Dr. Karl Johnson serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Additionally Dr. Johnson currently works as a Behavioral Health Integration Specialist for the Granville Vance Public Health (GVPH) department, located in Granville and Vance Counties. In this role, Karl works with others at GPVH to coordinate work to improve the integration of behavioral and mental health care throughout the district. A key focus of this work is the intersection of social media and youth mental wellbeing, including policies and programs to improve youth engagement with wireless devices. Karl received his BA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University and his PhD in Health Policy and Management from UNC.