Shannon Kozlovich, PhD

Shannon  is the founder of Just Kozs, a small business that seeks to support community-led efforts to create a public health system that is equitable and provides access to quality health care for all people with a focus on LGBTQI+ communities and fair labor practices. 

She served as the Projects Director at The National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network. She is a research scientist specializing in the impact of nicotine on cancer treatments, how menthol increases the health impact of tobacco use, the metabolism of the most potent cancer-causing compound in tobacco, and the impact of tobacco use and cancer within LGBTQI+ communities. She holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Washington State University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California San Francisco with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Shannon founded and organized a student-led science-policy association with the goal of ensuring science trainees are given the skills to communicate research findings and impact to communities and policy makers, volunteered as an advocate and community outreach coordinator for Spokane Parents of Transgender and Transitioning Youth, and has served in various roles as an advocate for LGBTQ+ health justice with a focus on data collection and accessibility.

Data Equity IS Health Equity!

She currently sits on the Executive Committee for the California Dialogue on Cancer and serves as a co-chair for their Health Equality work group to address cancer-related health disparities for LGBTQI+ people. As a queer woman, a mother, a scientist, and an LGBTQI+ activist Shannon strives to fulfill her earnest desire to save the world. In her free time, she listens to audio recordings of US Supreme Court Cases while knitting geeky hats.