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Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Fellowship: Health Policy Leadership

´óÏó´«Ã½ School of Medicine
Degree: M.S in Clinical Research (MSCR)

GRADUATE:
California State University, Fullerton
Degree: M.S., Kinesiology

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Degree: Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), Health Policy & Management

´óÏó´«Ã½ School of Medicine
Degree: M.S., Clinical Research

UNDERGRADUATE:
University of California, Davis
Degree: B.S., Exercise Science

Research Interests

• Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Promotion
• Obesity Prevention and Control
• Health Policy
• LGBTQ+ Health
• Community Asset & Hazard Mapping

Clinical Interests

• Lifestyle and Preventive Medicine
• Weight Management
• Exercise Physiology (exercise testing, interpretation, and prescription)

Publications

• Whitsel, L, Huneycutt, F., Anderson, D, Beck, A., Bryant, C., Bucklin, R., Carson, R., Escargon, A., Hopkins, J., Imboden, M., McDonough, C., Pronk, N., Wojcik, J., Zendell, A., Ablah, E. (2021). Physical Activity Surveillance for Work and Commuting; Understanding the Impact on Population Health and Well-being. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (published ahead of print). Article
• Thomas, T., Hopkins, J., Omole, F. S., Kelsey - Harris, R. C., Alema-Mensah, E. (2019). Sociodemographic and biometric factors associated with eating behaviors among African American women aged 18-74. Journal of Georgia Public Health Association (jGPHA), 7(2). 
• Holden, K. B., Hopkins, J., Belton, A., Butty, K., Tabor, D. C., & Satcher, D. (2019). Leveraging science to advance health equity: a regional health policy research center’s approach. Ethnicity & Disease, 29(Supp2), 323-328. 
• Akintobi, T. H., Hopkins, J., Holden, K. B., Hefner, D., & Taylor Jr, H. A. (2019). Txâ„¢: an approach and philosophy to advance translation to transformation. Ethnicity & Disease, 29(Supp2), 349-354. 
• Hopkins, J., Glenn, B., Cole, B., McCarthy, W., Yancey, A. (2012). Implementing Organizational Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Strategies on Paid Time: Process Evaluation of the UCLA WORKING Project pilot study. Health Education Research, 27(3). pp. 385-398. 

Honors and Awards

• 2020 – Outstanding Student Poster (Public Health), Curtis Parker Student Research Symposium, ´óÏó´«Ã½ School of Medicine
• 2020 – Advisory Board, American Fitness Index (AFI), American College of Sports Medicine
• 2019 – Leadership and Diversity Training Program, American College of Sports Medicine
• 2019 – Outstanding Faculty Scholar, Graduate Education in Biomedical Sciences (GEBS), ´óÏó´«Ã½ School of Medicine
• 2019 – Editorial Board, Ethnicity & Disease
• 2017 – Rising Scholar Award in the Field of Sexuality, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)