Mallory Johnson, PhD is Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, was trained in clinical health psychology with an emphasis on HIV infection. His area of research focus is coping with HIV infection and managing HIV treatments. He has been PI on NIH funded R03, K08, R21, and R01 grants to explore psychosocial factors and HIV.

Of particular relevance is an ongoing randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with men and women experiencing side effects from antiretroviral therapy for HIV disease. Dr. Johnson is also a California licensed psychologist.