Yvette C. Cozier, DSc, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology and
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Boston University School of Public Health
yvettec@bu.edu
Education:
DSc, Boston University School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BA, Harvard University Extension School
Research interests:
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.
Active grants:
- A Follow-up Study for Causes of Cancer in Black Women
09/01/2022 – 08/31/2027 (Multi-PI)
NIH/National Cancer Institute
5U01CA164974-15
- (CRIA) Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among US Black Women
10/01/2023 – 09/30/2026 (Subcontract PI)
The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital Crohns & Colitis Fdn
Selected recent publications:
- Bond JC, Velez M, McDonough R, Casey SM, Wise LA, Cozier YC, Fox MP, Garcia RI, Heaton B. Multi-cohort evaluation of “Don’t know” responders to self-report oral health questions: Implications for etiologic research. J Periodontol. 2025 Aug 02. PMID: 40751474; DOI: 10.1002/jper.11378;
- Hill-Jarrett TG, Buto PT, Delaney D, Sol K, Barnes LL, Bailey Z, Ortiz K, Hicks JM, Delp L, Cozier YC, Coogan P, Rosenberg L, Glymour MM. Neighborhood disadvantage and subjective cognitive function among older Black women. Psychol Aging. 2025 Jul 03. PMID: 40608454; PMCID: PMC12233140; DOI: 10.1037/pag0000919;
- Nguyen UDT, Hahm HC, Boateng S, Tran PK, Gururaghavendran R, Cozier YC. The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Asian American Women Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Apr 22; 22(5). PMID: 40427778; PMCID: PMC12111472; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22050661;
- Griswold MK, Crawford SL, Person SD, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Cozier YC. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among Primiparous Black Women. Breastfeed Med. 2025 May; 20(5):310-319. PMID: 39835974; PMCID: PMC12344102; DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2024.0263;
- Anyane-Yeboa A, Casey K, Roberts AL, Lopes E, Burke K, Ananthakrishnan A, Richter J, Cozier YC, Koenen KC, Chan AT, Khalili H. Association of Childhood Abuse With Incident Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2024 Dec 01; 15(12):e00718. PMID: 39450870; PMCID: PMC11671083; DOI: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000718;
- Arkema EV, Darlington PL, Cozier YC. Predicting the risk of pulmonary deterioration in sarcoidosis. Thorax. 2024 Oct 16; 79(11):1004-1005. PMID: 39362784;
- D’Amico M, Babayan RK, Wang DS, Wason S, Cozier YC. Clinical, Diagnostic, and Metabolic Characteristics Associated with Nephrolithiasis in the Black Women’s Health Study. J Clin Med. 2024 Oct 07; 13(19). PMID: 39408008; PMCID: PMC11477578; DOI: 10.3390/jcm13195948;
- Cozier Y, Mellman L, Galea S. The Evolving Role of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Academic Health Institutions. JAMA. 2024 Aug 20; 332(7):531-532. PMID: 39046748;
- 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. 2025 Apr; 12(2):754-763. PMID: 38324238; PMCID: PMC11303595; DOI: 10.1007/s40615-024-01915-3;
- 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; PMCID: PMC10926238; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066471;
- 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; PMCID: PMC10827091; DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.12.575447;
- 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);
- 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; PMCID: PMC11004793; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac022;
- 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; PMCID: PMC10638652; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43203;
- Arkema EV, Rossides M, Cozier YC. Sarcoidosis and its relation to other immune-mediated diseases: Epidemiological insights. J Autoimmun. 2024 Dec; 149:103127. PMID: 37816661;
- 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; PMCID: PMC11045662; DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izad049;