Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Director, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Animal Sciences
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Recent Publications
Shearer, I. K., Antonson, A., Van Steenwinckel, J., Gressens, P., Tolcos, M., Walker, D., Spencer, S. J., Johnson, R. W., & Fleiss, B. (2026). Microglial maturation across human and mouse as a reference for interpreting large-animal models of perinatal brain injury. Pediatric Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-026-05355-z
Bhamidi, S., Sunderland, G. R., Southey, B. R., Villamil, M. B., Johnson, R. W., & Rodriguez-Zas, S. L. (2025). Metabolic and Inflammatory Stimuli Impact Vascular Circulation and Cell Proliferation Processes in the Amygdala. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 24(5), Article e70036. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.70036
Alsegehy, S., Southey, B. R., Hernandez, A. G., Rund, L. A., Antonson, A. M., Nowak, R. A., Johnson, R. W., & Rodriguez-Zas, S. L. (2024). Epigenetic disruptions in the offspring hypothalamus in response to maternal infection. Gene, 910, Article 148329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2024.148329
Caetano-Silva, M. E., Rund, L., Vailati-Riboni, M., Matt, S., Soto-Diaz, K., Beever, J., Allen, J. M., Woods, J. A., Steelman, A. J., & Johnson, R. W. (2024). The emergence of inflammatory microglia during gut inflammation is not affected by FFAR2 expression in intestinal epithelial cells or peripheral myeloid cells. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 118, 423-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.03.016
Louie, A. Y., Drnevich, J., Johnson, J. L., Woodard, M., Kukekova, A. V., Johnson, R. W., & Steelman, A. J. (2024). Respiratory infection with influenza A virus delays remyelination and alters oligodendrocyte metabolism. iScience, 27(8), Article 110464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110464