Kate Johnson

Dr. Kate Johnson is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Her research integrates health economics, epidemiology, and data science to evaluate respiratory disease interventions through simulation modeling and real-world evidence generation.

Dr. Johnson earned her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in health economics at the CHOICE Institute, University of Washington. Her academic journey reflects deep specialization in respiratory health outcomes research.

Her research program centers on four interconnected domains:

• Medication access policy and cost-sharing impacts on adherence
• Whole-disease modeling of asthma/COPD for prevention strategies
• Air pollution health effects and climate mitigation valuation
• Healthcare system sustainability through economic evaluation

Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals dominant methodological approaches including cost-effectiveness analysis (73% of recent work), population-based cohort studies (60%), and simulation modeling (47%). Key thematic clusters address wildfire-related asthma interventions (HEPA filters), sickle cell disease therapies, and COPD management optimization through guideline implementation and early detection systems.

No scientific awards were documented in the provided source materials.

As a grant tenure-track faculty member, Dr. Johnson actively supervises graduate students in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Medicine programs. She collaborates through RespNetBC and seeks interdisciplinary partnerships, including undergraduate research involvement. Current funding supports her work on air pollution mitigation strategies and medication access policies.

Dr. Johnson leads research within RespNetBC and maintains connections with the CHOICE Institute. Her team develops simulation models for respiratory disease trajectories while analyzing administrative health data to inform Canadian healthcare policy.