Maryann Johnson, B.S., is a Biomedical Research Technician in the Inflammation Laboratory at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. She is part of the research team of Dr. Allison Reiss that studies the effect of inflammatory processes on the expression of crucial proteins that contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and cardiovascular diseases. She is one of the authors of the paper “Therapeutic Potential of P110 Peptide: New Insights into Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, published in the peer-reviewed MDPI journal Life. Ms. Johnson received her B.S. in Biochemistry from the State University of New York at Old Westbury. As an undergraduate student researcher, Ms. Johnson was very passionate about pursuing biomedical research and received the Research Excellence Award for Investigating Estrogen Effects on Microglia and Glioblastoma Function. Ms. Johnson recently completed her time in the Reiss lab and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering.