About us
Sablefish Wellness & Research
Helping you feel your best through innovative wellness services and clinical research opportunities.
Advancing Health. Inspiring Well-Being. Improving Lives.
Our logo
The story in our logo
Every part of the Sablefish emblem stands for something we believe in.
- A sablefish leaping upward
- Hope and perseverance
- Mountains
- Overcoming obstacles
- Flowing water
- Healing and renewal
- A DNA strand woven into the circle
- Research and innovation
- A rising sun
- New beginnings
Why "Sablefish"?
A name with a story
Sablefish Wellness & Research is named in honor of my father, Clifford Johnson, who passed away in early 2025 at the age of 88 — healthy and joyful right up to the end.
Dad grew up in Idaho and, beginning in the late 1950s, served in the U.S. Navy aboard the submarine USS Sablefish. He trained as an electrician there, carried that trade to Boeing, and later used the same skills to build houses. He held plenty of jobs and ran more than a few businesses over the years, but nothing lit him up like telling stories about his time on the Sablefish. The Navy showed him the world; he came home certain that Idaho was the most beautiful place to live and raise a family.
We were close. We shared our faith, a love of football and the outdoors, and an entrepreneurial streak. I was blessed with parents who loved and supported my sisters and me, and who always cared for others first.
The sablefish itself is a Pacific Northwest native, found in the deep, cold waters off the West Coast — and it is remarkably long-lived, with lifespans approaching the century mark. That number matters to me. My personal goal is to live to at least 100, and to make those years healthy and happy ones.
That's the mission Sablefish Wellness & Research carries forward: caring for others first, so more people can live long, healthy, joyful lives.
— Tracy Christianson, Founder
The founder
Tracy Christianson
Tracy has spent more than 35 years in medical research. She began at the bench in the Biochemistry and Hematology/Oncology departments at Oregon Health & Science University, moved into research administration at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and went on to direct clinical oncology research at Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center — where she also served as Scientific Director of the National Functional Genomics Center and as a scientific liaison to the Department of Defense.
In Idaho she led Advanced Clinical Research in Meridian as Site Director and Vice President of Clinical Operations, then served as Vice President of Site Strategy for Velocity Clinical Research. She founded Be Well Clinical Studies in Nebraska and Texas, led it as Chief Scientific Officer, and today advises CanceRx and other research organizations through Christianson Research Consulting. Across those roles she has overseen hundreds of industry-sponsored trials in vaccines, dermatology, metabolic disease, neurology and more.
She holds bachelor's degrees in Life Sciences and in Business from Concordia University in Portland, where she graduated magna cum laude.
One integrated health company
Sablefish Wellness & Research is an integrated health company in Garden City, Idaho, with three divisions: Health & Wellness, Clinical Research, and Medical Infusions. Each has its own dedicated specialists, and all three share the same commitment to safe, personal, high-quality care.