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

  • 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

Publications

Publications