Dr. Melissa Johnson is a Clinical Pharmacist/Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). After obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Georgia, she completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at Campbell University and a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy at DUMC. She also completed a Masters of Health Science in Clinical Research at Duke University School of Medicine.
Dr. Johnson maintains a clinical practice in infectious diseases at DUMC. Her clinical research interests include invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts with special focus on immunogenetics, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacodynamics.
She has served as investigator for numerous clinical trials with antifungal, antiretroviral, and antibacterial agents. She was the recipient of a 5-year NIH/NIAID Mentored Career Award to pursue patient-oriented research in invasive candidiasis, and was co-investigator on an NIH program grant to investigate microfluidic methods of detection for infectious pathogens including Candida spp.