A Call For Global Health Systems Leadership

Dr. James A. Johnson is a medical social scientist, global health analyst, and professor of health administration/international health at Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, MI) and visiting professor in public health at St. George's University (Georgetown, Grenada). He was previously Chair of the Department of Health Administration and Policy at the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC).

Dr. Johnson teaches courses in health organization development, global health, systems thinking, and public health. His publications include over 100 journal articles and 19 books on a wide range of health care and organizational issues. Eighteen of his books are in the permanent collection of the National Library of Medicine. One of his books, Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives provides detailed analysis at 21 countries in every region of the world. It is part of the World Health Organization research library. Additionally, he has served as editor of the Journal of Healthcare Management published by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE); editor of the Journal of Management Practice; founding editor of the Carolina Health Services and Policy Review, and is a contributing editor for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration and the Journal of Human Security and Resilience.

He has served on many national and international advisory boards including the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Diabetes Trust Foundation. Dr. Johnson has worked in over 35 countries and has lectured at Oxford University (England); University of Dublin (Ireland); Beijing University (China); and University of Colima (Mexico). He has often been a guest speaker at the Organization Development World Congress and a regular delegate to the World Health Congress. He is also a member of the Global Health Council and serves on the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Dr. Johnson has frequently collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Switzerland and ProWorld Service Corps in Belize on service learning and research projects.

Dr. Johnson is available for speaking engagements, lectures, applied research projects, policy analysis, and organization development consultation.

Specialties:
International Health Development;
Organizational Development;
Health Systems Development;
Systems Thinking for Health Improvement