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Rolanda L. Johnson, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing
rolanda.johnson@vanderbilt.edu

 

Current Research Interests

  • Health promotion of African-Americans
  • Black racial identity
  • Genetics & Obesity

 

Current Research/Scholarly Projects

2010 - present

Pharmacy Needs Assessment Research Project in a local Nashville community.

Principal Investigator : Tom Cook, PhD, RN

 

Representative Publications

Cook, T. & Johnson, R.  (In Process).  Perceived Pharmacy Needs of a Low Income Community.


Barlett, V. & Johnson, R.  (2009).  God and Genes in the Caring Professions: Clinician and Clergy Attitudes Towards Religion and Genetics.  American Journal of Medical Genetics, 151C, 41-51.


Johnson, R., Williams, S., & Spruill, I. (2006).  Genomics to health:  Nutrition, obesity and diabetes.  *Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 38(1), 1-8.


Frazier, L., Johnson, R., & Sparks, E. (2005).  Genomics to health: Cardiovascular conditions.  *Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 37(4),315-321.

(* indicates refereed)