Beth Hawks PhD, MHA

Education

Ph.D. - Public Administration & Policy, American University (2018)
MHA - Health Administration, The University of Scranton (2006)
B.S. - Health Policy and Administration, The Pennsylvania State University (2000)

Biography

CDR Beth A. Hawks is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics (PMB), Division of Health Services Administration, and holds a secondary appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, MD. CDR Hawks is an active duty healthcare administrator for the U.S. Navy and is currently serving as the Vice Chair for Graduate Programs for the PMB Department. She is the former Director of the Master of Health Administration & Policy program at USU. She is also the co-course Director for the Health Systems Science curriculum in the School of Medicine.

CDR Hawks is a public administration and public policy researcher focusing on health policy, public management, and health services research topics. CDR Hawks has a track record of using empirical methods to test relationships and use the study's results to expand knowledge on organizational performance, inform health policies, and improve public management techniques. Her research findings contribute to the health policy and public management literature. Additionally, CDR Hawks has fifteen years of public healthcare administration expertise in acute care and outpatient clinic settings within the military health system. She also has prior tenure in the private sector as an administrator in both skilled nursing/rehabilitation care and assisted living. CDR Hawks uses her combined private and public practitioner expertise to conduct research that can inform health policies and management structures that ultimately improve patients' quality of care in various healthcare settings.

Representative Bibliography

Novak, D. A., Hawks, B. A., Revere, F. L., & Hallowell, R. (2022). Sustainability in a Health Systems Science Program: Assessment, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement. Health Systems Science Education: Development and Implementation (The AMA MedEd Innovation Series) -E-Book: Vol 4 in the AMA MedEd Innovation Series, 4, 103.

Betancourt, C. A., Kitsantas, P., Goldberg, D. G., & Hawks, B. A. (2022). Prescription Opioid Misuse and Suicidal Behaviors Among US Veterans: A Cross-Sectional Study from the 2015–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 1-15.

Betancourt, C.A. Kitsantas, P., Goldberg, D.G., Hawks, B.A., (2021). Substance Use Relapse Among Veterans at Termination of Treatment for Substance Use Disorders. Military Medicine, usab280, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab280

Amirkhanyan, A. A., An, S.-H., Hawks, B. A., & Meier, K. J. (2020). Learning on the Job: The Impact of Job Tenure and Management Strategies on Nursing Home Performance. Administration & Society, 52(4), 593–630. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399719874755