Email

shannon.hawkins@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Hawkins Lab (Lab)

BCM-Jewish Institute for Research
Room: BCMD-210D
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4753

BCM-Jewish Institute for Research (Office)

Room: BCMD-203D
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-6087
shannon.hawkins@bcm.edu

Education

MD from Indiana University School Of Medicine

06/2002 - Indianapolis, Indiana United States

PhD from Indiana University School of Medicine

05/2001 - Indianapolis, Indiana United States

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BS from Ball State University

05/1994 - Muncie, Indiana United States

Chemistry, Biology

Certifications

Board certified in obstetrics and gynecology

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Honors & Awards

Vice President of Research

Endometriosis Association (08/2014)

Professional Interests

• The Functional Role of miRNAs in Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Female Reproductive Tract including Endometriosis, Endometrial Infertility, Ovarian Cancer, and Endometrial Cancer
• The Transformation of Endometriosis to Ovarian Cancer
• The Role of DICER Dosage in Endometrial Cancer

Websites

Selected Publications

• Nagaraja AK, Creighton CJ, Yu Z, Zhu H, Gunaratne PH, Reid JG, Olokpa E, Itamochi H, Ueno NT, Hawkins SM, Anderson ML, Matzuk MM "A Link between mir-100 and FRAP1/mTOR in Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer.." Mol. Endocrinol.. 2010 Feb;24(2):447-63. Pubmed PMID: 20081105
• Han SJ, Hawkins SM, Begum K, Jung SY, Kovanci E, Qin J, Lydon JP, Demayo FJ, O'Malley BW "A new isoform of steroid receptor coactivator-1 is crucial for pathogenic progression of endometriosis.." 2012 Jun 3; Pubmed PMID: 22660634
• Creighton CJ, Benham AL, Zhu H, Khan MF, Reid JG, Nagaraja AK, Fountain MD, Dziadek O, Han D, Ma L, Kim J, Hawkins SM, Anderson ML, Matzuk MM, Gunaratne PH "Discovery of Novel MicroRNAs in Female Reproductive Tract Using Next Generation Sequencing.." PLoS ONE. 2010;5(3):e9637. Pubmed PMID: 20224791
• Hawkins SM, Andreu-Vieyra CV, Kim TH, Jeong JW, Hodgson MC, Chen R, Creighton CJ, Lydon JP, Gunaratne PH, Demayo FJ, Matzuk MM "Dysregulation of uterine signaling pathways in progesterone receptor-cre knockout of dicer.." Mol. Endocrinol.. 2012 Sep;26(9):1552-66. Pubmed PMID: 22798293

Memberships

American Congress of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Society for the Study of Reproduction

Society for Reproductive Investigation

Endocrine Society

Funding

The Role of ARID1A in the Transformation of Endometriosis to Ovarian Cancer

Grant funding from Ovarian Cancer Research Fund