Ari Johnson, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Potrero Avenue, #6A14
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone628-206-5164
PronounsHe/Him/His
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Harvard Medical Shool, Boston, MAMD05/2011
UCSF, San Francisco, CA7/2014Residency, Internal Medicine, Primary Care

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Ari Johnson MD serves patients at San Francisco General Hospital through the Department of Medicine and the Division of Hospital Medicine. His research and global work focuses on curing delay in health care. Research areas include health systems design, symptom-to-treatment time, healthcare financing, barriers to timely care, and strategies for improving population level morbidity and mortality through early access. He is the co-founder and CEO of the global health NGO Muso. More at www.musohealth.org
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Interests

Implementation science, Newborn & infant health, Child & adolescent health, Education, Non-communicable diseases, COVID-19

Locations

Cote d'Ivoire, Mali

UCSF Centers & Programs

Institute for Global Health Sciences


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  1. One term to transform: universal health coverage through professional community health workers. Lancet. 2025 Mar 08; 405(10481):762-764. Ballard M, Dahn B, O'Donovan J, Jiménez A, Kawooya P, Raghavan M, Ganjian N, Johnson AD, Boxer C, Gray K, Palazuelos D, Berry-Moorcroft C, Aranda Z, Iberico MM, Cordier L, Mbewe D, Yegon EK, Ernst J, DiStefano L, Traill T, Finnegan KE, Rakotonirina L, Hofmann R, Sano ED, Johnston JS, Ward V, Westgate C, Shanmugarasa T, Alban R, Mann D, Asmara-Petersen R, Keronyai P, Settle D, Aidam J, Obbuyi A, Oladeji O, Muyingo P, Cho K, Kok M. PMID: 39674183.
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  2. Home visits versus fixed-site care by community health workers and child survival: a cluster-randomized trial, Mali. Bull World Health Organ. 2024 Sep 01; 102(9):639-649. Liu J, Treleaven E, Whidden C, Doumbia S, Kone N, Cisse AB, Diop A, Berthé M, Guindo M, Koné BM, Fay MP, Johnson AD, Kayentao K. PMID: 39219760; PMCID: PMC11362699.
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  3. Effect of mobile application user interface improvements on minimum expected home visit coverage by community health workers in Mali: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 11; 6(11). Yang JE, Lassala D, Liu JX, Whidden C, Holeman I, Keita Y, Djiguiba Y, N'Diaye SI, Fall F, Kayentao K, Johnson AD. PMID: 34815242; PMCID: PMC8609935.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  4. Relationship between symptoms, barriers to care and healthcare utilisation among children under five in rural Mali. Trop Med Int Health. 2021 08; 26(8):943-952. Treleaven E, Whidden C, Cole F, Kayentao K, Traoré MB, Diakité D, Sidibé S, Lin TK, Boettiger D, Cissouma S, Sanogo V, Padian N, Johnson A, Liu J. PMID: 33866656; PMCID: PMC9291065.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  5. Women's empowerment, intrahousehold influences, and health system design on modern contraceptive use in rural Mali: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional survey data. Reprod Health. 2021 Mar 03; 18(1):55. Whidden C, Keita Y, Treleaven E, Beckerman J, Johnson A, Cissé A, Liu J, Kayentao K. PMID: 33658054; PMCID: PMC7931535.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  6. Compensation models for community health workers: Comparison of legal frameworks across five countries. J Glob Health. 2021 Feb 15; 11:04010. Ballard M, Westgate C, Alban R, Choudhury N, Adamjee R, Schwarz R, Bishop J, McLaughlin M, Flood D, Finnegan K, Rogers A, Olsen H, Johnson A, Palazuelos D, Schechter J. PMID: 33692894; PMCID: PMC7916445.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  7. Household factors and under-five mortality in Bankass, Mali: results from a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 2021 01 29; 21(1):244. Boettiger DC, Treleaven E, Kayentao K, Guindo M, Coumaré M, Johnson AD, Whidden C, Koné N, Cissé AB, Padian N, Liu J. PMID: 33514345; PMCID: PMC7845123.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  8. Prioritising the role of community health workers in the COVID-19 response. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 06; 5(6). Ballard M, Bancroft E, Nesbit J, Johnson A, Holeman I, Foth J, Rogers D, Yang J, Nardella J, Olsen H, Raghavan M, Panjabi R, Alban R, Malaba S, Christiansen M, Rapp S, Schechter J, Aylward P, Rogers A, Sebisaho J, Ako C, Choudhury N, Westgate C, Mbeya J, Schwarz R, Bonds MH, Adamjee R, Bishop J, Yembrick A, Flood D, McLaughlin M, Palazuelos D. PMID: 32503889; PMCID: PMC7298684.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 101     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  9. Proactive case detection of common childhood illnesses by community health workers: a systematic review. BMJ Glob Health. 2019; 4(6):e001799. Whidden C, Thwing J, Gutman J, Wohl E, Leyrat C, Kayentao K, Johnson AD, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D. PMID: 31908858; PMCID: PMC6936477.
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  10. Proactive community case management and child survival: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2019 08 26; 9(8):e027487. Whidden C, Treleaven E, Liu J, Padian N, Poudiougou B, Bautista-Arredondo S, Fay MP, Samaké S, Cissé AB, Diakité D, Keita Y, Johnson AD, Kayentao K. PMID: 31455700; PMCID: PMC6720240.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  11. Improving Community Health Worker performance by using a personalised feedback dashboard for supervision: a randomised controlled trial. J Glob Health. 2018 Dec; 8(2):020418. Whidden C, Kayentao K, Liu JX, Lee S, Keita Y, Diakité D, Keita A, Diarra S, Edwards J, Yembrick A, Holeman I, Samaké S, Plea B, Coumaré M, Johnson AD. PMID: 30333922; PMCID: PMC6162089.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  12. Proactive community case management and child survival in periurban Mali. BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3(2):e000634. Johnson AD, Thiero O, Whidden C, Poudiougou B, Diakité D, Traoré F, Samaké S, Koné D, Cissé I, Kayentao K. PMID: 29607100; PMCID: PMC5873643.
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  13. Assessing early access to care and child survival during a health system strengthening intervention in Mali: a repeated cross sectional survey. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12):e81304. Johnson AD, Thomson DR, Atwood S, Alley I, Beckerman JL, Koné I, Diakité D, Diallo H, Traoré B, Traoré K, Farmer PE, Murray M, Mukherjee J. PMID: 24349053; PMCID: PMC3859507.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  14. 5-SPICE: the application of an original framework for community health worker program design, quality improvement and research agenda setting. Glob Health Action. 2013 Apr 03; 6:19658. Palazuelos D, Ellis K, Im DD, Peckarsky M, Schwarz D, Farmer DB, Dhillon R, Johnson A, Orihuela C, Hackett J, Bazile J, Berman L, Ballard M, Panjabi R, Ternier R, Slavin S, Lee S, Selinsky S, Mitnick CD. PMID: 23561023; PMCID: PMC3617878.
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