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Katherine Mary Johnson MD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentObstetrics and Gynecology
AddressUMass Memorial Medical Center
119 Belmont St, JB2.005
Worcester MA 01605
Phone508-334-9189
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentObstetrics and Gynecology
    DivisionMaternal-Fetal Medicine


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    Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesBS
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United StatesMD

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    1. Johnson KM, Marley MG, Drizyte-Miller K, Chen J, Cao H, Mostafa N, Schott MB, McNiven MA, Razidlo GL. Rab32 regulates Golgi structure and cell migration through Protein Kinase A-mediated phosphorylation of Optineurin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Apr 29; 122(17):e2502971122. PMID: 40258145.
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    2. Pearman WS, Arranz V, Carvajal JI, Whibley A, Liau Y, Johnson K, Gray R, Treece JM, Gemmell NJ, Liggins L, Fraser CI, Jensen EL, Green NJ. A cry for kelp: Evidence for polyphenolic inhibition of Oxford Nanopore sequencing of brown algae. J Phycol. 2024 Dec; 60(6):1601-1610. PMID: 39435595.
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    3. Johnson KM, Woolf AD, Hauptman M, Wylie BJ. Universal Lead Testing in Pregnancy: A Call to Action. Pediatrics. 2024 Oct 01; 154(Suppl 2). PMID: 39352032.
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    4. Johnson KM, Delaney K, Fischer MA. "It feels like you have to choose one or the other": a qualitative analysis of obstetrician focus groups on periviability counseling. J Perinat Med. 2024 Sep 25; 52(7):696-705. PMID: 38884418.
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    5. Lederer AM, Liddell JL, Johnson KM, Sheffield S. 'A profound effect on how I see myself and the world around me': what students found meaningful about taking an academic course intended to reduce campus sexual violence. Health Educ Res. 2024 05 11; 39(3):197-211. PMID: 38244588.
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    6. Hart JM, Macharia A, Modest AM, Johnson KM, Lauring J, Nicasio E, Hacker MR, Spiel MH. Cerclage Plus Adjuvant Vaginal Progesterone for Preterm Birth Prevention in Patients with a Short or Dilated Cervix without Prior Preterm Birth. Am J Perinatol. 2024 Sep; 41(12):1595-1603. PMID: 38698597.
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    7. Cahoon AB, Johnson KM, Brown SM, Manoylov KM, Nienow JA. The chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of two Gomphonema parvulum (Bacillariophyta) environmental isolates from South Carolina (United States) and Virginia (United States). J Phycol. 2024 04; 60(2):299-307. PMID: 38433431.
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    8. Wilkie GL, Nna U, Stuffers N, Johnson K. Prenatal aneuploidy screening and its impact on stillbirth etiology evaluation. Minerva Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Jun; 76(3):279-283. PMID: 38015615.
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    9. Johnson KM, Kington S. Research on Black Women and Breastfeeding: Assessing Publication Trends (1980-2020). Breastfeed Med. 2023 10; 18(10):790-793. PMID: 37733281.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Gutierrez-Ruiz OL, Johnson KM, Krueger EW, Nooren RE, Cruz-Reyes N, Heppelmann CJ, Hogenson TL, Fernandez-Zapico ME, McNiven MA, Razidlo GL. Ectopic expression of DOCK8 regulates lysosome-mediated pancreatic tumor cell invasion. Cell Rep. 2023 09 26; 42(9):113042. PMID: 37651233.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Johnson KM, Luff D, Macharia A, Troutman M, Lamberto A, Marchand K, Hacker MR, Brown S, O'Brien B. Clinician communication after discovery of a soft marker of aneuploidy during pregnancy: A mixed methods assessment of a communication workshop. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2023 Nov; 52(9):102652. PMID: 37633360.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Thai A, Johnson KM. Relationship between Perceived Quality of Prenatal Care and Maternal/Infant Health Outcomes. South Med J. 2022 12; 115(12):893-898. PMID: 36455897.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Liddell JL, Sheffield SM, Johnson KM, Lederer AM. College Student Perceptions of the Root Causes of Sexual Violence Before and After a Curricular Intervention. Violence Against Women. 2024 02; 30(2):551-574. PMID: 36310436.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Joshi A, Aluko A, Styer AK, Young BC, Johnson KM, Hacker MR, Modest AM. PCOS and the risk of pre-eclampsia. Reprod Biomed Online. 2022 11; 45(5):961-969. PMID: 35953416.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Al-Obaidi MM, Gungor AB, Nematollahi S, Zangeneh TT, Bedrick EJ, Johnson KM, Low-Adegbija NE, Alam R, Rangan P, William Heise C, Ariyamuthu VK, Shetty A, Qannus AA, Murugapandian S, Ayvaci MMS, Anand PM, Tanriover B. Effectiveness of Casirivimab-Imdevimab Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Among High-Risk Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 B.1.617.2 (Delta Variant) Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 9(7):ofac186. PMID: 35791354.
