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Laura C. Hawks MD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medicine
Division: Medicine General Internal

Member of the Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

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Publications (44)

  • The relationship between pre-incarceration related social determinants and glycaemic control in African Americans with criminal legal involvement and type 2 diabetes. (Akinboboye O, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Hawks L, Williams JS, Egede LE) Diabet Med 2026 Apr 26:e70342 PMID: 42036882 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105036713971 04/27/2026    
  • Independent Relationship between Incarceration Factors and Glycemic Control in African Americans with Criminal Legal Involvement and Type 2 Diabetes (Akinboboye O, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Hawks L, Williams JS, Egede LE) Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved February 2026;37(1):219-233 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105029795951 02/01/2026    
  • Chronic Disease Burden and Healthcare Utilization by Gender Among US Adults with Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement. (Papadimitriou A, Hawks L, Williams JS, Egede LE) J Gen Intern Med 2025 Apr;40(5):1116-1122 PMID: 39930160 PMCID: PMC11968584 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85217546806 02/11/2025    
  • Structural inequalities and health in special populations: Incarceration and health (Hawks LC) Structural Inequalities and Health Outcomes for Chronic Disease 1 January 2025:409-422 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011430047 01/01/2025    
  • Association Between Recent Criminal Legal Involvement and Functional Status Among US Adults with Diabetes: 2015-2019. (Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE) J Urban Health 2025 Apr;102(2):379-388 PMID: 39467988 PMCID: PMC12032083 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003918076 10/29/2024    
  • The association between age and functional disability in US adults with lifetime exposure to the criminal legal system, 2015-2019. (Hawks LC, Iregbu S, Walker RJ, Egede LE) J Affect Disord 2025 Jan 15;369:1178-1182 PMID: 39454964 PMCID: PMC11674858 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85207774856 10/26/2024    
  • Association between lifetime criminal legal involvement and acute healthcare utilization in middle-aged and older US adults, 2015-2019. (Bhandari S, Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE) BMC Public Health 2024 Oct 08;24(1):2746 PMID: 39379854 PMCID: PMC11463136 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85206003913 10/09/2024    
  • Material needs security and cardiovascular risk factors in rural South Africa. (Walker RJ, Magro C, Amjad R, Hawks LC, Iregbu S, Egede LE) BMC Public Health 2024 Aug 12;24(1):2170 PMID: 39135025 PMCID: PMC11318146 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201243490 08/13/2024       1 Citation
  • Health, Access to Care, and Financial Barriers to Care Among People Incarcerated in US Prisons. (Lupez EL, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Hawks L, Dickman S, Gaffney A, Bor D, Schrier E, Cai C, Azaroff LS, McCormick D) JAMA Intern Med 2024 Oct 01;184(10):1176-1184 PMID: 39102251 PMCID: PMC11481041 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200874442 08/05/2024       22 Citations
  • Differential Effect of Patient- and Provider-Level Factors on Patient Satisfaction Scores in Academic General Internal Medicine Clinics. (Dawson AZ, Hawks L, Walker RJ, Egede LE) J Gen Intern Med 2024 Sep;39(12):2261-2267 PMID: 38302814 PMCID: PMC11347540 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85183757133 02/02/2024       2 Citations
  • Exploring Parental Incarceration, US Government Support Programs, and Child Health and Well-Being: A National Cross-Sectional Study. (Tolliver DG, Hawks LC, Holaday LW, Wang EA) J Pediatr 2024 Jan;264:113764 PMID: 37777171 PMCID: PMC11451176 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174743388 10/01/2023       8 Citations
  • Substance Use Disorders, Mental Illness, and Health Care Utilization Among Adults With Recent Criminal Legal Involvement. (Shah H, Hawks L, Walker RJ, Egede LE) Psychiatr Serv 2024 Mar 01;75(3):221-227 PMID: 37674397 PMCID: PMC11451170 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186744277 09/07/2023       3 Citations
  • The Associations Between Medical and Mental Health Conditions and Health Care Utilization in US Adults with Past-Year Criminal Legal Involvement. (Jue MD, Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Akinboboye O, Thorgerson A, Egede LE) J Gen Intern Med 2024 Jan;39(1):77-83 PMID: 37648953 PMCID: PMC10817859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169159641 08/31/2023       2 Citations
  • Medication Access in Prisons and Jails-Some Answers, More Questions. (Hawks L, Wang E) JAMA Health Forum 2023 Apr 07;4(4):e230167 PMID: 37058295 PMCID: PMC10590551 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85152624137 04/15/2023       1 Citation
  • Health Insurance and Mental Health Treatment Use Among Adults With Criminal Legal Involvement After Medicaid Expansion. (Howell BA, Hawks LC, Balasuriya L, Chang VW, Wang EA, Winkelman TNA) Psychiatr Serv 2023 Oct 01;74(10):1019-1026 PMID: 37016823 PMCID: PMC10939137 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174641955 04/06/2023       5 Citations
