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
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
Neighborhood social vulnerability as a mediator of racial disparities in insomnia severity. Sleep health	P Cheng, MB Jennings, D Kalmbach, DA Johnson, S Habash, MD Casement, C Drake	10/29/2024
Daylight saving time harms health and increases inequalities. BMJ (Clinical research ed.)	KG Johnson, L Hale, DA Johnson, BA Malow	10/24/2024
Interactions among neighborhood conditions, sleep quality, and episodic memory across the adult lifespan. Ethnicity & health	E Hokett, P Lao, J Avila-Rieger, IC Turney, PB Adkins-Jackson, DA Johnson, P Davidson, R Chen, A Shechter, RS Osorio, AM Brickman, P Palta, JJ Manly	10/01/2024
Associations of Everyday Discrimination With Insomnia and Short Sleep Duration Among Older Women. Journal of the American Heart Association	DA Johnson, L Ward, LB Ortiz, J Butler, N Slopen, S Redline, JE Buring, DR Williams, MA Albert	10/01/2024
Sleep as a contributor to socioeconomic disparities in hypertension: The Midlife in the United States (MIDUS II) Study. Sleep	JK Aqua, O Barnum, DA Johnson	09/09/2024
Neighborhood Deprivation and Breast Cancer Mortality Among Black and White Women. JAMA network open	LE Barber, ML Maliniak, L Moubadder, DA Johnson, JM Miller-Kleinhenz, JM Switchenko, KC Ward, LE McCullough	06/03/2024
Disparities in sleep care and cardiovascular outcomes: defining the problem and implementing solutions. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	WJ Healy, DA Johnson, X Liu, G Jean-Louis, Y Kwon	06/01/2024
The association between Superwoman schema and subjective sleep quality among Black women. Sleep health	CL Erving, RA Zajdel, KM Blevins, ND Fields, ZT Martin, II McKinnon, R Parker, RJ Murden, S Udaipuria, S Swanson, B Booker, T Burey, V Vaccarino, RH Moore, DA Johnson, TT Lewis	06/01/2024
Financial Hardship and Sleep Quality Among Black American Women With and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Psychosomatic medicine	K Abdallah, S Udaipuria, R Murden, II McKinnon, CL Erving, N Fields, R Moore, B Booker, T Burey, C Dunlop-Thomas, C Drenkard, DA Johnson, V Vaccarino, SS Lim, TT Lewis	05/01/2024
Perceived childhood neighborhood safety and sleep health during childhood and adulthood among a cohort of African American women. Sleep medicine	SA Gaston, DM Alhasan, DA Johnson, L Hale, QE Harmon, DD Baird, CL Jackson	05/01/2024
Eyes Wide Open: Sleep as a Potential Contributor to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cancer. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology	LE Barber, LE McCullough, DA Johnson	04/03/2024
Restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movements of sleep, and subclinical cardiovascular disease. Sleep and biological rhythms	KJ Hochstrasser, SC Rogers, A Quyyumi, D Johnson, V Pak, AJ Shah, DB Rye, LM Trotti	04/01/2024
Sleep Apnea and Incident Stroke in a National Cohort of Black and White Adults. Neurology	R Robbins, Y Yuan, DA Johnson, DL Long, J Molano, D Kleindorfer, ME Petrov, VJ Howard	03/26/2024
Neighborhoods: place-based opportunities for advancing sleep health. Sleep	DA Johnson	02/08/2024
Discrimination Predicts Suboptimal Adherence to CPAP Treatment and Mediates Black-White Differences in Use. Chest	DM Wallace, AB Grant, Z Belisova-Gyure, M Ebben, OM Bubu, DA Johnson, G Jean-Louis, NJ Williams	02/01/2024
Addressing sleep deserts: A proposed call for action. Sleep health	H Attarian, GL Dunietz, R Gavidia-Romero, E Jansen, DA Johnson, A Kelman, K Knutson	02/01/2024
Racial/ethnic and sex differences in the association between light at night and actigraphy-measured sleep duration in adults: NHANES 2011-2014. Sleep health	DA Johnson, DA Wallace, L Ward	02/01/2024
Neighborhood and Household Environment as Contributors to Racial Disparities in Sleep Duration among U.S. Adolescents. Sleep epidemiology	R Saelee, R Haardörfer, DA Johnson, JA Gazmararian, SF Suglia	12/01/2023
Attitudes and beliefs about sleep health among a racially and ethnically diverse sample of overweight/obese adults. Sleep health	LCM Johnson, L Bosque, A Jagtiani, LE Barber, UP Gujral, DA Johnson	12/01/2023
Corrigendum to "Is exposure to chemical pollutants associated with sleep outcomes? A systematic review" [Sleep Med Rev 70 (2023) 101805]. Sleep medicine reviews	DA Wallace, JP Gallagher, SR Peterson, S Gueye-Ndiaye, K Fox, S Redline, DA Johnson	12/01/2023
