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1992.03.24 :  Appointment -- Elaine Johnson

Contact:  Jim Miller (301) 443-8956
March 24, 1992

     HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
appointment of Elaine M. Johnson, Ph.D., as acting deputy
administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Administration.  In addition, beginning April 1, Dr. Johnson will
serve as acting administrator of ADAMHA, pending nomination of an
administrator by the President and confirmation by the Senate. 
Robert Trachtenberg, currently acting administrator, retires 
March 31. 
        ADAMHA, an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service, has
lead federal responsibility for carrying out programs supporting
research, prevention and treatment of mental and addictive
disorders.  Its fiscal 1992 budget is $3 billion.
        Dr. Johnson has been director of ADAMHA's Office for
Substance Abuse Prevention since February 1988, with primary
responsibility for the administration of the nation's alcohol and
other drug prevention programs and activities.  With a staff
level of 170 and  budget of about $300 million, OSAP conducts a
full range of drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs.  In
addition, she holds the post of associate administrator for
prevention.
        Prior to being named the Office for Substance Abuse
Prevention's director in 1988, she was deputy director of the
National Institute on Drug Abuse.  There, she had a principal
role in planning, directing and administering the institute's
drug abuse research program, including the management of its
intramural and extramural research programs and its AIDS research
activities.
        Dr. Johnson joined ADAMHA in 1972 and brings more than 20
years of experience in treatment, prevention and research to her
new position.
        Dr. Johnson received the Presidential Meritorious
Executive Rank Award in 
1991.  She received her bachelor's degree
from Morgan State University and her master's and doctorate from
the University of Maryland.  She, her husband, and their two sons
reside in Catonsville, Md.                        

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