From 1997-2006, Dr. Hawkins was affiliated with the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. While there, she obtained her M.S. in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, completed her General Preventive Medicine and Public Health residency, served as Chief Resident, and was appointed Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director for the General Preventive Medicine/Public Health residency .Following a geographic move, Dr Hawkins was employed by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health as a Medical Epidemiologist but maintained her ties to the University of Maryland School of Medicine as Adjunct faculty. In 2005, she returned to employment in Baltimore, MD to assume the positions of Assistant Director for the Office of Environmental Health Coordination, Regulatory Affairs, and Public Health Residency; and Residency Program Director for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Public Health/General Preventive Medicine residency program.
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