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Summer Sherburne Hawkins

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Summer Sherburne Hawkins

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall 210

Telephone: 617-552-0945

Email: summer.hawkins@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Vassar College
  • M.S., Drexel University
  • Ph.D., University of London

Research Interests

Social Epidemiology; Policy Evaluation; Health Disparities; Tobacco Use; Infant Feeding

Expertise

  • Children, Youth, and Families
  • Health
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Social Policy

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Profile

Professor Summer Sherburne Hawkins, PhD, MS, joined the 艾可直播 College School of Social Work (BCSSW) 艾可直播in 2012. She is a social epidemiologist with an interest in addressing policy-relevant research questions in women鈥檚 and children鈥檚 health. Her research examines the impact of policies on health disparities in parents and children, particularly using methodology that integrates epidemiology and economics. She uses applied econometric techniques to evaluate natural experiments created through policy changes within and between U.S. states, including substance use policies, reproductive health-related policies, breastfeeding policies, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Professor Hawkins has published in prominent peer-reviewed public health journals on the topics of tobacco and cannabis use, maternal morbidity and mortality, infant feeding practices, and preventive health services, as well as the impact of state policies on disparities in these health behaviors and outcomes.

Professor Hawkins is currently the Assistant Director of the听Institute of Early Childhood Policy at 艾可直播 College. She is also on the editorial boards for BMC Public Health and听Maternal and Child Nutrition.

Prior to joining BCSSW, Professor Hawkins was a Cohort 7 Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2009-2011.

Select Publications

Hawkins SS, Harper S, Baum CF, Kaufman JS. Associations between state-level changes in reproductive health services and indicators of severe maternal morbidity. JAMA Pediatrics 2023;177(1):93-95. doi: PMID: 36374506 PMCID: PMC9664365

Hawkins SS, Kruzik C, O鈥橞rien M, Coley RL. Flavored tobacco product restrictions in Massachusetts associated with reductions in adolescent cigarette and e-cigarette use. Tobacco Control 2022;31(4):576-579. doi: 笔惭滨顿:听33504582

Hawkins SS, Horvath K, Noble A, Baum CF. ACA and Medicaid expansion increased breast pump claims and breastfeeding for women with public and private insurance. Women鈥檚 Health Issues 2022;32(2):114-121. doi: PMID: 34802860

Hawkins SS, Hacker MR. Trends in use of conventional cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and marijuana in pregnancy and impact of health policy. Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology 2022; 65(2):305-318. doi: PMID: 35125389

Coley RL, Kruzik C, Ghiani M, Carey N, Hawkins SS, Baum CF. Recreational marijuana legalization and adolescent use of marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol. Journal of Adolescent Health 2021; 69(1):41-49. doi: 笔惭滨顿:听33243722听

Hawkins SS, Baum CF. Commentary: Evaluating intersectionality of policies and populations. Pediatrics 2021;147(5):e2020049586. doi: 笔惭滨顿:听33875538

Hawkins SS, Baum CF. The downstream effects of state tobacco control policies on birth outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2019; 205:107634. doi: PMID: 31669802

Select Grants

09/2023-08/2024 Grodman Family Foundation 鈥� titled, Evaluating the health impacts of disasters on youth
Role: Co-PI (with Betty Lai)

09/2021-08/2023 National Cancer Institute & FDA Center for Tobacco Products (R21CA268199) 鈥� titled, Impact analysis of flavor restrictions and tobacco 21 policies on youth tobacco use听
Role: PI听

07/2019-12/2021 American Lung Association Public Policy Research Award (PP- 625245) - titled, Impact of tobacco control and air quality policies on disparities in prenatal smoking and birth outcomes
Role: PI

Select Appointments & Awards

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King鈥檚 College London, England (09/18-08/19)

K99/R00 recipient 鈥� National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 5-year career development award (R00HD068506) (2011-2016)

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