Jessica L. Dozier, PhD, MPH, is a population health scientist and social and behavioral researcher whose interdisciplinary training spans global health, sexual and reproductive health, and women’s and gender studies. Dr. Dozier earned her PhD in public health from Johns Hopkins University and completed a President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan, where she co-developed and evaluated a pilot mHealth intervention addressing reproductive coercion among family planning patients. In Fall 2026, she will join the University of Michigan School of Nursing as a Research Investigator. Grounded in feminist and reproductive justice frameworks, Dr. Dozier’s research examines how reproductive coercion and other forms of gender-based violence shape abortion and contraception decision-making, access to care, and health outcomes. Her work has investigated the experiences of cisgender women, transgender men, and non-binary patients with intimate partner interference in abortion and contraception, as well as men’s use of reproductive coercion in the post-Dobbs landscape. She is particularly interested in emerging forms of abortion coercion, including threats of criminal legal system involvement and interference with telemedicine abortion, and how these experiences shape care trajectories. Through the Changemakers Award, Dr. Dozier seeks to advance an independent body of research on reproductive coercion that informs policy and systems responses to partner interference, while strengthening survivor-centered clinical and community-based strategies that support autonomy and safety. The award will also support her continued development as an interdisciplinary scholar conducting policy-relevant research at the intersection of family planning, gender-based violence, and reproductive justice.