Avon Johnson, LCSW
Assistant Clinical Professor of Social WorkCards
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Psychiatry
Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St.
New Haven, CT 06519
United States
About
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Social Work
Biography
Avon was born and raised in New Haven, CT. She is proudly the product of the New Haven Public School System. She is the Clinical Director of the Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven, CT and she is the first Black person to serve in the role as Clinical Director of CMHC. Avon has worked at CMHC for 30+ years. Prior to her current role she was the Associate Clinical Director. She is a member of the Senior Leadership Group at CMHC. Avon began her career with the intention of wanting to become a Nurse, and in the 1980's, she began working as a Mental Health Worker at the now-closed Fairfield Hills Hospital in Newtown, CT. While working at Fairfield Hills, she began to hone her skills and begin working towards ending stigma that has followed people with mental illness. Avon is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Appointments
Psychiatry
Assistant Clinical Professor (Social Work)Primary
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Education & Training
- MSW
- Southern Connecticut State University , Social Work (1992)
- BSW
- Southern Connecticut State University , Social Work (1987)
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Irit Lax, PhD
Joseph Schlessinger, PhD
Publications
Chicken Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Receptor: cDNA Cloning, Expression in Mouse Cells, and Differential Binding of EGF and Transforming Growth Factor Alpha
Lax I, Johnson A, Howk R, Sap J, Bellot F, Winkler M, Ullrich A, Vennstrom B, Schlessinger J, Givol D. Chicken Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Receptor: cDNA Cloning, Expression in Mouse Cells, and Differential Binding of EGF and Transforming Growth Factor Alpha. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1988, 8: 1970-1978. DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.5.1970-1978.1988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman EGF receptorChicken EGF receptorEpidermal growth factorNIH 3T3 cellsEGF receptorCDNA clonesMammalian epidermal growth factorDifferential bindingTGF-aEndogenous EGF receptorsBinding of epidermal growth factorGrowth factorMurine epidermal growth factorCoding sequenceApparent molecular weightTransforming growth factor-alphaCDNA constructsAvian EGF receptorMouse cellsPrimary structureGrowth factor-alphaCDNAChicken receptorMammalian receptorsFactor-alpha
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Psychiatry
Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St.
New Haven, CT 06519
United States