UF College of Health Professions faculty member receives VA research award

Christopher Johnson, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida College of Health Professions’ department of health services administration, is a recipient of a national Department of Veterans Affairs research award.

The Health Services Research and Development Service Merit Review Entry Program is a career development award designed to provide nonclinical health-services researchers with an opportunity to participate in concentrated mentoring and research activities. The award funds Johnson’s salary for three years as a health researcher within the Rehabilitation Outcomes Center of Excellence at Gainesville’s Malcom Randall VA Medical Center. Award recipients were selected based on the quality of their prior research and their career and research plans. An expert in the study of how organizations impact patient outcomes in medical group practices and nursing homes, Johnson will research rehabilitation outcomes of veterans in nursing homes.