SUMMER SHERBURNE HAWKINS Boston College School of Social Work McGuinn Hall 210 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 summer.hawkins@bc.edu 617-552-0945 EDUCATION Institute of Child Health, University of London, UK PhD, Epidemiology December 2008 Title: Obesity in preschool children: an analysis of policy-relevant risk factors Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Master of Science, Clinical Psychology June 2003 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Bachelor of Arts, Biopsychology/Honors Minor, Art History May 2000 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 09/12-present Assistant Professor, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, MA 09/11-08/12 Research Associate, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development K99/R00 award 09/09-08/11 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health 12/08-08/09 Senior Research Fellow Centre for Policy Research, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health (ICH), University College London (UCL), UK 09/05-11/08 Research Fellow 11/03-08/05 Research Assistant 06/02-06/03 Assistant Psychologist Assessment and Neuropsychology Services, Psychology Department, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 11/01-11/02 Research Assistant Population Science Division, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 08/00-08/01 Research Assistant Pain Trials Center, Pain and Palliative Care Program, Brigham & Women s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 06/99-08/99 Research Assistant Emergency Department, Brigham & Women s Hospital, Boston, MA RESEARCH OUTPUTS Peer-reviewed publications Hawkins SS, Dow-Fleisner S, Noble A. Breastfeeding and the Affordable Care Act. Pediatric Clinics of North America (in press). Hawkins SS, Baum CF, Oken E, Gillman MW. Associations of tobacco control policies with birth outcomes. JAMA Pediatrics 2014;168(11):e142365. PMID: 25365250. Calvo R, Hawkins SS. Disparities in quality of healthcare of children from immigrant families in the US. Maternal and Child Health Journal DOI 10.1007/s10995-015-1740-z. PMID: 25987471. Hawkins SS, Cohen BB. Affordable Care Act standards for race and ethnicity mask disparities in maternal smoking during pregnancy. Preventive Medicine 2014;65:92-95. PMID: 24823903. Hawkins SS, Baum CF. Impact of state cigarette taxes on disparities in maternal smoking during pregnancy. American Journal of Public Health 2014;104(8):1464-1470. PMID: 24922149.
Hawkins SS, Gillman MW, Shafer EF, Cohen BB. Acculturation and maternal health behaviors: findings from the Massachusetts birth certificate. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2014;47(2):150-159. PMID: 24951043. Hawkins SS, Dacey C, Gennaro S, Keshinover T, Gross S, Gibeau A, Lulloff A, Aldous KM. Secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking pregnant women in New York City. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2014;16(8):1079-1084. PMID: 24642590. Edmonds JK, Hawkins SS, Cohen BB. The influence of detailed maternal ethnicity on cesarean delivery: findings from the Massachusetts birth certificate. Birth 2014;41(3):290-298. PMID: 24750358. Hawkins SS, Stern AD, Baum CF, Gillman MW. Compliance with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and impact on breastfeeding rates. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2014;99(2): F138-43. PMID: 2427761. Hawkins SS, Stern AD, Baum CF, Gillman MW. Evaluating the impact of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding rates: a multi-state analysis. Public Health Nutrition 2015; 18(2):189-197. PMID: 24625787. -Nutrition Society Paper of the Month July 2014 http://www.nutritionsociety.org/blog/baby-friendly-hospital-initiative Hawkins SS, Berkman L. Identifying infants at high-risk for secondhand smoke exposure. Child: Care, Health & Development 2014;40(3):441-445. PMID: 23551113. Hawkins SS, Stern AD, Gillman MW. Do state breastfeeding laws in the USA promote breastfeeding? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2013;67(3):250-256. PMID: 23087383. Nguyen, TT, Hawkins SS. Current state of US breastfeeding laws. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2013;9(3):350-358. PMID: 22236439. Hawkins SS, Chandra A, Berkman L. The impact of tobacco control policies on disparities in children s secondhand smoke exposure. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2012;16(Suppl 1):S70-77. PMID: 22456987. Hawkins SS, Berkman L. Parental home smoking policies: the protective effect of having a young child in the household. Preventive Medicine 2011;53:61-63. PMID: 21679724 Hawkins SS, Torres B, Simpson May G, Cohen BB. Setting the standards for collecting ethnicity data in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2011;17:550-553. PMID: 21964360 Hawkins SS, Berkman L. Increased tobacco exposure in older children and its effect on asthma and ear infections. Journal of Adolescent Health 2011;48:647-650. PMID: 21575830 Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C. Examining smoking behaviours among parents from the UK Millennium Cohort Study after the smoke-free legislation in Scotland. Tobacco Control 2011;20:112-118. PMID: 21076118 Griffiths LJ, Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Dezateux C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Risk factors for rapid weight gain in preschool children: findings from a UK-wide prospective study. International Journal of Obesity 2010;34:624-632. PMID: 20125100 Hawkins SS, Law C, Graham H. Lifecourse influences on maternal smoking before pregnancy and postpartum among women from ethnic minority groups. European Journal of Public Health 2010;20:339-345. PMID: 19884158 Graham H, Hawkins SS, Law C. Lifecourse influences on women's smoking before, during and after pregnancy. Social Science & Medicine 2010;70:582-587. PMID: 19932931 2
Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Examining the relationship between maternal employment and health behaviours in 5-year-old British children. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2009;63:999-1004. PMID: 19789171 Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. An ecological systems approach to examining risk factors for early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2009;63:147-155. PMID: 18801795 Hawkins SS, Lamb K, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Influence of moving to the UK on maternal health behaviours: prospective cohort study. British Medical Journal 2008;336:1052-1055. PMID: 18403500 Hawkins SS, Pearce A, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Perceived and objective measures of the neighbourhood environment and overweight in preschool children and their mothers. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 2009;4:183-192. PMID: 19085539 Griffiths LJ, Smeeth L, Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Dezateux C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Effects of infant feeding practice on weight gain from birth to 3 years of age. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2009;94:577-582. PMID: 19019884 Hawkins SS, Griffiths LJ, Cole TJ, Dezateux C, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Regional differences in overweight: an effect of people or place? Archives of Disease in Childhood 2008;93:407-413. PMID: 18089633 Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Obesity 2008;32:30-38. PMID: 17637703 Hawkins SS, Griffiths LJ, Dezateux C, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. The impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding duration in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Public Health Nutrition 2007;10:891-896. PMID: 17381907 Hawkins SS, Griffiths LJ, Dezateux C, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Maternal employment and breast feeding initiation: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology 2007;21:242-247. PMID: 17439534 Hawkins SS, Law C. A review of risk factors for overweight in preschool children: a policy perspective. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 2006;1:195-209. PMID: 17907326 Hawkins SS, Radcliffe J. Current measures of posttraumatic stress disorder for children and adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2006;31:420-430. PMID: 15947119 Hawkins SS, Law C. Patterns of research activity related to government policy: a UK web-based survey. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2005;90:1107-1111. PMID: 16243861 Katz NP, Sherburne S, Beach M, Rose RJ, Vielguth J, Bradley J, Fanciullo GJ. Behavioral monitoring and urine toxicology testing in patients on long-term opioid therapy. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2003;97:1097-1102. PMID: 14500164 Zane R, McAfee AT, Sherburne S, Billeter G, Barsky AJ. Panic disorder and emergency services utilization. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003;10:1065-1069. PMID: 14525739 Conference presentations and outputs Hawkins SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gillman MW, Taveras EM. Racial differences in crossing growth percentiles in infancy and risk of childhood obesity. Poster presentation, Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, June 2015, Denver, CO. 3
Shafer EF, Hawkins SS. Child sex and breastfeeding bias in the United States. Oral presentation, Population Association of America, April 2015, San Diego, CA. Hawkins SS. Data linkage to examine disparities in child obesity. Invited symposium, Life course factors shaping prospects for longevity. Society for Social Work and Research, January 2015, New Orleans, LA. Hawkins SS, Hristakeva S, Gottlieb M, Baum CF. Reduction in emergency department visits for children s ear and respiratory infections after the introduction of smoke-free legislation. Oral presentation, Population Association of America, May 2014, Boston, MA. Hawkins SS, Stern AD, Baum CF. The impact of tobacco control policies on disparities in maternal smoking during pregnancy. Oral presentation, Society for Epidemiologic Research, June 2013, Boston, MA. Abstract: American Journal of Epidemiology 2013;177(11 suppl):s55. Hawkins SS, Stern AD, Baum CF. The impact of tobacco control policies on disparities in birth weight. Poster presentation, Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, June 2013, Boston, MA. Hawkins SS, Oken E, Gillman M. Obesity and the Life Course. Paper presented at the Maternal and Child Health Life Course Research Network, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, February 21-22, 2013. Hawkins SS, Gillman M. Do state-level breastfeeding policies promote breastfeeding? Poster presentation, Population Association of America, May 2012, San Francisco, CA. Hawkins SS, Chandra A, Berkman L. The impact of tobacco control policies on disparities in low birthweight. Oral presentation, American Public Health Association, October 2011, Washington, DC. Hawkins SS, Chandra A, Berkman L. The impact of tobacco control policies on disparities in maternal smoking during pregnancy. Poster presentation, Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, June 2011, Montreal, Canada. Nguyen TT, Hawkins SS. Current state of U.S. breastfeeding policies. Poster presentation, Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, June 2011, Montreal, Canada. Hawkins SS, Chandra A, Berkman L. The impact of tobacco control policies on disparities in children s secondhand smoke exposure. Oral presentation, Society for Epidemiologic Research, June 2010, Seattle, Washington. Abstract: American Journal of Epidemiology 2010;171(suppl):S53. Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Work/life balance: does maternal employment influence children s health behaviours? Oral presentation plenary session, Society for Social Medicine, September 2008, Southampton, England. Abstract: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2008(suppl);62:A35. Hawkins SS, Pearce A, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Does the environment influence obesity in preschool children from England? Poster presentation, Society for Social Medicine, September 2007, Cork, Ireland. Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Is maternal employment related to childhood overweight? Oral presentation, European Congress on Obesity, April 2007, Budapest, Hungary. Abstract: International Journal of Obesity 2007;31(suppl):S38. Griffiths LJ, Cole T, Hawkins SS, Law C, Dezateux C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Weight gain and obesity at three years of age in the Millennium Cohort Study. Poster presentation, International Conference on Child Cohort Studies, September 2006, Oxford, England. 4
Griffiths LJ, Hawkins SS, Law C, Tate AR, Dezateux C, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. The impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding duration: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Oral presentation, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine, September 2005, Glasgow, Scotland. Abstract: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005;59 (Suppl 1) A14. Hawkins SS, Law C. Patterns of funding for research on maternal and child health: A web-based survey. Oral presentation, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Faculty of Public Health, June 2005, Scarborough, England. Katz N, Adler G, Sherburne S, Mutter G. The effects of long-term opioid therapy on endocrine function in male patients with chronic pain. Poster presentation, Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, March 2005, Boston, MA. Abstract: Journal of Pain 2005;6:S2. Radcliffe J, Ambrose C, Barnes K, Hawkins SS. Mental health services within intensive case management for prevention of HIV+ among high-risk adolescents. Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 2003, Toronto, Canada. Radcliffe J, McKeever CM, Sepulveda S, Hawkins SS. Developing feminist leadership through clinical training. Roundtable Discussion, Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 2003, Toronto, Canada. Manne S, Lessin S, Sherburne S, Fasanella N. Correlates of skin cancer surveillance practices among first degree relatives of melanoma patients. Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology, March 2003, Philadelphia, PA. Manne S, Lessin S, Connors J, Sherburne S, Fasanella N. Correlates of dermatological exam among first degree relatives of melanoma patients. Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March 2003, Salt Lake City, UT. Katz N, Sherburne S, Fanciullo G. The role of urine toxicology monitoring in patients on opioids for chronic pain. Oral presentation, American Academy of Pain Medicine, February 2001, Miami Beach, FL. Zane RD, Sherburne S, Barsky AJ. Prevalence of panic disorder in an urban emergency department. Oral presentation, Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, May 2000, San Francisco, CA. Abstract: Academic Emergency Medicine 2000;7:430. Other research outputs Hawkins SS, Oken E, Gillman MW. Early in the life course: time for obesity prevention. In N. Halfon, C. Forrest, R. Lerner, & E.M. Faustman (eds), Handbook of Life Course Health Development Science. New York: Springer, 2015. Griffiths LJ, Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C, Dezateux C. Childhood overweight and obesity. In K. Hansen & H. Joshi (eds), Children of the 21 st Century (Volume 2): the First Five Years. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2010. Hawkins SS, Radcliffe J. Current measures of PTSD for children and adolescents. In A. Vittoria (ed), Post- Traumatic Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence: A Handbook of Research and Practice. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Hawkins SS, Cole T, Dezateux C. Childhood obesity. Briefing 12, June 2007. Online publication: http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/downloads/mcs2_childobesity.pdf Dezateux C, Sullivan A, Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Joshi H. Child health. Millennium Cohort Study Second Survey: A User s Guide to Initial Findings. London: Institute of Education, University College London, 2007. Publication: http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/studies.asp?section=0001000200010012 Hawkins SS, Law C. Letter, International Journal of Epidemiology 2006; 35, 1101. 5
Hawkins SS. Book review: Obesity prevention and public health. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2006; 91, 718. Hawkins SS. Book review: status syndrome. Psychology, Health, and Medicine 2005;10:225-226. Hawkins SS, Law C. Identifying Current Research Activity for Child Health. Report to Department of Health (England), 2004. Hawkins SS, Manne SL. Social support and traumatic stress. In D. Catherall (ed), The Handbook of Stress, Trauma and the Family. