Dr. Johnson is a formally-trained epidemiologist whose passion for improving population health motivates her leadership, research, and mentoring activities. She directs the PhD Epidemiology graduate program at the Colorado School of Public Health, and annually teaches Introduction to Public Health for undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Johnson leads the RKJcollab by providing scientific, fiscal, analytical, and professional development oversight as they conduct high-quality, consequential research at the intersection of epidemiology and precision medicine. Prior to completing her MPH and PhD in Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health and her postdoctoral fellowship in Personalized Medicine at the CU School of Medicine, Dr. Johnson worked as an educator and community health professional for seven years.
Fun Facts About Randi: Her hobbies include gardening, Special Olympics sports, and seasonal outdoor activities that keep her moving and connected with nature. She thrives on more than three hours of direct sunlight and two daily coffee infusions, and flourishes best when supplemented with bi-weekly baked goods. A self-pruning, non-invasive type, she ranks her staple carbs by loyalty: bread, potatoes, beans = pasta = corn, and finally rice. Lab members describe her as the person working the entryway at a party - because she never quite makes it past it. If she were a plot, she’d be a volcano plot, simply because it looks fun. In meetings, she teaches through storytelling, and her go-to coffee orders are a flat white or a Café Tranquilidad Vanilla Black Coffee.