Rest-activity rhythms across the lifespan: cross-sectional findings from the US representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Sleep	DA Wallace, DA Johnson, S Redline, T Sofer, J Kossowsky	11/08/2023
The perceived neighborhood walking environment and self-reported sleep health in a nationally representative sample of the United States. Health & place	D Adjaye-Gbewonyo, AE Ng, CL Jackson, DA Johnson	09/01/2023
Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Chronic Disease. Preventing chronic disease	AR Ramos, AG Wheaton, DA Johnson	08/31/2023
Is exposure to chemical pollutants associated with sleep outcomes? A systematic review. Sleep medicine reviews	DA Wallace, JP Gallagher, SR Peterson, S Ndiaye-Gueye, K Fox, S Redline, DA Johnson	08/01/2023
Pediatric sleep: current knowledge, gaps, and opportunities for the future. Sleep	AM Reynolds, AM Spaeth, L Hale, AA Williamson, MK LeBourgeois, SD Wong, LE Hartstein, JC Levenson, M Kwon, CN Hart, A Greer, CE Richardson, M Gradisar, MA Clementi, SL Simon, LM Reuter-Yuill, DL Picchietti, S Wild, L Tarokh, K Sexton-Radek, BA Malow, KP Lenker, SL Calhoun, DA Johnson, D Lewin, MA Carskadon	07/11/2023
Racial/ethnic differences in the beneficial effect of social support on sleep duration. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	DA Johnson, R Prakash-Asrani, BD Lewis, DL Bliwise, TT Lewis	07/01/2023
Undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea increases risk of hospitalization among a racially diverse group of older adults with comorbid cardiovascular disease. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	J Kirk, EM Wickwire, VK Somers, DA Johnson, JS Albrecht	07/01/2023
A systematic review of acculturation and sleep health among adult immigrants in the United States. Sleep health	JK Aqua, K White, DA Johnson	06/01/2023
Feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of a mobile mindfulness meditation intervention to improve sleep quality among a racially/ethnically diverse population. Sleep health	LCM Johnson, JJ Aiello, A Jagtiani, KN Moore, L Barber, UP Gujral, DA Johnson	04/01/2023
The association of stress and work hours with sleep duration and insomnia symptoms among U.S.-born and Foreign-born Black adults. Sleep health	RS Labaran, S Johnson, DA Johnson	02/01/2023
Racial/Ethnic and Sex/Gender Differences in Sleep Duration Trajectories From Adolescence to Adulthood in a US National Sample. American journal of epidemiology	R Saelee, R Haardörfer, DA Johnson, JA Gazmararian, SF Suglia	01/06/2023
Understanding the determinants of circadian health disparities and cardiovascular disease. Chronobiology international	DA Johnson, P Cheng, M FarrHenderson, K Knutson	01/01/2023
Editorial: Influence of sleep and recurrent circadian disruption on cardiometabolic health, wellbeing, and safety: from shiftwork to Monday mornings. Frontiers in endocrinology	P Cheng, D Fischer, DA Johnson, AW McHill	01/01/2023
The Association of Sleep Duration with Grade Point Averages and Absences Among 9^th Graders in Georgia, USA. Journal of applied developmental psychology	ZS Quader, HM Teferi, C Bryan, R Weingart, GM Mathew, L Hale, DA Johnson, JA Gazmararian	01/01/2023
Extreme racism-related events and poor sleep in African-American women. Social science & medicine (1982)	II McKinnon, DA Johnson, RJ Murden, CL Erving, R Parker, ME Van Dyke, V Vaccarino, B Booker, RH Moore, TT Lewis	01/01/2023
Discrimination is associated with poor sleep quality in pregnant Black American women. Sleep medicine	MF Cohen, EJ Corwin, DA Johnson, AD Amore, AL Brown, NR Barbee, PA Brennan, AL Dunlop	12/01/2022
Identification of a SGCD × Discrimination Interaction Effect on Systolic Blood Pressure in African American Adults in the Jackson Heart Study. American journal of hypertension	CJ Hsiao, L Dumeny, AP Bress, DA Johnson, D Shimbo, LH Cavallari, CJ Mulligan	11/02/2022
Understanding the role of structural racism in sleep disparities: a call to action and methodological considerations. Sleep	DA Johnson, B Reiss, P Cheng, CL Jackson	10/10/2022
Extreme racism-related events and poor sleep in African-American women. Social science & medicine (1982)	II McKinnon, DA Johnson, RJ Murden, CL Erving, R Parker, ME Van Dyke, V Vaccarino, B Booker, RH Moore, TT Lewis	10/01/2022
