Faculty

Kevin B Johnson, M.D., M.S.

David L. Cohen University Professor

Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Graduate Group Affiliations

Genomics and Computational Biology

Contact information

University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
3700 Hamilton Walk
B202 Richards
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-573-5885

Email:
kevin.johnson1@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
B.S. (Honors, Biology)
Dickinson College, 1983.
M.D. (Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1987.
M.S. (Medical Informatics)
Stanford University, 1992.

Links
Kevin Johnson Lab

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Description of Research Expertise

Computationally-Enhanced Health Care
Digital health technology
Health and science communication
Biomedical Informatics
Engineering
Genomics
Computational Biology
Large Language Models
Applied Clinical Informatics
Machine Learning
Translational Research

Selected Publications

Iannone S, Kaur A, Johnson KB.: Artificial Intelligence in Outpatient Primary Care: A Scoping Review on Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions. J Gen Intern Med May 2026.

Johnson KB, Alasaly B, Jang KJ, Eaton E, Mopidevi S, Koppel R.: Observer: creation of a novel multimodal dataset for outpatient care research. J Am Med Inform Assoc 33: 424-433, Feb 2026.

Saleh SN, Johnson KB.: Development and application of desiderata for automated clinical ordering. J Am Med Inform Assoc 32: 1899-1907, Dec 2025.

Johnson KB, Simonian M, Adams LL, Schneider JH.: Toward Trustworthy Pediatric AI: A Call to Action From the National Academy of Medicine. Pediatrics 156: e2025073304, Nov 2025.

Johnson KB, Alasaly B, Jang KJ, Eaton E, Mopidevi S, Koppel R.: Observer: Creation of a Novel Multimodal Dataset for Outpatient Care Research. medRxiv Oct 2025.

Shah KP, Johnson KB.: The Ambient AI Scribe Revolution-Early Gains and Open Questions. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2534982, Oct 2025.

Jackman KM, Prichett L, Zeng Y, Nonyane BA, Johnson KB, Lehmann H, Trent M.: Patient portal accessing of sexually transmitted infection test results among adolescent and young adult patients. Sex Transm Dis 52: 559-562, Apr 2025.

Kaur A, Budko A, Liu K, Steitz BD, Johnson KB.: Primary Care Providers Acceptance of Generative AI Responses to Patient Portal Messages. Appl Clin Inform Mar 2025.

Duggan MJ, Gervase J, Schoenbaum A, Hanson W, Howell JT 3rd, Sheinberg M, Johnson KB.: Clinician Experiences With Ambient Scribe Technology to Assist With Documentation Burden and Efficiency. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2460637, Feb 2025.

Payne PRO, Johnson KB, Maddox TM, Embi PJ, Mandl KD, McGraw D, Saria S, Adams L.: Toward an artificial intelligence code of conduct for health and healthcare: implications for the biomedical informatics community. J Am Med Inform Assoc 32: 408-412, Feb 2025.