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    16. Johnson KM, Thai A, Kington S. The enduring impact of birth: Women's birth perceptions, postpartum depressive symptoms, and postpartum depression risk. Birth. 2022 09; 49(3):455-463. PMID: 35060175.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Johnson KM, Specht AJ, Hart JM, Salahuddin S, Erlinger AL, Hacker MR, Woolf AD, Hauptman M, Karumanchi SA, O'Brien K, Wylie BJ. Risk-Factor Based Lead Screening and Correlation with Blood Lead Levels in Pregnancy. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Jan; 26(1):185-192. PMID: 35020085.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    18. Lederer AM, Johnson KM, Liddell JL, Sheffield S. The Multimethod Evaluation of a Curricular Intervention Intended to Reduce Sexual Violence on a College Campus: A Synthesis of Findings and Lessons Learned. Health Promot Pract. 2023 03; 24(2):323-331. PMID: 34743629.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Johnson KM, Zash R, Modest AM, Luckett R, Diseko M, Mmalane M, Makhema J, Ramogola-Masire D, Wylie BJ, Shapiro R. Anti-hypertensive use for non-severe gestational hypertension in Botswana: A case-control study. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2022 Mar; 156(3):481-487. PMID: 34196980.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Burton KM, Johnson KM, Krueger EW, Razidlo GL, McNiven MA. Distinct forms of the actin cross-linking protein a-actinin support macropinosome internalization and trafficking. Mol Biol Cell. 2021 07 15; 32(15):1393-1407. PMID: 34010028.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    21. Johnson KM, Smith L, Modest AM, Salahuddin S, Karumanchi SA, Rana S, Young BC. Angiogenic factors and prediction for ischemic placental disease in future pregnancies. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2021 Aug; 25:12-17. PMID: 34020330.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Cao H, Qiang L, Chen J, Johnson KM, McNiven MA, Razidlo GL. Synergistic metalloproteinase-based remodeling of matrix by pancreatic tumor and stromal cells. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0248111. PMID: 33740019.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    23. Modest AM, Johnson KM, Aluko A, Joshi A, Wise LA, Fox MP, Hacker MR, Sakkas D. Elevated serum progesterone during in vitro fertilization treatment and the risk of ischemic placental disease. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2021 Jun; 24:7-12. PMID: 33618055.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Shainker SA, Coleman B, Timor-Tritsch IE, Bhide A, Bromley B, Cahill AG, Gandhi M, Hecht JL, Johnson KM, Levine D, Mastrobattista J, Philips J, Platt LD, Shamshirsaz AA, Shipp TD, Silver RM, Simpson LL, Copel JA, Abuhamad A. Special Report of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Placenta Accreta Spectrum Ultrasound Marker Task Force: Consensus?on definition of markers and approach to?the ultrasound examination in pregnancies at?risk?for placenta accreta spectrum. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 01; 224(1):B2-B14. PMID: 33386103.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Schulze RJ, Krueger EW, Weller SG, Johnson KM, Casey CA, Schott MB, McNiven MA. Direct lysosome-based autophagy of lipid droplets in hepatocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 12 22; 117(51):32443-32452. PMID: 33288726.
      Citations: 71     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    26. Johnson KM, Lederer AM, Liddell JL, Sheffield S, McCraw A. Teaching to Impact Sexual Violence? The Evaluation of a Curricular Intervention for First-Year College Students. Am J Health Promot. 2021 03; 35(3):438-441. PMID: 33084379.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Rozeveld CN, Johnson KM, Zhang L, Razidlo GL. KRAS Controls Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lipid Metabolism and Invasive Potential through the Lipase HSL. Cancer Res. 2020 11 15; 80(22):4932-4945. PMID: 32816911.
