Elizabeth Ozer, PhD
In addition to intervention research, Dr. Ozer and colleagues have examined ethnic/racial disparities in the delivery of preventive services, rates of screening for depression in primary care, and trends in depression, nutrition, and physical activity screening. Extending beyond the adolescent age-group, recent work has emphasized young adult preventive health care. Dr. Ozer is currently PI of a Maternal & Child Health (MCHB) funded Adolescent/Young Adult Health Network with a focus on developing a national transdisciplinary research agenda for adolescent and young adult health and to translate research into practice.
Dr. Ozer is Chair of the University of California System-Wide Committee on the Status of Women; and a member of the UCSF Advisory Committee on the Status of Women and the Campus Council on Faculty Life. In 2007, she served as a visiting professor at the University of Melbourne.
Education
Websites
Sinha A, Rowe J, Ozer E. Narrative Play-Promoting Adolescent Health With Interactive Games. JAMA 2024. PMID: 38602666
Giovanelli A, Rowe J, Taylor M, Berna M, Tebb KP, Penilla C, Pugatch M, Lester J, Ozer EM. Supporting Adolescent Engagement with Artificial Intelligence-Driven Digital Health Behavior Change Interventions. Journal of medical Internet research 2023. PMID: 37223987
Ozer EM. Albert Bandura (1925-2021). 2022. PMID: 35238591
Giovanelli A, Ozer EJ, Adams SH, Park MJ, Ozer EM. Adolescent Technology-use Rules and Sleep in a Large Representative Sample. 2022. PMID: 34991931
Mott M, Mott B, Rowe J, Ozer E, Giovanelli A, Berna M, Pugatch M, Tebb K, Penilla C, Lester J. "What's Important to You, Max?": The Influence of Goals on Engagement in an Interactive Narrative for Adolescent Health Behavior Change. Interactive storytelling : 14th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2021, Tallinn, Estonia, December 7-10, 2021, Proceedings. Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (14th : 202... 2021. PMID: 36354310
Giovanelli A, Adams SH, Jane Park M, Ozer EM. Delivering Anticipatory Guidance About Technology Use to Adolescents in Primary Care: Rates in a Representative California Sample. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2021. PMID: 34301469
Walsh J, Potter M, Ozer E, Gildengorin G, Dass N, Green L. Evaluating the sustainability of a cancer screening intervention through a PRISM: The PreView experience. Preventive medicine reports 2021. PMID: 34189023
Vance SR, Dentoni-Lasofsky B, Ozer E, Deutsch MB, Meyers MJ, Buckelew SM. Using Standardized Patients to Augment Communication Skills and Self-Efficacy in Caring for Transgender Youth. Academic pediatrics 2021. PMID: 34022426
Pfaff N, DaSilva A, Ozer E, Vemula Kaiser S. Adolescent Risk Behavior Screening and Interventions in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review. Pediatrics 2021. PMID: 33785635
Tebb KP, Rodriguez F, Pollack LM, Adams S, Rico R, Renteria R, Trieu SL, Hwang L, Brindis CD, Ozer E, Puffer M. Improving contraceptive use among Latina adolescents: A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating an mHealth application, Health-E You/Salud iTu. Contraception 2021. PMID: 33744300
Richardson L, Parker EO, Zhou C, Kientz J, Ozer E, McCarty C. Electronic Health Risk Behavior Screening With Integrated Feedback Among Adolescents in Primary Care: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of medical Internet research 2021. PMID: 33709942
Wong CA, Madanay F, Ozer EM, Harris SK, Moore M, Master SO, Moreno M, Weitzman ER. Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020. PMID: 32718511
Ozer EM, Rowe J, Tebb KP, Berna M, Penilla C, Giovanelli A, Jasik C, Lester JC. Fostering Engagement in Health Behavior Change: Iterative Development of an Interactive Narrative Environment to Enhance Adolescent Preventive Health Services. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020. PMID: 32718513
Ozer EM, Lester JC. Innovative Digital Technologies to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020. PMID: 32718512
Giovanelli A, Ozer EM, Dahl RE. Leveraging Technology to Improve Health in Adolescence: A Developmental Science Perspective. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020. PMID: 32718517
Vance SR, Buckelew SM, Dentoni-Lasofsky B, Ozer E, Deutsch MB, Meyers M. A Pediatric Transgender Medicine Curriculum for Multidisciplinary Trainees. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2020. PMID: 32352033
Walsh J, Potter M, Salazar R, Ozer E, Gildengorin G, Dass N, Green L. PreView: a Randomized Trial of a Multi-site Intervention in Diverse Primary Care to Increase Rates of Age-Appropriate Cancer Screening. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31728894
Guss CE, Inwards-Breland DJ, Ozer E, Vance SR. Experiences With Querying Gender Identity Across Seven Adolescent Medicine Sites. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2018. PMID: 30115506
Vance SR, Lasofsky B, Ozer E, Buckelew SM. Teaching paediatric transgender care. The clinical teacher 2018. PMID: 29573566
Tebb KP, Rodriguez F, Pollack LM, Trieu SL, Hwang L, Puffer M, Adams S, Ozer EM, Brindis CD. Assessing the effectiveness of a patient-centred computer-based clinic intervention, Health-E You/Salud iTu, to reduce health disparities in unintended pregnancies among Hispanic adolescents: study protocol for a cluster randomised control trial. BMJ open 2018. PMID: 29326184
Harris SK, Aalsma MC, Weitzman ER, Garcia-Huidobro D, Wong C, Hadland SE, Santelli J, Park MJ, Ozer EM. Research on Clinical Preventive Services for Adolescents and Young Adults: Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Go? The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2016. PMID: 28011064
Jasik CB, Berna M, Martin M, Ozer EM. Teen Preferences for Clinic-Based Behavior Screens: Who, Where, When, and How? The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2016. PMID: 27884300
Webb MJ, Kauer SD, Ozer EM, Haller DM, Sanci LA. Does screening for and intervening with multiple health compromising behaviours and mental health disorders amongst young people attending primary care improve health outcomes? A systematic review. BMC family practice 2016. PMID: 27488823
Frasquilho D, Ozer EJ, Ozer EM, Branquinho C, Camacho I, Reis M, Tomé G, Santos T, Gomes P, Cruz J, Ramiro L, Gaspar T, Simões C, Piatt AA, Holsen I, Gaspar de Matos M. Dream Teens: Adolescents-Led Participatory Project in Portugal in the Context of the Economic Recession. Health promotion practice 2016. PMID: 27466268
Tebb KP, Erenrich RK, Jasik CB, Berna MS, Lester JC, Ozer EM. Use of theory in computer-based interventions to reduce alcohol use among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review. BMC public health 2016. PMID: 27317330
Sanci L, Chondros P, Sawyer S, Pirkis J, Ozer E, Hegarty K, Yang F, Grabsch B, Shiell A, Cahill H, Ambresin AE, Patterson E, Patton G. Responding to Young People's Health Risks in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomised Trial of Training Clinicians in Screening and Motivational Interviewing. PloS one 2015. PMID: 26422235
Dolcini MM, Catania JA, Gandelman A, Ozer EM. Implementing a brief evidence-based HIV intervention: a mixed methods examination of compliance fidelity. Translational behavioral medicine 2014. PMID: 25584091
Sadeh N, Londahl-Shaller EA, Piatigorsky A, Fordwood S, Stuart BK, McNiel DE, Klonsky ED, Ozer EM, Yaeger AM. Functions of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents and young adults with Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms. Psychiatry research 2014. PMID: 24594204
Ozer EM, Scott JT, Brindis CD. Seizing the opportunity: improving young adult preventive health care. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews 2013. PMID: 24654545
Lau JS, Adams SH, Irwin CE, Ozer EM. Receipt of preventive health services in young adults. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2012. PMID: 23260833
