In addition to a distinguished career in research and teaching, Johnson-Thompson has demonstrated a longstanding and vigorous commitment to the advancement of women in science. At the University of the District of Columbia, where she was a valued member of the faculty for two decades, she chaired the Women's Advisory Committee. She is a founding member and former national chair of the National Network of Minority Women in Science (MWIS). She was an active member of the National Network of Minority Women in Science Advisory Panel of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering of the National Science Foundation.
Since joining NIEHS in 1992, Johnson-Thompson has continued to be a role model and advocate for women, initiating mentoring programs aimed at postdoctoral fellows and junior scientists. She organized numerous outreach initiatives to increase the recruitment of women and minorities at NIEHS and throughout NIH. One tribute to her longstanding commitment to mentoring was recognized recently when students of the nationally acclaimed Meyerhoff Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, named her 2001 Meyerhoff Mentor of the Year.
An extraordinarily active member of ASM, Johnson-Thompson has provided com
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Contact: Barbara Hyde
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American Society for Microbiology
30-Apr-2004