AMBER JOHNSON
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Pharmacotherapy
- Assistant Professor (Clinical)Pharmacotherapy
- 801-587-0605 (Work)
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 InstructorUniversity of Utah, Pharmacotherapy4 Jan 2016 - 1 Dec 2019
DEGREES
- Doctor of PharmacyUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States2009 - 2013
- Bachelors of Science in BiologySouthern Utah University, Cedar City, United States1999 - 2002
- Associate of Arts in Natural SciencesDixie State College, usa1997 - 1999
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Clinical Toxicology FellowshipUniversity of Utah, Utah Poison Control Center, Salt Lake City, United States2013 - 2015ToxicologyClinical Fellowship