Dr. Johnson is the Director for the University of Utah Institutional Review Board and Human Research Protection Program, as well as an adjunct faculty member in the University of Utah College of Nursing. She specializes in research ethics and is an expert in human subjects research regulations and requirements. She has been a leader in establishing a single IRB process for the University of Utah, as well as the Trial Innovation Network funded by the U.S. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. She is an active member of the research community, not only reviewing and auditing proposals for the IRB, but also having conducted research in the fields of public health and research ethics. She has taught undergraduate- and graduate-level courses and is instrumental in continuing research education for the University of Utah. She also serves as a site visitor for the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs.