Rena Johnson

Dr. Rena Johnson is a Project Manager at Pulmotect. She joined the company in May 2018. Dr. Johnson received her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Kiel, Germany in 2011. She moved to the US for a postdoctoral training at the Center for Lung Biology at the University of Washington, Seattle and at the Women’s Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles with Dr. Peter Chen. During her postdoctoral training, her research focused on the role of the lung epithelium in acute lung injury, especially in the response to influenza infection with particular interest in the role of syndecan-1, the major proteoglycan expressed by epithelial cells in the lung. She has strong interest in translating innovation from the lab bench to novel bio-medical solutions that can ultimately improve patient’s health.