Brittney Francis

Biography

Education and Training

• BS, Biology
  University of Miami
• MPH, Public Health
  Washington University in St. Louis
• PhD, Epidemiology
  Ohio State University

Publications

• Historical Neighborhood Redlining and Fertility in a Cohort of US Black Women.

  Willis MD, Sheng C, Lovett SM, Feldscher T, Sims KD, Francis B, Hicks JM, Holder EX, Wise LA, Cozier YC, Wesselink AK. Epidemiology 2026 Mar 01

  PMID: 41397260

• Neighborhood Threat of Eviction over Time and Risk of Preterm Birth in Black American Women.

  Sealy-Jefferson S, Ross LJ, Sanders K, Harry K, Anderson-Mays T, Oneal R, Jones-McBryde C, Booth J, Francis B, Jackson B, Bellamy S. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2025 May 13

  PMID: 40358901

• Sealy-Jefferson et al. respond to invited commentary by Joseph et al. with "Toward naming who and what is accountable for racial inequities in adverse Black maternal mental health".

  Sealy-Jefferson S, Jackson B, Francis B. Am J Epidemiol 2025 Apr 08

  PMID: 39083038

• Neighborhood eviction trajectories and odds of moderate and serious psychological distress during pregnancy among African American women.

  Sealy-Jefferson S, Jackson B, Francis B. Am J Epidemiol 2024 07 08

  PMID: 38518207

• Racial and Economic Segregation Over the Life Course and Incident Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Black Women in California.

  Francis B, Pearl M, Colen C, Shoben A, Sealy-Jefferson S. Am J Epidemiol 2024 02 05

  PMID: 37771041