Cozzette Lyons-Jones, MPH ‘18

Dr. Cozzette Lyons-Jones is an Ann G. Quealy Memorial Fellowship awardee, Delta Omega Honor Society member, FSPH guest lecturer, and Paul Torrens Forum panelist, with over two decades dedicated to transforming care in underserved communities. 

She serves as Chief Medical Officer at Watts Healthcare Corporation, a historic FQHC in Los Angeles. Her leadership has driven digital health innovations, including expanded remote patient monitoring, AI-enabled diabetic retinopathy screening, and enhanced clinical documentation tools. She advanced a key partnership with Charles R. Drew University, leading to the launch of Internal Medicine and Pediatric Sports Medicine residency clinics at Watts. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she provided clinical leadership supporting the design and launch of drive-through testing, training providers in telehealth adoption, and developing infection control protocols aligned with public health guidance. 

As president of the Association of Black Women Physicians, she advanced partnerships with VaccineAll58 and This Is Our Shot to address vaccine hesitancy; March of Dimes and First 5 LA on maternal health; the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; and the Alzheimer’s Association. The workforce pipeline was strengthened through structured mentorship and surpassing the $1 million milestone in total scholarships awarded. 

A frequent media contributor and respected voice on health issues, Dr. Lyons-Jones has been featured on platforms such as ABC7 News and FoxSoul, and interviewed by Maria Shriver, Areva Martin, and former D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt. Her leadership has earned her recognition, including the 2022 Physicians for a Healthy California Leadership Award and being named a 2023 NAACP Image Awards Community Health Hero.

Dr. Lyons-Jones earned her Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, her Doctor of Medicine from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo in 1997, and an Executive Master of Public Health from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in 2018.