Patricia J. Johnson
Patricia Johnson | |
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| Born | Patricia Jean Johnson 20th century |
| Alma mater | Murray State University (BS) University of Michigan (PhD) |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles Rockefeller University Netherlands Cancer Institute |
| Thesis | A molecular comparison of actin genes in sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, S. purpuratus, and Lytechinus pictus) (1984) |
| Website | bioscience |
Patricia Jean Johnson (born 20th century) is an American microbiologist.
She is a Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She works on the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis, which is responsible for trichomoniasis – one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the United States.
Johnson was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2019.