Dana Johnson

• Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Disparities Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison

I am a Health Disparities Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

I research and write about abortion, contraception, adolescents, technology, and public policy.

My work is published in peer reviewed journals including JAMA Health Forum, American Journal of Public Health, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Contraception, and other publications.

My opinion pieces are featured in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Slate, Ms. Magazine, and other outlets.

My research is used in Amicus Briefs challenging restrictive abortion policies, including the U.S. Supreme Court cases Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

I received my BA in Sociology and Social Justice from the University of Minnesota and worked as a community organizer in the Upper Midwest. I went onto receive my Master's in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, and my PhD in Public Policy and Demography from The University of Texas at Austin.

At UW-Madison, I am an affiliated researcher with The Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) and Reproductive Equity Action Lab (REAL). In addition to research and writing, I co-chair the Board of Directors at Jane's Due Process and sit on the steering committee for The Feminist Demography Collective.

• –present Health Disparities Research Scholars Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• 2023 University of Texas at Austin, Public Policy

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