Sheri L. Johnson is an American psychologist who is a Distinguished Professor and a Chancellor's Professor at the

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. She was elected Fellow of the

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and

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Early life and education

Johnson was an undergraduate student at

Salem College Salem College is a private women's liberal arts college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1772 as a primary school, it later became an academy (high school) and ultimately added the college. It is the oldest female educational esta ...

. She moved to the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...

for her doctoral research, where she studied inconsistent communication. She was a postdoctoral fellow at

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, where she was appointed assistant professor in 1993.

Research and career

In 1995, Johnson joined the

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where she taught psychology. Her research aims to identify factors that predict depression and mania. Her studies on mania have explored reward sensitivity and goal engagement, demonstrating that both increase in individuals with bipolar disorder. She has also investigated impulsivity and its occurrence during intense emotional states, revealing that emotion-related impulsivity is linked to various pathologies, including aggression and suicide. She was appointed Professor of Psychology at the

in 2008, promoted to Distinguished Professor in 2021 and Chancellor's Professor in 2022. Johnson develops novel interventions for people with

bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder (BD), previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of Depression (mood), depression and periods of abnormally elevated Mood (psychology), mood that each last from days to weeks, and in ...

. She worked with the

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to investigate the role of healthy lifestyles in bipolar disorder, based on the observation that physical health is a predictor for bipolar outcomes.

Awards and honors

* 2010 Elected Fellow of the

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* 2013 Elected Fellow of the

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* 2015 Elected Fellow of the

* 2015 President of the Society for Research in Psychopathology * 2022 Elected Fellow of the

Selected publications

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References

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