Dayna Johnson-Morgan, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Email Address

dayna.johnson@emory.edu

Biography

Dayna Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health.

Dr. Johnson is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at Winship Cancer Institute.

Education

Dr. Johnson earned both her Master of Public Health and Master of Social Work degree from University of Michigan in 2007. She then went on to earn her Masters degree in Epidemiologic Science, 2010, and PhD in Epidemiologic Science, 2014, from the University of Michigan. Dr. Johnson completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Sleep and Circadian Disorders, 2017.

Titles & Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Research

Dr. Johnson's research is aimed at understanding the root causes of sleep health disparities and their impact on chronic diseases by 1) addressing the social and environmental determinants of sleep disorders and insufficient sleep; and 2) investigating the influence of modifiable factors such as sleep disorders and disturbances on disparities in health outcomes. More specifically, her research further explicates the social contributors to racial/ethnic and gender disparities in sleep by quantifying the contribution of social, household-level and neighborhood-level factors with objective and well-validated subjective measures of insufficient sleep. She is particularly interested in investigating sleep quality in childhood patients, survivors, and their care takers.

Publications

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Museum-Based Sleep Education: Development and Evaluation of Pop-Up Exhibits for Children and Families. Sleep	MK Scullin, C LeBlanc, AJ Cruz, A Love, K Reid, K Gray, E King, DA Johnson, L Hale, L Bush, C Walter	04/17/2025
Understanding sleep health in Black American adults: A qualitative analysis of barriers, facilitators, and perspectives on sleep interventions. Sleep health	LE Barber, D Smith-Ireland, B Enun, DA Johnson	04/01/2025
Exploring Features of the Physical Environment as Contributors to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sleep Duration and Efficiency among Older Adults. Sleep	DA Johnson, L Ward, K Medearis, K Moore, S Redline	03/20/2025
Positive airway pressure therapy and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in people with obstructive sleep apnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and confounder-adjusted, non-randomised controlled studies. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine	AV Benjafield, JL Pepin, PA Cistulli, A Wimms, F Lavergne, FH Sert Kuniyoshi, SH Munson, B Schuler, S Reddy Badikol, KC Wolfe, L Willes, C Kelly, T Kendzerska, DA Johnson, R Heinzer, CH Lee, A Malhotra	03/18/2025
Racial and ethnic disparities in the perceived neighborhood walking environment and self-reported sleep health: A nationally representative sample of the United States. Sleep health	D Adjaye-Gbewonyo, AE Ng, DA Johnson, CL Jackson	03/11/2025
Racial and Socioeconomic Differences in Sleep Duration Trajectories and Mortality Risk. JAMA network open	DA Johnson	02/03/2025
Diversity, equity, and inclusion: Findings from the Sleep Research Society. Sleep health	DA Johnson, DM Rojo-Wissar, ST Nguyen-Rodriguez, A Eban-Rothschild, RE Burns, C Weiss, MA Cramer Bornemann, M Komolafe, N Goel	12/01/2024
The Need for Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Research to Understand and Intervene on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep medicine clinics	DA Johnson, C Ohanele, C Alcántara, CL Jackson	12/01/2024
Sleep health inequities in vulnerable populations: Beyond sleep deserts. Sleep medicine: X	Z Al-Khalil, H Attarian, GL Dunietz, R Gavidia Romero, K Knutson, DA Johnson	12/01/2024
The Great Controversy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment for Cardiovascular Risk Benefit: Advancing the Science Through Expert Consensus. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society	O Cohen, V Kundel, F Barbé, Y Peker, D McEvoy, M Sánchez-de-la-Torre, DJ Gottlieb, TD Bradley, M Suárez-Fariñas, A Zinchuk, A Azarbarzin, A Malhotra, H Schotland, D Gozal, S Jelic, AR Ramos, JL Martin, S Pamidi, DA Johnson, R Mehra, VK Somers, CM Hoyos, CL Jackson, C Alcantara, ME Billings, DL Bhatt, SR Patel, S Redline, HK Yaggi, NA Shah	11/08/2024

Awards

Dr. Johnson received the NIH Loan Repayment Health Disparities Award in 2018 and the Chair’s Research Award from the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School in 2017.