Sheri Johnson, Ph.D

Director, Population Health Institute; Principal Investigator, County Health Rankings and Roadmaps; Professor (CHS), Department of Population Health Sciences; University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Johnson is a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement and a board member of Frameworks Institute. Her career has been dedicated to partnering with children, families, community organizations and systems to advance health and well-being. Dr. Johnson provided training for Milwaukee Area Health Education Center CHW program participants and has written about the value of CHW’s in primary healthcare. She was previously Director of Behavioral Health at Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., a federally qualified health center and served as the Administrator and State Health Officer for the Wisconsin Division of Public Health. She is a volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee.

Areas of expertise: community engagement, health equity, children’s health, SDOH