      Citations: 45     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Greil AL, Johnson KM, McQuillan J, Shreffler KM, Leyser-Whalen O, Lowry M. Does Self-Identifying as Having a Health Problem Precede Medical Contact? The Case of Infertility. Sociol Focus. 2020; 53(3):236-253. PMID: 33100410.
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    29. Johnson KM, Specht AJ, Hart JM, Salahuddin S, Erlinger AL, Hacker MR, Woolf AD, Hauptman M, Karumanchi SA, Wylie BJ, O'Brien K. Lead exposure and association with angiogenic factors and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2020 Oct; 22:93-98. PMID: 32763807.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Johnson KM, Hacker MR, Thornton K, Young BC, Modest AM. Association between in?vitro fertilization and ischemic placental disease by gestational age. Fertil Steril. 2020 09; 114(3):579-586. PMID: 32709377.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Modest AM, Toth TL, Johnson KM, Shainker SA. Placenta Accreta Spectrum: In Vitro Fertilization and Non-In Vitro Fertilization and Placenta Accreta Spectrum in a Massachusetts Cohort. Am J Perinatol. 2021 12; 38(14):1533-1539. PMID: 32623707.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Liff I, Zash R, Mingochi D, Gaonakala FT, Diseko M, Mayondi G, Johnson K, James K, Makhema J, Shapiro R, Wylie BJ. Mid-trimester cervical length not associated with HIV status among pregnant women in Botswana. PLoS One. 2020; 15(3):e0229500. PMID: 32160214.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    33. Burton KM, Cao H, Chen J, Qiang L, Krueger EW, Johnson KM, Bamlet WR, Zhang L, McNiven MA, Razidlo GL. Dynamin 2 interacts with a-actinin 4 to drive tumor cell invasion. Mol Biol Cell. 2020 03 15; 31(6):439-451. PMID: 31967944.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    34. Modest AM, Johnson KM, Karumanchi SA, Resetkova N, Young BC, Fox MP, Wise LA, Hacker MR. Risk of ischemic placental disease is increased following in vitro fertilization with oocyte donation: a retrospective cohort study. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 Sep; 36(9):1917-1926. PMID: 31359234.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Greil AL, Johnson KM, Lowry MH, McQuillan J, Slauson-Blevins KS. Degrees of Medicalization: The Case of Infertility Health-Seeking. Sociol Q. 2020; 61(2):347-365. PMID: 32863442.
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    36. Luckett R, Barak T, Anderson S, Kalenga K, Johnson K, Molina RL, Clune E, Mmalane M, Makhema J, Ricciotti HA, Scott J. Promoting Health Equity Through Purposeful Design and Professionalization of Resident Global Health Electives in Obstetrics and Gynecology. J Surg Educ. 2019 Nov - Dec; 76(6):1594-1604. PMID: 31160212.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    37. Johnson KM, Hacker MR, Resetkova N, O'Brien B, Modest AM. Risk of ischemic placental disease in fresh and frozen embryo transfer cycles. Fertil Steril. 2019 04; 111(4):714-721. PMID: 30826115.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    38. Leyser-Whalen O, Greil AL, McQuillan J, Johnson KM, Shrefffler KM. 'Just because a doctor says something, doesn't mean that [it] will happen': self-perception as having a Fertility Problem among Infertility Patients. Sociol Health Illn. 2018 03; 40(3):445-462. PMID: 29280501.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. Johnson KM, Paley FM, Modest AM, Hacker MR, Shaughnessy S, Ricciotti HA, Scott J. An assessment of depression, psychosocial factors, and resilience among women seeking prenatal care at an urban community health center. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2018 Feb; 140(2):153-158. PMID: 29055046.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. Johnson KM. Contingent maternities? Maternal claims-making in third party reproduction. Sociol Health Illn. 2017 11; 39(8):1349-1364. PMID: 28594091.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    41. Johnson KM, Shainker SA, Estroff JA, Ralston SJ. Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Epulis: Implications for Delivery. J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Feb; 36(2):449-451. PMID: 28026880.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    42. Johnson KM, Zash R, Haviland MJ, Hacker MR, Luckett R, Diseko M, Mayondi G, Shapiro R. Hypertensive disease in pregnancy in Botswana: Prevalence and impact on perinatal outcomes. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2016 Oct; 6(4):418-422. PMID: 27939493.