Education

• Ph.D. Epidemiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, 2019
• Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, 2015
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1988

Research Interests

Rozario’s research interest is in maternal and child health epidemiology. Her research focuses on maternal morbidities, intimate partner violence, maternal mental health, maternal physical activity and interpregnancy interval affecting the pregnancy outcome. She is specifically interested in investigating the role of certain psychosocial, reproductive and health behavioral factors in pregnancy-induced hypertension using a social determinants of health approach.

Select Publications

• Rozario SS, Wallenborn JT, Ihongbe T,  Masho SW. The Additive Effect of Interpregnancy Interval and Maternal Body Mass Index on Pregnancy Induced Hypertension in the U.S. Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health, 2021; 25:48-55
• Rozario SS, Gondwe T, Lu J. Gender Differences in the Association between Mental Health Status, Hypertension, and Emergency Department Visits in the United States. Journal of Health Psychology. 2020
• Rozario SS, Gondwe T, Masho SW. Pre-Pregnancy Intimate Partner Violence and Short Interbirth Interval: The Role of Insurance Status. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2020
• Masho SW, Rozario SS, Ferrance J. Addressing Intimate Partner Violence around the Time of Pregnancy and Utilization of WIC Services. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2019; 23:1648–1657
• Rozario SS, Masho SW. The associations between mental health status, hypertension, and hospital inpatient visits in women in the United States. American Journal of Hypertension. 2018; 31(7):804-810

Affiliations

• American Public Health Association
• Society for Epidemiologic Research
• Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program

Courses

• HPEX 358 - Introduction to Epidemiology
• HPEX 357 - Personal Health and Behavior Change
• HPEX 354 - Coping and Adaptation

Awards

• Dissertation Assistantship Award: Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate School, 2018-2019
• Best Research Poster/Honorable Mention (Community and Public Health Research), Women’s Health 2019, Norfolk, VA
• Best Research Poster/Honorable Mention (Clinical and Translational Research), Women’s Health 2018, Washington D.C. 
• Watts Award (Outstanding Scientific Research Presenter): 34th Annual Daniel T. Watts Research Poster Symposium, 2017
• Phi Kappa Phi Scholarly Achievement Award, 2015

Links

• Interview on a TV channel (TBN 24) on Epidemiological aspects of Covid-19, TBN 24, 5/2/2020.
• Mental Health and Hypertension; A Q&A with Dr. Sylvia Rozario, Consultant360.
• Alumni Page, Family Medicine and Epidemiology, VCU School of Medicine.
• #60SecIntro, VCU College of Humanities and Sciences, 10/25/2019.