The temporal relationships between sleep disturbance and autonomic dysregulation: A co-twin control study. International journal of cardiology	M Huang, DL Bliwise, A Shah, DA Johnson, GD Clifford, MH Hall, RT Krafty, J Goldberg, R Sloan, YA Ko, G Da Poian, EA Perez-Alday, N Murrah, OM Levantsevych, L Shallenberger, R Abdulbaki, V Vaccarino	09/01/2022
Sleep deserts: a key determinant of sleep inequities. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	H Attarian, M Mallampalli, D Johnson	08/01/2022
Associations of Chronic Burden, Sleep Characteristics, and Metabolic Syndrome in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Psychosomatic medicine	DA Johnson, K Knutson, LA Colangelo, L Hale, S Redline, M Carnethon, KN Kershaw	07/01/2022
The Need for Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Research to Understand and Intervene on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Clinics in chest medicine	DA Johnson, C Ohanele, C Alcántara, CL Jackson	06/01/2022
Committed to equity: New collection aims to understand disparities in sleep research. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	NA Collop, LM DelRosso, DA Johnson	06/01/2022
COVID-19 hardships and self-reported sleep quality among American adults in March and April 2020: Results from a nationally representative panel study. Sleep health	RJ Cobb, CM Sheehan, AW Nguyen, D Johnson	06/01/2022
Association of Depressive Symptoms with Sleep Disturbance: A Co-twin Control Study. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine	M Huang, DL Bliwise, MH Hall, DA Johnson, RP Sloan, A Shah, J Goldberg, YA Ko, N Murrah, OM Levantsevych, L Shallenberger, R Abdulbagki, JD Bremner, V Vaccarino	03/01/2022
Sleepless in COVID-19: racial disparities during the pandemic as a consequence of structural inequity. Sleep	P Cheng, MD Casement, R Cuellar, DA Johnson, D Kalmbach, A Cuamatzi Castelan, CL Drake	01/11/2022
Relationships between neighborhood social stressors and sleep among Jackson Heart Study participants: mediation through physical activity and psychosocial stressors. Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society	K Tamura, DA Johnson, SJ Neally, M Sims, TM Powell-Wiley	01/01/2022
Associations between everyday discrimination and sleep quality and duration among African-Americans over time in the Jackson Heart Study. Sleep	DA Johnson, TT Lewis, N Guo, CL Jackson, M Sims, JG Wilson, AV Diez Roux, DR Williams, S Redline	12/10/2021
Perceived home sleep environment: associations of household-level factors and in-bed behaviors with actigraphy-based sleep duration and continuity in the Jackson Heart Sleep Study. Sleep	DA Johnson, CL Jackson, N Guo, T Sofer, F Laden, S Redline	11/12/2021
Moving beyond the "model minority" myth to understand sleep health disparities in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	P Cheng, DA Johnson	10/01/2021
A Longitudinal Evaluation of Goal-Striving Stress and Sleep Duration Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. Psychosomatic medicine	LR Cain-Shields, DA Johnson, L Glover, M Sims	10/01/2021
Cognition and 20-year subsequent sleep disturbances. Sleep health	NA West, DA Johnson, PL Lutsey, TH Mosley, S Redline	10/01/2021
Nocturnal and Morning Wakefulness Are Differentially Associated With Suicidal Ideation in a Nationally Representative Sample. The Journal of clinical psychiatry	AS Tubbs, FX Fernandez, DA Johnson, ML Perlis, MA Grandner	09/21/2021
Racial-ethnic Differences in Actigraphy, Questionnaire, and Polysomnography Indicators of Healthy Sleep: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. American journal of epidemiology	J Chung, M Goodman, T Huang, ML Wallace, DA Johnson, S Bertisch, S Redline	09/09/2021
Disparities in Sleep Health and Potential Intervention Models: A Focused Review. Chest	ME Billings, RT Cohen, CM Baldwin, DA Johnson, BN Palen, S Parthasarathy, SR Patel, M Russell, IE Tapia, AA Williamson, S Sharma	03/01/2021
Participant-level characteristics differ by recruitment setting when evaluating a behavioral intervention targeting adolescents with asthma. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma	CLM Joseph, P Mahajan, S Buzzelli-Stokes, G Jacobsen, DA Johnson, E Duffy, R Williams, S Havstad, E Zoratti, DR Ownby, CC Johnson, M Lu	03/01/2021