  • Relationship between criminal legal system exposure and health care utilization in US adults with diabetes: A cross-sectional study. (Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE) J Natl Med Assoc 2023 Apr;115(2):244-253 PMID: 36803852 PMCID: PMC10121761 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85148365891 02/22/2023       1 Citation
  • Modern Day Consequences of Historic Redlining: Finding a Path Forward. (Egede LE, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Linde S, Hawks LC, Burgess KM) J Gen Intern Med 2023 May;38(6):1534-1537 PMID: 36746831 PMCID: PMC9901820 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147581768 02/07/2023       115 Citations
  • Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012-2019. (Hawks L, Wang EA, Butt AA, Crystal S, Keith McInnes D, Re VL, Cartwright EJ, Puglisi LB, Haque LYK, Lim JK, Justice AC, McGinnis KA) Am J Public Health 2023 Feb;113(2):162-165 PMID: 36480765 PMCID: PMC9850617 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146532295 12/09/2022       1 Citation
  • Relationship between food insecurity and housing instability on quality of care and quality of life in adults with diabetes. (Mosley-Johnson E, Walker RJ, Nagavally S, Hawks L, Bhandari S, Trasser H, Campbell JA, Egede LE) PLoS One 2022;17(12):e0278650 PMID: 36472986 PMCID: PMC9725149 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143645510 12/07/2022       13 Citations
  • Pathways between neighbourhood factors, stress and glycaemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes in Southeastern United States: a cross-sectional pathway analysis. (Mosley-Johnson E, Walker R, Hawks L, Walker SL, Mendez C, Campbell JA, Egede LE) BMJ Open 2022 Oct 25;12(10):e060263 PMID: 36283754 PMCID: PMC9608530 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140697472 10/26/2022       2 Citations
  • Association Between Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Adults with Diabetes. (Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE) Health Equity 2022;6(1):684-690 PMID: 36225660 PMCID: PMC9536329 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138608019 10/14/2022    
  • Evaluation of Changes in US Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals With Criminal Legal Involvement in Medicaid Expansion and Nonexpansion States, 2010 to 2017. (Howell BA, Hawks L, Wang EA, Winkelman TNA) JAMA Health Forum 2022 Apr;3(4):e220493 PMID: 35977325 PMCID: PMC8994123 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139723690 08/18/2022       10 Citations
  • The Health and Health Needs of People under Community Supervision (Hawks LC, Horton N, Wang EA) Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science May 2022;701(1):172-190 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138722695 05/01/2022       18 Citations
  • Association Between Social Adaptability Index Score and Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement in U.S. Adults. (Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE) Health Equity 2022;6(1):240-247 PMID: 35402774 PMCID: PMC8985533 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127069626 04/12/2022       2 Citations
  • Community investment interventions as a means for decarceration: A scoping review: Review (Hawks L, Lopoo E, Puglisi L, Cellini J, Thompson K, Halberstam AA, Tolliver D, Martinez-Hamilton S, Wang EA) Lancet Regional Health Americas April 2022;8 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126940125 04/01/2022       19 Citations
  • Individual and Combined Effect of Diabetes and Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement on Healthcare Utilization in US Adults, 2015-2019. (Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE) J Gen Intern Med 2022 May;37(7):1688-1696 PMID: 35137299 PMCID: PMC9130376 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124369562 02/10/2022       1 Citation
  • Relationship between housing insecurity, diabetes processes of care, and self-care behaviors. (Mosley-Johnson E, Walker RJ, Thakkar M, Campbell JA, Hawks L, Pyzyk S, Egede LE) BMC Health Serv Res 2022 Jan 13;22(1):61 PMID: 35022049 PMCID: PMC8756650 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122944853 01/14/2022       31 Citations
  • Community investment interventions as a means for decarceration: A scoping review. (Hawks L, Lopoo E, Puglisi L, Cellini J, Thompson K, Halberstam AA, Tolliver D, Martinez-Hamilton S, Wang EA) Lancet Reg Health Am 2022 Apr;8:100150 PMID: 36778729 PMCID: PMC9903691 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126940125 12/21/2021       19 Citations
  • Hawks et al. Respond. (Hawks L, Wang EA, Howell B, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Bor D, McCormick D) Am J Public Health 2021 Nov;111(11):e2 PMID: 34788121 PMCID: PMC8630497 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121993993 11/18/2021       2 Citations
  • Association between mental health outcomes and lifetime criminal justice involvement in U.S. adults with diabetes. (Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE) J Affect Disord 2022 Feb 01;298(Pt A):451-456 PMID: 34767857 PMCID: PMC8647859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119201657 11/13/2021       3 Citations
