Berkley Center

Ari Johnson is the chief executive officer at Muso, an organization which improves healthcare systems in the world's poorest countries. Johnson's role with Muso involves developing, revising, and planning programs, evaluating the impact of Muso's work, fundraising, and providing technical support to its operational team. Johnson is also an assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco. He previously worked with Mark Lurie at the International Health Institute at Brown University Medical School, researching migration and health in South Africa, access to care in resource-poor settings, and HIV/AIDS. He is a National Goldwater Scholar and a four-time winner of the Research at Brown award. Johnson received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 2011 and a Sc.B. from Brown University in neuroscience in 2004.