Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Biosketch
Matt Longjohn, MD MPH, is a graduate of Kalamazoo College. He earned his medical and public health degrees from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, before joining the faculty there as a researcher, organizer, instructor, and advocate.
Dr. Longjohn has spent most of the past 25 years as a non-profit executive, leading organizations to research and address preventable health risks. He served as the VP and National Health Officer at YMCA of the USA, where he directed nearly $100 million of research and public health grants. His work establishing the Diabetes Prevention Program as a new benefit under Medicare led to historic outcomes and new benefits to 23 million Americans. The Obama Administration identified Dr. Longjohn as one of the nation's top health care innovators. At WMed, Dr. Longjohn Co-Directs the Engagement and Discovery course, and serves as a Co-Investigator on the AAMC-funded FRAME Project (Facing Racism as Medical Education).
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Education and Training
- MPH 2003, International Health, Communications and Advocacy, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
- Internship 2001, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Northwestern University
- MD 1999, School of Medicine, Tulane University
- BA 1993, Biology, Kalamazoo College
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Research
- Social Determinants of Health
- Physician Leadership
- Obesity Prevention
- Health Policy
- Health Communication
- Diffusion of Innovation
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Publications
Wilkerson R., Baker E.A., Longjohn M.M., Howard-Baptiste S.D., Hamilton K.C., Hahn K. Building strategic alliances to promote healthy eating and active living Lifestyle Medicine: Third Edition. 2019:1383-1390.
Demark-Wahnefried W., Schmitz K.H., Alfano C.M., Bail J.R., Goodwin P.J., Thomson C.A., Bradley D.W., Courneya K.S., Befort C.A., Denlinger C.S., Ligibel J.A., Dietz W.H., Stolley M.R., Irwin M.L., Bamman M.M., Apovian C.M., Pinto B.M., Wolin K.Y., Ballard R.M., Dannenberg A.J., Eakin E.G., Longjohn M.M., Raffa S.D., Adams-Campbell L.L., Buzaglo J.S., Nass S.J., Massetti G.M., Balogh E.P., Kraft E.S., Parekh A.K., Sanghavi D.M., Morris G.S., Basen-Engquist K. Weight management and physical activity throughout the cancer care continuum CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 2018;68(1):64-89.
Fiechtner L., Perkins M., Biggs V., Langhans N., Sharifi M., O'Connor G., Price S., Locascio J., Kuhlthau K., Kwass J.A., Nelson C., Land T., Longjohn M., Lawson V., Hohman K., Taveras E.M. Rationale and design of the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Randomized Trial Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2018;67:16-22.
Rippe J.M., Campanile G., Diehl H., Gunier C., Kostohryz T., Longjohn M., Williams N. American College of Lifestyle Medicine Expert Panel Discussion: Implementing Intensive Therapeutic Lifestyle Change Programs American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2017;11(5):375-386.
Dietz W.H., Solomon L.S., Pronk N., Ziegenhorn S.K., Standish M., Longjohn M.M. An integrated framework for the prevention and treatment of obesity and its related chronic diseases Health Affairs. 2015;34(9):1456-1463.
Ehrenreich H., Pike M., Hohman K., Kaniewski M., Longjohn M., Myers G., Lee R. CDC and YMCA: A promising partnership for delivering fall prevention programing Frontiers in Public Health. 2015;2(APR)
Vojta D., Koehler T., Longjohn M., Lever J., Caputo N. A coordinated national model for diabetes prevention: Linking health systems to an evidence-based community program American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013;44(4 SUPPL.4)
Wilkerson R., Baker E.A., Longjohn M.M. Building Strategic Alliances to Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living Lifestyle Medicine, Second Edition. 2013:1551-1556.
Longjohn M. Translating research into evidence-based practice with potential for population-wide impact American Journal of Public Health. 2012;102(8)
Becker A., Christoffel K., Morales M., Rodríguez J., López J., Longjohn M. Combating Childhood Obesity through a Neighborhood Coalition: Community Organizing for Obesity Prevention in Humboldt Park Urban Health: Combating Disparities with Local Data. 2011:1-22.
Longjohn M., Sheon A.R., Card-Higginson P., Nader P.R., Mason M. Learning from state surveillance of childhood obesity Health Affairs. 2010;29(3):463-472.
Becker A.B., Longjohn M., Christoffel K.K. Taking on childhood obesity in a big city: Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. 2008;25(2):199-206.
Evans W.D., Necheles J., Longjohn M., Christoffel K.K. The 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Intervention: Social Marketing Strategies for Nutrition Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2007;39(2 SUPPL.)
Mason M., Meleedy-Rey P., Christoffel K., Longjohn M., Garcia M., Ashlaw C. Prevalence of overweight and risk of overweight among 3- To 5-year-old Chicago children, 2002-2003 Journal of School Health. 2006;76(3):104-110.
Longjohn M. Chicago Project: Uses Ecological Approach to Obesity Prevention Pediatric Annals. 2004;33(1):55-63.
Longjohn M., Christoffel K. Are medical societies developing a standard for gun injury prevention? Injury Prevention. 2004;10(3):169-173.
Christoffel K., Longjohn M. Standardized outcomes measurements in emergency medical services for children research Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2002;2(4 SUPPL.):315-318.
Christoffel K.K., Longjohn M.M. Gun injury prevention comes of age Journal of Trauma. 2002;53(2):213-218.