SAMHSA Appoints Kimberly A. Johnson, Ph.D. As The Director Of SAMHSA’s Center For Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the appointment of Kimberly A. Johnson, PhD as the Director of SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). In her new role, Dr. Johnson will be responsible for the leadership, management and operation of CSAT’s more than $2 billion budget and significant portfolio grants and contracts to states, tribes, territories, communities and non-profit organizations. She began her role at SAMHSA on February 22, 2016.

Dr. Johnson is currently the deputy director for operations of CHESS/NIATx, a research center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison that focuses . . .