My research aims to advance maternal health by improving our understanding of how sleep and sleep‑related behaviors influence well‑being during pregnancy and the postpartum period. I work to develop and test novel interventions that promote healthy sleep throughout the perinatal experience, integrating epidemiological methods, causal inference, clinical research approaches, human‑centered design, and community‑engaged research. My work is driven by a commitment to generating evidence‑based solutions that optimize the health trajectories of mothers and their families across generations.
Graduate students:
- Namhyun Kim
- Christina Personette – Clinical Psychology PhD Student
- Takashi Yoshimasu – Epidemiology, MS Student
- Maggie Chen – Epidemiology, PhD Student
Hawkins MS, Pokutnaya DY, Duan D, Coughlin JW, Martin LM, Zhao D, Goheer A, Woolf TB, Holzhauer K, Lehmann HP, Lent MR, McTigue KM, Bennett WL. Associations between sleep health and obesity and weight change in adults: The Daily24 Multisite Cohort Study. Sleep Health. 2023 Oct;9(5):767-773. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.03.006. Epub 2023 Jun 1. PubMed PMID: 37268482.
Hawkins MS, Pokutnaya DY, Bodnar LM, Levine MD, Buysse DJ, Davis EM, Wallace ML, Zee PC, Grobman WA, Reid KJ, Facco FL. The association between multidimensional sleep health and gestational weight gain. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2023 Sep;37(7):586-595. doi: 10.1111/ppe.13004. Epub 2023 Aug 28. PubMed PMID: 37641423; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10543452.
Hawkins MS, Conlon RK, Donofry S, Buysse DJ, Venditti EM, Cheng Y, Levine MD. Sleep characteristics modify the associations of physical activity during pregnancy and gestational weight gain. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2023 Jul;308(1):101-109. doi: 10.1007/s00404-022-06677-z. Epub 2022 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 35870008; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11186598.
Zhao D, Guallar E, Woolf TB, Martin L, Lehmann H, Coughlin J, Holzhauer K, Goheer AA, McTigue KM, Lent MR, Hawkins M, Clark JM, Bennett WL. Association of Eating and Sleeping Intervals With Weight Change Over Time: The Daily24 Cohort. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Feb 7;12(3):e026484. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.026484. Epub 2023 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 36651320; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9973633.
Hsiao WH, Paterno MT, Iradukunda F, Hawkins' M. The Preliminary Efficacy of a Sleep Self-management Intervention Using a Personalized Health Monitoring Device during Pregnancy. Behav Sleep Med. 2021 Nov-Dec;19(6):705-716. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1851230. Epub 2020 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 33245245; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8155100.
Hawkins MS, Levine MD, Buysse DJ, Abebe KZ, Hsiao WH, McTigue KM, Davis EM. Sleep Health Characteristics among Adults Who Attempted Weight Loss in the Past Year: NHANES 2017-2018. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 28;18(19). doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910170. PubMed PMID: 34639473; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8507873.
Hawkins M, Marcus B, Pekow P, Rosal MC, Tucker KL, Spencer RMC, Chasan-Taber L. The Impact of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lifestyle Intervention on Sleep Among Latina Postpartum Women. Ann Behav Med. 2021 Aug 23;55(9):892-903. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaa118. PubMed PMID: 33580651; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8382142.
Hawkins M, Parker CB, Redline S, Larkin JC, Zee PP, Grobman WA, Silver RM, Louis JM, Pien GW, Basner RC, Chung JH, Haas DM, Nhan-Chang CL, Simhan HN, Blue NR, Parry S, Reddy U, Facco F. Objectively assessed sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy and infant birthweight. Sleep Med. 2021 May;81:312-318. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.043. Epub 2021 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 33756281; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8341176.
Full publication list:
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