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    43. Simon RM, Johnson KM, Liddell J. Amount, Source, and Quality of Support as Predictors of Women's Birth Evaluations. Birth. 2016 09; 43(3):226-32. PMID: 26991407.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    44. Greil AL, Slauson-Blevins KS, Shreffler KM, Johnson KM, Lowry MH, Burch AR, McQuillan J. Decline in ethical concerns about reproductive technologies among a representative sample of US women. Public Underst Sci. 2017 10; 26(7):789-805. PMID: 26817853.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    45. Johnson KM, Dodge LE, Hacker MR, Ricciotti HA. Perspectives on family planning services among adolescents at a Boston community health center. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015 Apr; 28(2):84-90. PMID: 25850588.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    46. Johnson KM. Making families: organizational boundary work in US egg and sperm donation. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Dec; 99:64-71. PMID: 24355472.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    47. Johnson KM, Fledderjohann J. Revisiting "her" infertility: medicalized embodiment, self-identification and distress. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Sep; 75(5):883-91. PMID: 22647565.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    48. Scheuble LK, Johnson DR, Johnson KM. Marital Name Changing Attitudes and Plans of College Students: Comparing Change Over Time and Across Regions. Sex Roles. 2012 Feb 01; 66(3-4):282-292. PMID: 25249711.
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    49. Greil AL, McQuillan J, Shreffler KM, Johnson KM, Slauson-Blevins KS. Race-ethnicity and medical services for infertility: stratified reproduction in a population-based sample of U.S. women. J Health Soc Behav. 2011 Dec; 52(4):493-509. PMID: 22031500.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    50. Johnson KM. Fertility clinic, egg donation agency, and sperm bank policies. Fertil Steril. 2011 Oct; 96(4):877-9. PMID: 21843887.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    51. Greil AL, Johnson KM, McQuillan J, Lacy N. Are prior pregnancy outcomes relevant for models of fertility-specific distress or infertility helpseeking? Hum Fertil (Camb). 2011 Sep; 14(3):160-6. PMID: 21732891.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    52. Greil A, McQuillan J, Benjamins M, Johnson DR, Johnson KM, Heinz CR. Specifying the effects of religion on medical helpseeking: the case of infertility. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Aug; 71(4):734-42. PMID: 20547437.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    53. Liu X, Ong HL, Pani B, Johnson K, Swaim WB, Singh B, Ambudkar I. Effect of cell swelling on ER/PM junctional interactions and channel assembly involved in SOCE. Cell Calcium. 2010 Jun; 47(6):491-9. PMID: 20488539.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    54. Johnson KM, Johnson DR. Partnered Decisions? U.S. Couples and Medical Help-seeking for Infertility. Fam Relat. 2009 Oct 01; 58(4):431-444. PMID: 20160961.
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    55. Greil AL, McQuillan J, Johnson K, Slauson-Blevins K, Shreffler KM. The hidden infertile: infertile women without pregnancy intent in the United States. Fertil Steril. 2010 Apr; 93(6):2080-3. PMID: 19782354.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    56. Cartiera MS, Johnson KM, Rajendran V, Caplan MJ, Saltzman WM. The uptake and intracellular fate of PLGA nanoparticles in epithelial cells. Biomaterials. 2009 May; 30(14):2790-8. PMID: 19232712.
      Citations: 113     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    57. Johnson KM, Kines RC, Roberts JN, Lowy DR, Schiller JT, Day PM. Role of heparan sulfate in attachment to and infection of the murine female genital tract by human papillomavirus. J Virol. 2009 Mar; 83(5):2067-74. PMID: 19073722.
      Citations: 140     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    58. King M, McKeown E, Warner J, Ramsay A, Johnson K, Cort C, Wright L, Blizard R, Davidson O. Mental health and quality of life of gay men and lesbians in England and Wales: controlled, cross-sectional study. Br J Psychiatry. 2003 Dec; 183:552-8. PMID: 14645028.
      Citations: 45     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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