Willi Horner-Johnson, Ph.D.
- Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
- Professor, Institute on Development and Disability, School of Medicine
Biography
Willi Horner-Johnson is a Professor in the collaborative OHSU-Portland State University School of Public Health and in OHSU’s Institute on Development and Disability. She attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she received a Ph.D. in Community Psychology with a minor in Statistics, Methods, and Measurement. Her research interests include disability-related disparities in health and access to care; pregnancy, contraceptive use, and other aspects of reproductive health of adolescents and adults with disabilities; and the potentially compounded disparities that may occur as disability intersects with other sociodemographic characteristics. Willi directs the Oregon Office on Disability and Health, is co-PI of the National Center for Disability and Pregnancy Research, and is leading an NIH-funded project on reproductive decision-making among women with developmental disabilities. Previously, she directed a multi-study project on health disparities at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and disability. She is a co-founder and former chair of the Disability Section of the Oregon Public Health Association, a past chair of the American Public Health Association’s Disability Section, and an editorial board member for Disability and Health Journal.
Education and training
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Degrees
- Ph.D., 2002, University of Illinois
Memberships and associations:
- American Public Health Association
- Oregon Public Health Association
- American Association on Health and Disability
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Editorial Board, Disability and Health Journal
Areas of interest
- Reproductive health of women with disabilities
- Disparities in health and access to health care among people with disabilities
- Health-related quality of life among people with disabilities.
- Abuse/maltreatment of people with disabilities
Honors and awards
- 2021 - Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for Women’s Health Research, awarded by the editorial board of Women's Health Issues
- 2009 - New Investigator Award, awarded by the Disability Section of the American Public Health Association