Sanci L, Grabsch B, Chondros P, Shiell A, Pirkis J, Sawyer S, Hegarty K, Patterson E, Cahill H, Ozer E, Seymour J, Patton G. The prevention access and risk taking in young people (PARTY) project protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial of health risk screening and motivational interviewing for young people presenting to general practice. BMC public health 2012. PMID: 22672481
Viner RM, Ozer EM, Denny S, Marmot M, Resnick M, Fatusi A, Currie C. Adolescence and the social determinants of health. Lancet (London, England) 2012. PMID: 22538179
Ozer EM, Urquhart JT, Brindis CD, Park MJ, Irwin CE. Young adult preventive health care guidelines: there but can't be found. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2012. PMID: 22393182
Jasik CB, Adams SH, Irwin CE, Ozer E. The association of BMI status with adolescent preventive screening. Pediatrics 2011. PMID: 21768313
Ozer EM, Adams SH, Orrell-Valente JK, Wibbelsman CJ, Lustig JL, Millstein SG, Garber AK, Irwin CE. Does delivering preventive services in primary care reduce adolescent risky behavior? The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2011. PMID: 22018561
Ozer EM, Zahnd EG, Adams SH, Husting SR, Wibbelsman CJ, Norman KP, Smiga SM. Are adolescents being screened for emotional distress in primary care? The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2009. PMID: 19465315
Adams SH, Husting S, Zahnd E, Ozer EM. Adolescent preventive services: rates and disparities in preventive health topics covered during routine medical care in a California sample. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2008. PMID: 19465317
Buckelew SM, Adams SH, Irwin CE, Gee S, Ozer EM. Increasing clinician self-efficacy for screening and counseling adolescents for risky health behaviors: results of an intervention. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2008. PMID: 18639796
Ozer EM. The adolescent primary care visit: time to build on strengths. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2007. PMID: 18023777
Ozer EM, Adams SH, Lustig JL, Gee S, Garber AK, Gardner LR, Rehbein M, Addison L, Irwin CE. Increasing the screening and counseling of adolescents for risky health behaviors: a primary care intervention. Pediatrics 2005. PMID: 15805371
Ozer EM, Adams SH, Gardner LR, Mailloux DE, Wibbelsman CJ, Irwin CE. Provider self-efficacy and the screening of adolescents for risky health behaviors. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2004. PMID: 15261638
Brindis C, Park MJ, Ozer EM, Irwin CE. Adolescents' access to health services and clinical preventive health care: crossing the great divide. Pediatric annals 2002. PMID: 12271742
Ozer EM, Adams SH, Lustig JL, Millstein SG, Camfield K, El-Diwany S, Volpe S, Irwin CE. Can it be done? Implementing adolescent clinical preventive services. Health services research 2001. PMID: 16148966
Lustig JL, Ozer EM, Adams SH, Wibbelsman CJ, Fuster CD, Bonar RW, Irwin CE. Improving the delivery of adolescent clinical preventive services through skills-based training. Pediatrics 2001. PMID: 11331693
Halpern-Felsher BL, Ozer EM, Millstein SG, Wibbelsman CJ, Fuster CD, Elster AB, Irwin CE. Preventive services in a health maintenance organization: how well do pediatricians screen and educate adolescent patients? Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2000. PMID: 10665605
Ozer EM, Barnett RC, Brennan RT, Sperling J. Does child care involvement increase or decrease distress among dual-earner couples? Women's health (Hillsdale, N.J.) 1998. PMID: 9916542
Ozer EM. The impact of work-family systems on women's psychological health: an introduction. Women's health (Hillsdale, N.J.) 1998. PMID: 9916541
Ozer, E. M.. The impact of childcare responsibility and self-efficacy on the psychological health of working mothers Psychology of Women Quarterly 1995. PMID:
Chesney MA, Ozer EM. Women and health: in search of a paradigm. Women's health (Hillsdale, N.J.) 1995. PMID: 9373371
Chesney, M.
Ozer, E. M.. Women's health: In search of a paradigm Women's Health: Research on Gender, Behavior and Policy 1995. PMID:Ozer EM, Bandura A. Mechanisms governing empowerment effects: a self-efficacy analysis. Journal of personality and social psychology 1990. PMID: 2324938