Hemostasis and Platelet Biology

Research in the Laboratory for Hemostasis and Platelet Biology, led by Dr. Andrew Johnson, focuses on understanding genetic and genomic underpinnings of this individual variability in therapeutically targeted CVD pathways.

Johnson

Meet the Team

Johnson

Andrew Johnson, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator

Andrew Johnson earned a B.S. in vertebrate physiology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1998. He subsequently worked on gene regulatory research in C. elegans and neuroelectrophysiology in rodents before entering graduate school in 2003. He earned a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from Ohio State University in 2007 with dual emphases in bioinformatics and pharmacogenomics. He came to the NIH for post-doctoral training in 2007, became a tenure track investigator in 2012 and was promoted to a tenured Senior Investigator in 2019. Dr. Johnson has been nominated for and received numerous awards including the NHLBI Lenfant Fellowship, the NHLBI Orloff Science Award, the CHARGE Consortium Early Career Investigator Award and Genome Technology’s Young Investigator Award, and was elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association. He has published more than 210 papers and has served as a reviewer for more than 65 journals. His full publication record is found on NCBI. Dr. Johnson has served on numerous committees of the Framingham Heart Study, the American Heart Association, and the International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis. He currently chairs the NHLBI TOPMed Hematology and Hemostasis Working Group and the Framingham Heart Study Genetic Steering Committee. He is also a member of the American Society for Human Genetics, the International Society for Computational Biology and the International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

Alumni

Benjamin A.T. Rodriguez, Ph.D.

IRTA Fellow
2017 - 2019
Benjamin A.T. Rodriguez, Ph.D. is currently a Senior Data Scientist at Valo Health.

John D. Eicher, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2017
John D. Eicher, Ph.D. is currently a Scientific Leader at Glaxo Smith Kline.

Ci Song, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2018
Ci Song, Ph.D. is currently a Manager at Acetelion Pharmaceuticals, J&J.

Jennifer Huffman, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
2016 - 2017
Jennifer Huffman, Ph.D. is currently a Research Scientist at VA Boston Healthcare System.

Zoe Schneider

Postbaccalaureate Fellow
2018 - 2019
Zoe Schneider is currently a MPH Student at Rollins School of Public Health.

Joe Grech

Postbaccalaureate Fellow
2019 - 2021
Joe Grech is currently a MD student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.