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

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.

Johnson KB, Horn IB, Horvitz E.: Pursuing Equity With Artificial Intelligence in Health Care. JAMA Health Forum 6: e245031, Jan 2025.

Bright TJ, Bear Don't Walk Iv OJ, Johnson CE, Petersen C, Dykes PC, Martin KG, Johnson KB, Walters-Threat L, Craven CK, Lucero RJ, Jackson GP, Rizvi RF.: The journey to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive American Medical Informatics Association. J Am Med Inform Assoc 32: 3-8, Jan 2025.

Grundmeier RW, Johnson KB.: Harnessing Large Language Models: Advancing ADHD Care Quality, Fairness, and Transparency With AI. Pediatrics 155: e2024069094, Jan 2025.

Johnson KB, Iannone SL, Furth SL, Taylor L, Tan ASL.: Culturally Tailored Messages and Trial Registry Enrollment: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 7: e2444229, Nov 2024.

Wu Q, Pajor NM, Lu Y, Wolock CJ, Tong J, Lorman V, Johnson KB, Moore JH, Forrest CB, Asch DA, Chen Y.: A latent transfer learning method for estimating hospital-specific post-acute healthcare demands following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patterns (N Y) 5: 101079, Oct 2024.

Walsh CG, Wilimitis D, Chen Q, Wright A, Kolli J, Robinson K, Ripperger MA, Johnson KB, Carrell D, Desai RJ, Mosholder A, Dharmarajan S, Adimadhyam S, Fabbri D, Stojanovic D, Matheny ME, Bejan CA.: Scalable incident detection via natural language processing and probabilistic language models. Sci Rep 14: 23429, Oct 2024.

Levy DR, Withall J, Mishuris RG, Tiase V, Diamond CJ, Douthit B, Grabowska M, Lee R, Moy A, Sengstack P, Adler-Milstein J, Detmer DE, Johnson KB, Cimino JJ, Corley ST, Murphy J, Rosenbloom T, Cato K, Rossetti SC: Defining documentation burden (DocBurden) and excess DocBurden for all health professionals: A scoping review. Appl Clin Inform Aug 2024.

Matheny ME, Yang J, Smith JC, Walsh CG, Al-Garadi MA, Davis SE, Marsolo KA, Fabbri D, Reeves RR, Johnson KB, Dal Pan GJ, Ball R, Desai RJ: Enhancing Postmarketing Surveillance of Medical Products With Large Language Models. JAMA Netw Open 7: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.28276. PMID: 39150707. Aug 2024.