Our Team

Jaclynn Hawkins, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Dr. Jaclynn Hawkins is currently an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. She is also an Associate Director of the Gender and Health Research Lab. Jaclynn's recent research agenda is broadly focused on the social determinants of health behavior in African Americans and Latinos with diabetes. She is particularly interested in factors that contribute to access to and utilization of care, diabetes self-management, and community-based interventions targeting low-income African American and Latino men. Jaclynn received an NIH/NIDDK Diversity Supplement to conduct research with African American and Latino men with diabetes.

Kirstn Tatar, Executive Assistant


Hannah Burgess, Project Manager


Caroline Landry, Program Manager




Reagan Warnock, Research Assistant



Alexis Buckley, Research Assistant