Jessica L Dozier PhD, MPH

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Research Fellow

Department

Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership

University Affilliations

U-M President's Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Contact

(734) 647-4873
[email protected]
4303 NURS1

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Interests

  • Sexual and reproductive health

  • Contraception and abortion

  • Reproductive autonomy and coercion

  • Social determinants of health/health disparities

  • Global health

Dr. Dozier is a University of Michigan President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Systems, Populations, and Leadership. As a public health social scientist trained in epidemiology and demography, her research focuses on multilevel factors influencing reproductive decision-making, equitable access to contraception and abortion care, and gender-based violence prevention and response. Her current research explores the intersection of reproductive health and gender-based violence, with an emphasis on coercive partner interference in contraceptive use, pregnancy, and abortion in both the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa.

Affilliations/Service

  • Member, Society of Family Planning (2019-present)

  • Member, American Public Health Association (2019-present)

  • Member, Population Association of America (2019-present)

Notable Awards/Honors

  • C. Sylvia and Eddie C. Brown Community Health Doctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2019-2024

  • Fellowship Award, Johns Hopkins Population Center Summer Student, Johns Hopkins University, 2023

  • Laurie Schwab Zabin Award for Population and Family Planning Students, Johns Hopkins University, 2022

  • Kann Trowbridge Fund Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2021

  • Women's Suffrage Centennial Gender and Racial Justice Scholars Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2021

  • NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Grant Scholar, University of Michigan, 2014

Education

  • PhD, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2024

  • MPH, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 2019

  • BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2016

Publications Highlights

  • Dozier, J. L., Burke, A. E., McMahon, H. V., Berger, B. O., Quasebarth, M., Sufrin, C., & Bell. S.O. (2024). "Maybe if we weren't in the pandemic, I would have reconsidered": Experiences of abortion care-seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland. Perspectives in Sexual Reproductive Health, 56(2), 124-135. doi: 10.1111/psrh.12265.

  • Bell, S. O., Dozier, J. L., Casubhoy, I., & Sufrin, C. (2024). Impact of new abortion restrictions on people in prison: Estimated number of incarcerated people without abortion access and distance to abortion providers. Contraception, 129, 110278.  doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110278.

  • Bell, S. O., Berger, B. O., Sufrin, C., Dozier, J. L., & Burke, A. E. (2023). An exploratory study of COVID-19-related changes in abortion service availability and use in Washtington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 55(1), 12-22. doi: 10.1363/psrh.12220.

  • Wood, S. N., Dozier, J. L., Karp, C., Desta, S., Decker, M. R., Shiferaw, S., Seme, A., Yirgu, R., & Zimmerman, L. A. (2022). Pregnancy coercion, correlates, and associated modern contraceptive use within a nationally representative sample of Ethiopian women. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 30(1), 2139891. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2022.2139891.

  • Dozier, J. L., Zimmerman, L. A., Ejigu, B. A., Shiferaw, S., Seme, A., Yihdego, M., Yirgu, R., & Wood, S. N. (2022). Pregnancy coercion and partner knowledge of contraceptive use among Ethiopian women. Contraception: X, 4, 100084. doi: 10.1016/j.conx.2022.100084.

  • Dozier, J. L., Sufrin, C., Berger, B. O., Burke, A. E., & Bell, S. O. (2022). COVID-19 impacts on abortion care-seeking experiences in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia regions of the United States. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 54(3), 68-79. doi: 10.1363/psrh.12202.

  • Sheehy, G., Dozier, J. L., Mickler, A. K., Yihdego, M., Karp, C., & Zimmerman, L. A. (2021). Regional and residential disparities in knowledge of abortion legality and availability of facility-based abortion services in Ethiopia. Contraception: X, 3, 100066. doi: 10.1016/j.conx.2021.100066.

  • Mosley, E. A., Narasimhan, S., Blevins, J., Dozier, J. L., Pringle, J., Clarke, L. S., Scott, C., Kan, M., Hall, K. S., & Rice, W. S. (2021). Sexuality-based stigma and inclusion among southern protestant religious leaders. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 19, 1519-1532. doi: 10.1007/s13178-021-00662-y

  • Dozier, J. L., Hennink, M., Mosley, E., Narasimhan, S., Pringle, J., Clarke, L., Blevins, J., James-Portis, L., Keithan, R., Hall, K. S., & Rice, W. S. (2020). Abortion attitudes, religious and moral beliefs, and pastoral care among Protestant religious leaders in Georgia. PLoS One, 15(7), e0235971. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235971.

  • Hall K. S., Manu, A., Morhe, E., Dalton, V. K., Challa, S., Loll, D., Dozier, J. L., Zochowski, M. K., Boakye, A., & Harris, L. H. Bad girl and unmet family planning need among Sub-Saharan African adolescents: The role of sexual and reproductive health stigma. Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare, 2(1), 55-64. doi: 10.4081/qrmh.2018.7062.

  • Hall, K. S., Morhe, E., Manu, A., Harris, L. H., Ela, E., Loll, D., Kolenic, G., Dozier, J. L., Challa, S., Zochowski, M. K., Boakye, A., Adanu, R., & Dalton, V. K. (2018). Factors associated with sexual and reproductive health stigma among adolescent girls in Ghana. PLoS One, 13(4), e0195163. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195163.

  • Hall, K. S., Manu, A., Morhe, E., Loll, D., Ela, E., Kolenik, G., Dozier, J. L., Challa, S., Harris, L. H., Adanu, R., Zochowski, M., Boakye, A., & Dalton, V.K. (2018). Development and validation of a scale to measure adolescent sexual and reproductive health stigma. Journal of Sex Research, 55(1):60-72. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1292493.

  • Challa, S., Manu, A., Morhe, E., Loll, D., Dozier, J. L., Zochowski, M. K., Adanu, R., Dalton, V. K., & Hall, K. S.  (2017). Multiple levels of social influence on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ghana. Women & Health, 58(4), 434-450. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2017.1306607.

  • Hamid, M. S., Kolenic, G. E., Dozier, J. L., Dalton, V. K., & Carlos, R. C. (2017). Breast health services: Accuracy of benefit coverage information in the individual insurance marketplace. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, 14(4), 482–487.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.12.002