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004. GRANTS & AWARDS 02/2015 Boston College, Teaching, Advising and Mentoring Expense Grant to attend Teaching by case method: principles and practice for public health educators at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in June 2015 ($1,790) 09/2014- Boston College, Institute of Liberal Arts for project titled, Global public health and the liberal arts: 08/2017 Experiential learning at BC ($15,000) 05/2014 Boston College, Vice Provost Research Supplement to purchase data ($8,025) 03/2013 Boston College, Research Incentive Grant for project titled, Tobacco control policies and health care reform: Identifying policy levers to address disparities in child health ($15,000) 2011-2015 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development K99/R00 award (R00HD068506), titled Early determinants of childhood obesity: etiology, disparities, policy analysis ($880,000) 11/2010 Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Pilot Awards at Harvard University - competitive grant titled, Examining the multiple layers of influence on disparities in breastfeeding ($10,000) 05/2010 Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Pilot Awards at Harvard University - competitive grant titled, The impact of policy changes on maternal health behaviors and infant outcomes ($10,000) 2009-2011 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar 2 year post-doctoral fellowship 2005-2008 Department of Health (England) Researcher Development Award 3 year fellowship for doctoral study 2008 Selected for the Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and CIHR s Institute of Human Development 2008 University College London Graduate School poster competition runner-up for Biomedical Sciences 2006 Institute of Child Health poster competition second prize for first year students 2002 The Margaret Floy Washburn Fund Vassar College scholarship for master s degree TRAVEL GRANTS 2007 European Association for the Study of Obesity Travel Grant for Allied Health Professionals to attend European Congress on Obesity, Budapest 2007 UCL Graduate School Travel Grant to attend Society for Social Medicine, Cork 2005 ICH Dean s Travel Fund to attend Society for Social Medicine, Glasgow TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2015 Public Health in a Global Society, BC undergraduate 6
Fall 2015 Public Health Social Work, BC SSW Summer 2015 Doctoral independent study, BC SSW Spring 2015 Contemporary Issues in Public Health, BC undergraduate Fall 2014 Public Health in a Global Society, BC undergraduate Fall 2014 Public Health Social Work, BC SSW Spring 2014 Program Evaluation (2 sections), BC GSSW Fall 2013 Advanced Directed Reading, BC School of Theology and Ministry 7 INVITED PRESENTATIONS Invited speaker for Advancing Research and Scholarship at Boston College (Global Public Health: policy, disparity, disease) (December 11, 2014): How tobacco control policies affect maternal and child health Invited speaker for GSSW Advisory Board (October 29, 2014): Public health social work Invited speaker for Collaborative Research Forum sponsored by the Boston College Schools of Education, Nursing, and Social Work (March 24, 2014): What happens after the introduction of smoke-free legislation? An examination of emergency department visits for children s ear and respiratory infections Invited speaker for Resident Advocacy Project (RAP) session for medical residents in the Urban Health Advocacy Track at Boston Children s Hospital and Boston Medical Center (October 3, 2013): Secondhand smoke exposure and child health: the role of policy Invited speaker for Together, Let s Clear the Air: A Smoke-Free Housing Resident Summit presented by the Tobacco-Free Living Community of Practice of the Massachusetts Partnership for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention (June 20, 2013): Secondhand smoke exposure: a focus on children Invited panel member for The Early Roots of Social Disparities in Health at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar annual meeting (May 9, 2013) Invited speaker for Applied Microeconomics seminar, Economics department, Boston College (December 5, 2012): Tobacco control policies and maternal smoking during pregnancy: do policies impact disparities? COMMITTEES AND EDITORIAL BOARDS Member of BC SSW Search Committee (September 2014-present) Member of Health and Mental Health Committee (September 2012-present) Member of planning committee for Advancing Research and Scholarship at Boston College (March 2014-present) Member of Education Committee, Society for Epidemiologic Research (February 2013-present) Member of University Research Council, Boston College (September 2012-present) Invited member of editorial board for Maternal & Child Nutrition journal (September 2010-present) OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Organizing events to bring global public health to the Boston College community, sponsored by the Institute of Liberal Arts (September 2014-present) Reviewer for: American Journal of Epidemiology, Ethnicity and Health, Health Policy, International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, JAMA Pediatrics, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Maternal & Child Nutrition, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Social Science & Medicine Grant review for: TOP grant, Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (August 2012); Health Technology Assessment programme, National Institute for Health Research, UK (September 2010) Organized quarterly obesity seminar series (Childhood Obesity Research Group at ICH/GOS/UCL) with Professor Tim Cole across Institute of Child Health, University College London, and Great Ormond Street Children s Hospital (03/06-09/08) Wrote invited book reviews for Archives of Disease in Childhood and Psychology, Health, and Medicine PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS The Obesity Society American Public Health Association Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Society for Epidemiologic Research Population Association of America Society for Social Work Research 10/2006-present 09/2007-present 12/2009-present 02/2010-present 08/2011-present 01/2013-present