Macro and micro sleep architecture and cognitive performance in older adults. Nature human behaviour	I Djonlagic, S Mariani, AL Fitzpatrick, VMGTH Van Der Klei, DA Johnson, AC Wood, T Seeman, HT Nguyen, MJ Prerau, JA Luchsinger, JM Dzierzewski, SR Rapp, GJ Tranah, K Yaffe, KE Burdick, KL Stone, S Redline, SM Purcell	01/01/2021
Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Nighttime Blood Pressure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. American journal of hypertension	SJ Thomas, DA Johnson, N Guo, M Abdalla, JN Booth, TM Spruill, CL Jackson, Y Yano, M Sims, D Calhoun, P Muntner, S Redline	10/21/2020
Response to Society for Epidemiologic Research Diversity and Inclusion Survey Commentaries. American journal of epidemiology	EA DeVilbiss, J Weuve, DS Fink, OA Arah, JG Radoc, GD Datta, DS Lopez, DA Johnson, CC Branas, EF Schisterman	10/01/2020
The Society for Epidemiologic Research and the Future of Diversity and Inclusion in Epidemiology. American journal of epidemiology	SE Gilman, OA Arah, LM Bates, CC Branas, YC Cozier, GD Datta, EA DeVilbiss, DS Fink, A Hajat, DA Johnson, DS Lopez, MD Morris, J Weuve, NN Abuelezam	10/01/2020
Racial discrimination as a mediator of racial disparities in insomnia disorder. Sleep health	P Cheng, R Cuellar, DA Johnson, DA Kalmbach, CL Joseph, A Cuamatzi Castelan, C Sagong, MD Casement, CL Drake	10/01/2020
Racial disparities in sleep disturbances among patients with and without coronary artery disease: The role of clinical and socioeconomic factors. Sleep health	K Moazzami, A Young, S Sullivan, JH Kim, M Garcia, DA Johnson, TT Lewis, AJ Shah, JD Bremner, AA Quyyumi, V Vaccarino	10/01/2020
Sleep disparities in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the urgent need to address social determinants of health like the virus of racism. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	CL Jackson, DA Johnson	08/15/2020
A sleep apnea prediction model developed for African Americans: the Jackson Heart Sleep Study. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine	DA Johnson, T Sofer, N Guo, J Wilson, S Redline	07/15/2020
A Scoping Review of Capacity-Building Efforts to Address Environmental Justice Concerns. International journal of environmental research and public health	DHZ Williamson, EX Yu, CM Hunter, JA Kaufman, K Komro, NO Jelks, DA Johnson, MO Gribble, MC Kegler	05/26/2020
Physical and Social Environment Relationship With Sleep Health and Disorders. Chest	ME Billings, L Hale, DA Johnson	05/01/2020
Concordance between self-reported and actigraphy-assessed sleep duration among African-American adults: findings from the Jackson Heart Sleep Study. Sleep	CL Jackson, JB Ward, DA Johnson, M Sims, J Wilson, S Redline	03/12/2020
The association of goal-striving stress with sleep duration and sleep quality among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. Sleep health	LR Cain-Shields, DA Johnson, L Glover, M Sims	02/01/2020
Assessing Representation and Perceived Inclusion among Members in the Society for Epidemiologic Research. American journal of epidemiology	EA DeVilbiss, J Weuve, DS Fink, MD Morris, OA Arah, JG Radoc, GD Datta, NN Abuelezam, DS Lopez, DA Johnson, CC Branas, EF Schisterman	01/07/2020
Evening intake of alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine: night-to-night associations with sleep duration and continuity among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Sleep Study. Sleep	CE Spadola, N Guo, DA Johnson, T Sofer, SM Bertisch, CL Jackson, M Rueschman, MA Mittleman, JG Wilson, S Redline	10/21/2019
Phase II trial of web-based tailored asthma management intervention in adolescents at clinics. Contemporary clinical trials	M Lu, T Zhang, DR Ownby, E Zoratti, DA Johnson, R William, C Miree, CLM Joseph	07/01/2019
Evaluation of Allostatic Load as a Mediator of Sleep and Kidney Outcomes in Black Americans. Kidney international reports	J Lunyera, CA Davenport, CL Jackson, DA Johnson, NA Bhavsar, M Sims, JJ Scialla, JW Stanifer, J Pendergast, CJ McMullan, AC Ricardo, LE Boulware, CJ Diamantidis	03/01/2019
Are sleep patterns influenced by race/ethnicity - a marker of relative advantage or disadvantage? Evidence to date. Nature and science of sleep	DA Johnson, CL Jackson, NJ Williams, C Alcántara	01/01/2019

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.