Johnson, Matthew W., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU)

Main Office Address

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
BBRC, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive
Room 3026
Baltimore, MD 21224

Phone: 410-550-0056
Fax: 410-550-0030

E-mail: mwj@jhu.edu

Administrative Assistant

Rebecca Debus
Phone: 410-550-0451
E-mail: rparviz1@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

My broad area of interest is the application of human behavioral pharmacology and behavior analysis to the scientific investigation of drug reinforcement, drug dependence, and the characterization of novel psychoactive drugs. I am also interested in the use of behavioral economics and delay discounting to understand decision making in drug dependence.

Selected Publications

Johnson, M.W., Bickel, W.K., Baker, F. (2007). Moderate drug use and delay discounting: A comparison of heavy, light, and never smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 15, 187-194.

Johnson, M.W. & Bickel, W.K. (2006). Replacing relative reinforcing efficacy with behavioral economic demand curves.  Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 85, 73-93.

Johnson, M.W., Suess, P.E., & Griffiths (2006). Ramelteon: A novel hypnotic lacking abuse liability and sedative adverse effects.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 1149-1157.

Johnson, M.W., Bickel, W.K., & Kirshenbaum, A.P. (2004). Substitutes for tobacco smoking: A behavioral economic analysis of nicotine gum, denicotinized cigarettes, and nicotine-containing cigarettes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 74, 253-264.

Johnson, M.W. & Bickel, W.K. (2003). The behavioral economics of cigarette smoking: The concurrent presence of a substitute and an independent reinforcer. Behavioural Pharmacology, 14, 137-144.