Dr. Kozik is a Research Investigator in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan, where she studies microbial-immune relationships in adult asthma, with emphasis on asthma phenotype and biomarker discovery for treatment responses. Dr. Kozik’s broad interests include microbiome-immune interactions, integrative multi-omics, applied bioinformatics, and biopsychosocial frameworks to address health disparities. She is passionate about transforming systems to sustain future generations of research scientists and has worked on a number of initiatives to promote equity in STEM. Dr. Kozik is the Co-Founder and Vice President of the Black Microbiologists Association (Black In Microbiology), and a member of the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group.