Jodi L. Ford

Jodi L. Ford's research examines how social stressors—such as homelessness, racism, discrimination, and neighborhood disadvantage—affect the health and development of children, adolescents, and families, with particular attention to biological stress markers (like cortisol and Epstein-Barr virus shedding) and social determinants of health. Her work spans topics including birth outcomes in Mexican American women, cognitive development in low-birth-weight children, youth homelessness, and psychiatric or substance-use risks in adolescents. The work is grounded in nursing science and public health, often using measurement and screening tools to link social conditions to health outcomes.

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from a handful of papers per year around 2017-2018 to a sustained higher output (often 8-18 papers/year) from 2021 onward.

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