Suzanne Bennett Johnson (born February 8, 1948) is an American psychologist and a past president of the

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(APA).

Biography

Johnson earned an undergraduate psychology degree from

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in 1970. She received a Ph.D. from

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in 1974. Johnson was a fellow of the

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from 2001 to 2002 along with

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. Johnson is a distinguished research professor at Florida State University College of Medicine and studies psychosocial aspects of childhood diabetes. At the University of Florida College of Medicine in the 1980s, she led a study which found more anxiety among family members of newly diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetes patients than among the patients themselves. She co-founded the National Conference on Child Health Psychology with James H. Johnson (no relation). Johnson was APA president in 2012. She has served in several other APA leadership roles, including the presidency of Divisions 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) and 38 (Health Psychology).

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