annual Recognition 2006: American Association for Addiction Treatment: Friend of the Field 2007: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors: Recognition for Service to the field of Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention 2010: American Public Health Association, Community Based Leadership Award in the field of Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment BOARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Vice President of Internal Affairs: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, 2007 Treasurer: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, 2005, 2007 President: Maine Association of Substance Abuse Programs

5 Chair: Maine Women s Lobby Secretary: Maine Women s Lobby Board Member, Executive Council: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

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