AMBER JOHNSON

Assistant Professor (Clinical)

Pharmacotherapy

  • Assistant Professor (Clinical)
    Pharmacotherapy

BIO

Amberly R. Johnson, PharmD, DABAT, is the Director of the Utah Poison Control Center (UPCC) and an Assistant Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. She is a board-certified clinical toxicologist and the fellowship director for the UPCC Fellowship in Clinical and Applied Toxicology. She received her PharmD from the University of Utah in 2013 and then completed a 2-year clinical toxicology fellowship with the UPCC. Before pharmacy school, Amber worked as a Senior Laboratory Technologist in the Clinical Toxicology section of ARUP Laboratories. He research interests include topics related to poison control center operations, utilization, and value and poison-related exposures.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Professor (Clinical)
    Pharmacotherapy2 Dec 2019 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Adjunct Instructor
    University of Utah, Pharmacotherapy4 Jan 2016 - 1 Dec 2019

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Pharmacy
    University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States2009 - 2013
  • Bachelors of Science in Biology
    Southern Utah University, Cedar City, United States1999 - 2002
  • Associate of Arts in Natural Sciences
    Dixie State College, usa1997 - 1999

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Clinical Toxicology Fellowship
    University of Utah, Utah Poison Control Center, Salt Lake City, United States2013 - 2015
    ToxicologyClinical Fellowship

FIELDS OF RESEARCH