# Paula Johnson

Paula Adina Johnson (born 1959) is a cardiologist and academic leader in the United States. She is currently the president of Wellesley College and the first black woman to serve in this role. Prior to her role as president of Wellesley, Johnson founded and served as the inaugural executive director of the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health & Gender Biology, as well as Chief of the Division of Women's Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital.Johnson was the Grace A. Young Family Professor of Medicine in the field of women's health, an endowed professorship named in honor of her mother, at Harvard Medical School.