Mark V. Johnston, Ph.D., FACRM 

Professor 

Interests and Expertise
Dr. Johnston's research has centered about questions of

• measurement of activity, health, and quality of life outcomes after health-related rehabilitation,
• factors predicting or determining these outcomes, including personal factors and care system factors,
• evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions using both experimental and quasiexperimental research designs, and
• the synthesis and utilization of best evidence for the effectiveness and value of rehabilitative interventions, that is, evidence-based practice.
  His research has addressed the needs of people with many types of disability and chronic-illnesses but has particularly focused on activity-based interventions for groups with neurological disabilities such as traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and stroke.

Dr. Johnston is an experienced investigator, having served as Principal Investigator on 7 research grants with funding of several million (over $4 million as of 2006), although he has more frequently served as Co-Investigator (16 grants), providing methodological support to research teams. He had published 56 peer reviewed articles, 19 chapters, and 13 reviews (9 peer reviewed), as of 2006.

Dr. Johnston also has considerable experience as Project Director and mentor to post-Doctoral Fellows and Doctoral students, providing advanced, multidisciplinary training in rehabilitation research skills and strategy.

Current funded research includes

• work to discover reasons for the increasing rates of medical instability that many disability groups have experienced following rehabilitation nationwide, and
• work to develop better - more rigorous yet sensitive - standards and methods for synthesis of evidence on the effectiveness of rehabilitation.
  He is currently Co-Chair of the Clinical Practice Committee of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
  

Recent Publications
Johnston, M., Nissim, E. N., Wood, K., Hwang, K., & Tulsky, D. (2002). Objective and subjective handicap following spinal cord injury: interrelationships and predictors. J.Spinal Cord.Med., 25, 11-22.

Johnston, M. V. (2003). Desiderata for clinical trials in medical rehabilitation. Am.J.Phys.Med.Rehabil., 82, S3-S7.

Johnston, M. V., Wood, K. D., & Fiedler, R. (2003). Characteristics of effective and efficient rehabilitation programs. Arch.Phys.Med.Rehabil., 84, 410-418.

Diab, M. E. & Johnston, M. V. (2004). Relationships between level of disability and receipt of preventive health services. Arch.Phys.Med.Rehabil., 85, 749-757.

Kim, S. S., Kaplowitz, S., & Johnston, M. V. (2004). The effects of physician empathy on patient satisfaction and compliance. Eval.Health Prof., 27, 237-251.

Padberg, F. T., Jr., Johnston, M. V., & Sisto, S. A. (2004). Structured exercise improves calf muscle pump function in chronic venous insufficiency: a randomized trial. J.Vasc.Surg., 39, 79-87.

Johnston, M. V., Wood, K., Millis, S., Page, S., & Chen, D. (2004). Perceived quality of care and outcomes following spinal cord injury: minority status in the context of multiple predictors. J.Spinal Cord.Med., 27, 241-251.

Johnston, M. V., Eastwood, E., Wilkerson, D. L., Anderson, L., & Alves, A. (2005). Systematically assessing and improving the quality and outcomes of medical rehabilitation programs. In J.DeLisa, B. M. Gans, & et al. (Eds.), Rehabilitation Medicine: Principles and Practice (4th ed., pp. 1163-1192). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Johnston, M. V., Goverover, Y., & Dijkers, M. (2005). Community activities and individuals' satisfaction with them: quality of life in the first year after traumatic brain injury. Arch.Phys.Med.Rehabil., 86, 735-745.

Tiersky, L. A., Anselmi, V., Johnston, M. V., Kurtyka, J., Roosen, E., Schwartz, T. et al. (2005). A trial of neuropsychological rehabilitation in mild spectrum traumatic brain injury. Arch.Phys.Med.Rehabil., 86, 1565-1574.

Johnston, M. V., Diab, M. E., Chu, B. C., & Kirshblum, S. (2005). Preventive services and health behaviors among people with spinal cord injury. J.Spinal Cord.Med., 28, 43-54.

Johnston, M. V., Shawaryn, M. A., Malec, J., Kreutzer, J., & Hammond, F. M. (2006). The structure of functional and community outcomes following traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj., 20, 391-407.

Johnston, M. V., Pogach, L., Rajan, M., Mitchinson, A., Krein, S. L., Bonacker, K. et al. (2006). Personal and treatment factors associated with foot self-care among veterans with diabetes. J.Rehabil Res.Dev., 43, 227-238.

Carnevale, G. J., Anselmi, V., Johnston, M. V., Busichio, K., & Walsh, V. (2006). A natural setting behavior management program for persons with acquired brain injury: A randomized clinical trial. Arch.Phys.Med.Rehabil, 87, 1289-1297.

Johnston, M. V., , S. M., & Whyte, J. (2006). Applying evidence standards to rehabilitation research: an overview. Am.J.Phys.Med.Rehabil., 85, 292-309.

Speaker Topics 
Outcomes Measurement Theory
Research Methodology and Ethics
Evidence Based Practice in Health-related Rehabilitation
Cost-effectiveness and Value of Alternative Interventions, Assessment of

Education
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Psychology, 1984
M.A., California State University at Los Angeles, Psychology, 1975
B.S., University of Chicago, Economics, 1968