Yvette C. Cozier, DSc
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, Dean’s Office - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Dr. Cozier is an investigator on the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) and the BWHS Sarcoidosis Study at the Slone Epidemiology Center. Her research interests include social and genetic determinants of health in African-American women -- specifically, the influence of psychosocial stressors (e.g., racism, neighborhood socioeconomic status), and genetics in the development of cancer, cardiometabolic, and immune-mediated diseases (sarcoidosis, lupus). Additional research interests include oral health, and the role that religiosity/spirituality and the faith community, particularly the black church, plays in health promotion/disease prevention in the Black community.
Other Positions
- Associate Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University
Education
- Boston University School of Public Health, DSc Field of Study: Epidemiology
- Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
- Harvard University Extension School, BA Field of Study: Liberal Arts
Websites
Classes Taught
- SPHEP775
- SPHPH717
Publications
- Published on 2/7/2024
Ruiz-Narváez EA, Cozier Y, Zirpoli G, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR. Perceived Experiences of racism in Relation to Genome-Wide DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Aging in the Black Women's Health Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Feb 07. PMID: 38324238.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 1/18/2024
Sheehy S, Brock M, Palmer JR, Albert MA, Cozier YC, Rosenberg L. Perceived Interpersonal Racism in Relation to Incident Coronary Heart Disease Among Black Women. Circulation. 2024 Feb 13; 149(7):521-528. PMID: 38235551.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 1/16/2024
Rosario MA, Alotaibi R, Espinal-Martinez AO, Ayoub A, Baumann A, Clark U, Cozier Y, Schon K. Personal Mastery Attenuates the Association between Greater Perceived Discrimination and Lower Amygdala and Anterior Hippocampal Volume in a Diverse Sample of Older Adults. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 16. PMID: 38293042.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 12/6/2023
Cozier YC, Arkema EV. Update on Sarcoidosis - Clinics in Chest Medicine Robert P. Baughman, MD, Elyse E. Lower, MD, Marc A. Judson, MD, Editors. Epidemiology of Sarcoidosis. Elsevier Inc. St. Louis. 2023; 45(1):DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j..
- Published on 11/3/2023
Palmer JR, Cozier YC, Rosenberg L. Research on Health Disparities: Strategies and Findings From the Black Women's Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 03; 192(11):1806-1810. PMID: 35136921.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 11/3/2023
Davidson JC, Kent BV, Cozier YC, Kanaya AM, Warner ET, Eliassen AH, Williams DR, Shields AE. "Does Religious Service Attendance Modify the Relationship between Everyday Discrimination and Risk of Obesity? Results from the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health". J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Nov 03. PMID: 37921946.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 11/1/2023
Sheehy S, Aparicio HJ, Palmer JR, Cozier Y, Lioutas VA, Shulman JG, Rosenberg L. Perceived Interpersonal Racism and Incident Stroke Among US Black Women. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Nov 01; 6(11):e2343203. PMID: 37948073.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 10/10/2023
Bertrand KA, Delp L, Coogan PF, Cozier YC, Lenzy YM, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR. Hair relaxer use and risk of uterine cancer in the Black Women's Health Study. Environ Res. 2023 Dec 15; 239(Pt 1):117228. PMID: 37821068.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 10/8/2023
Arkema EV, Rossides M, Cozier YC. Sarcoidosis and its relation to other immune-mediated diseases: Epidemiological insights. J Autoimmun. 2023 Oct 08; 103127. PMID: 37816661.
Read At: PubMed
- Published on 10/3/2023
Anyane-Yeboa A, Buadu MAE, Khalili H, Cozier YC. Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Cohort of US Black Women. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 Oct 03; 29(10):1517-1523. PMID: 36946376.
Read At: PubMed
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News & In the Media
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Published on February 8, 2024
Genetics, Lifestyle Aren’t Biggest Predictors of Health for Black Women. Here’s What Is
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Published on January 12, 2024
Reaffirming Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as Values in Public Health
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Published on January 5, 2024
Controversy around Chemical Hair Relaxers Grows as More Research Shows Link to Some Cancers
- Published on December 5, 2023
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Published on December 1, 2023
Racism and Zip Codes, and Their Link to Black Women’s Health
- Published on November 21, 2023
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Published on November 3, 2023
Racism Is Linked to Dental Anxiety and Fear among Black Women
- Published on September 2, 2023
- Published on July 6, 2023
- Published on February 11, 2023
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Published on January 27, 2023
50 Years After Roe v. Wade, What Do the Next 50 Years Look Like?
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Published on October 14, 2022
SPH Launches School-wide Review of Syllabi to Advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
- Published on June 25, 2022
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Published on June 13, 2022
A Toxic Chemical Used in Hair Products for Black Women Can Fuel Breast Cancer, Study Finds
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Published on June 2, 2022
SPH’s 10-Point Plan for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
- Published on April 16, 2022
- Published on March 3, 2022
- Published on February 24, 2022
- Published on January 28, 2022
- Published on January 21, 2022
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Published on October 4, 2021
Black Women More Susceptible to COVID When Vitamin D Level Is Low
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Published on August 19, 2021
Black Women with Vitamin D Insufficiency More Likely to Test Positive for COVID-19
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Published on August 2, 2021
Can Vitamin D Protect You from COVID-19? Here’s What the Latest Research Says
- Published on August 2, 2021
- Published on July 30, 2021
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Published on July 29, 2021
Can Vitamin D Protect You from COVID-19? Here’s What the Latest Research Says
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Published on July 28, 2021
Black Women’s Hair Products Are Killing Us. Why Isn’t More Being Done?
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Published on May 28, 2021
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research Welcomes Three New Members to Its Board of Directors
- Published on October 28, 2020
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Published on August 17, 2020
Racism Linked to Cognitive Decline in African American Women
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Published on July 2, 2020
The Uncertain Future of Faith—and Health—in a Coronavirus World
- Published on June 4, 2020
- Published on March 10, 2020
- Published on November 1, 2019
- Published on October 24, 2019
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Published on October 9, 2019
Global Health Conference Shows the Importance of Interdisciplinary Action
- Published on August 8, 2019
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Published on March 28, 2019
Racial Disparities in Oral Health Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
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Published on November 28, 2018
Religious, Spiritual Coping May Reduce Black Women’s Hypertension Risk
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Published on October 15, 2018
BU Doctoral Student Receives Health Policy Research Scholarship
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Published on August 9, 2018
Black Women’s Lupus Risk Increases with Smoking, Decreases with Moderate Drinking
- Published on June 29, 2018
- Published on May 24, 2018
- Published on May 3, 2018
- Published on March 29, 2018
- Published on February 8, 2018
- Published on November 26, 2017
- Published on January 24, 2017
- Published on June 10, 2016
- Published on March 3, 2016