  • National Trends and Disparities in Health Care Access and Coverage Among Adults With Asthma and COPD: 1997-2018. (Gaffney AW, Hawks L, Bor D, White AC, Woolhandler S, McCormick D, Himmelstein DU) Chest 2021 Jun;159(6):2173-2182 PMID: 33497651 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106950647 01/27/2021       38 Citations
  • Health Care Disparities Across the Urban-Rural Divide: A National Study of Individuals with COPD. (Gaffney AW, Hawks L, White AC, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein D, Christiani DC, McCormick D) J Rural Health 2022 Jan;38(1):207-216 PMID: 33040358 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85092411041 10/12/2020       70 Citations
  • Five-Year Mortality among Americans Incarcerated in Privatized Versus Public Prisons: the Mortality Disparities in American Communities Project. (Hawks L, Cosgrove C, Neiman M, Roy B, Wildeman C, Coady S, Wang EA) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Jul 24 PMID: 32710207 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088643182 07/28/2020       4 Citations
  • Health Status and Health Care Utilization of US Adults Under Probation: 2015-2018. (Hawks L, Wang EA, Howell B, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Bor D, McCormick D) Am J Public Health 2020 Sep;110(9):1411-1417 PMID: 32673105 PMCID: PMC7427211 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089415759 07/17/2020       63 Citations
  • 18.2 Million Individuals at Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19 Illness Are Un- or Underinsured. (Gaffney AW, Hawks L, Bor DH, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, McCormick D) J Gen Intern Med 2020 Aug;35(8):2487-2489 PMID: 32524248 PMCID: PMC7286220 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086466406 06/12/2020       22 Citations
  • COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails in the United States. (Hawks L, Woolhandler S, McCormick D) JAMA Intern Med 2020 Aug 01;180(8):1041-1042 PMID: 32343355 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084077603 04/29/2020       183 Citations
  • Frequency and Duration of Incarceration and Mortality Among US Veterans With and Without HIV. (Hawks LC, McGinnis KA, Howell BA, Khan MR, Edelman EJ, Justice AC, Wang EA) J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2020 Jun 01;84(2):220-227 PMID: 32049771 PMCID: PMC7228828 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084694093 02/13/2020       11 Citations
  • Trends in Unmet Need for Physician and Preventive Services in the United States, 1998-2017. (Hawks L, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S, Bor DH, Gaffney A, McCormick D) JAMA Intern Med 2020 Mar 01;180(3):439-448 PMID: 31985751 PMCID: PMC6990729 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078346764 01/28/2020       38 Citations
  • High-Deductible Health Plans and Healthcare Access, Use, and Financial Strain in Those with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. (Gaffney A, White A, Hawks L, Himmelstein D, Woolhandler S, Christiani DC, McCormick D) Ann Am Thorac Soc 2020 Jan;17(1):49-56 PMID: 31599647 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077402978 10/11/2019       36 Citations
  • Association Between Forced Sexual Initiation and Health Outcomes Among US Women. (Hawks L, Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Bor DH, Gaffney A, McCormick D) JAMA Intern Med 2019 Nov 01;179(11):1551-1558 PMID: 31524926 PMCID: PMC6749533 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072175356 09/17/2019       43 Citations
  • Past year and prior incarceration and HIV transmission risk among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in the US. (Khan MR, McGinnis KA, Grov C, Scheidell JD, Hawks L, Edelman EJ, Fiellin DA, McInnes DK, Braithwaite RS, Justice AC, Wang EA) AIDS Care 2019 Mar;31(3):349-356 PMID: 30064277 PMCID: PMC6699634 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052102683 08/02/2018       25 Citations
  • The Hepatitis C virus treatment cascade at an urban postincarceration transitions clinic. (Hawks L, Norton BL, Cunningham CO, Fox AD) J Viral Hepat 2016 Jun;23(6):473-8 PMID: 26856967 PMCID: PMC4850086 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84964596724 02/10/2016       31 Citations
  • Increased levels of urinary PGE-M, a biomarker of inflammation, occur in association with obesity, aging, and lung metastases in patients with breast cancer. (Morris PG, Zhou XK, Milne GL, Goldstein D, Hawks LC, Dang CT, Modi S, Fornier MN, Hudis CA, Dannenberg AJ) Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2013 May;6(5):428-36 PMID: 23531446 PMCID: PMC3752669 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84877251675 03/28/2013       63 Citations
  • A feasibility study of bevacizumab plus dose-dense doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel in early-stage breast cancer. (McArthur HL, Rugo H, Nulsen B, Hawks L, Grothusen J, Melisko M, Moasser M, Paulson M, Traina T, Patil S, Zhou Q, Steingart R, Dang C, Morrow M, Cordeiro P, Fornier M, Park J, Seidman A, Lake D, Gilewski T, Theodoulou M, Modi S, D'Andrea G, Sklarin N, Robson M, Moynahan ME, Sugarman S, Sealey JE, Laragh JH, Merali C, Norton L, Hudis CA, Dickler MN) Clin Cancer Res 2011 May 15;17(10):3398-407 PMID: 21350003 PMCID: PMC4994894 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79956019675 02/26/2011       26 Citations
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