Sonja Hutchins, M.D., M.P.H., DrPH, FACPM

Sonja Hutchins, M.D., M.P.H., DrPH, FACPM 

Professor

Community Health & Preventive Medicine

Director

Residency Program
Location: NCPC, Room 324-B
Phone: 404-752-5284
E-mail: shutchins@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Epidemic Intelligence Service

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
General Preventive Medicine

Washington Hospital Center
Residency/Fellowship: Internal Medicine


GRADUATE:
University of North Carolina School of Public Health (Chapel Hill)
Degree: Doctor of Public Health

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Degree: Master of Public Health 

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Medicine


UNDERGRADUATE: 
Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts, Biology, cum laude

Research Interests

  • Prevention and control of vaccine-preventable diseases
  • Quality improvement of health services
  • Achievement of optimal health through lifestyle medicine
  • Advancing health equity

Clinical Interests

Impact of lifestyle medicine on health and achievement of health equity.

Publications

  • Hutchins S. Health Equity:  What Works Based on Science, Policy and Health:   In: APHA 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo Abstracts, November 2019[Abstract 4340.0].   
  • Waldrop R, Tables L, Hutchins S.  State Medicaid Expansion and Prevention of US Premature Mortality.  In:  APHA 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo Abstracts, November 2019 [Abstract 4340.0].
  • Chandrasekaran N, Hutchins SS, Alema-Mensah E. Premature Mortality from Influenza and Pneumonia, 2015-2017. In: Prevention 2019 Program, Posters, 2019. [Abstract].
  • Hutchins S. Opportunities for HPV Vaccination among US Young Adults who Missed Routinely Recommended Vaccination.  In:  117th Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly of the National Medical Association, Pediatrics Section Program Book, August 2019 [Abstract].
  • Hutchins SS, Bouye K, Luber G, et al.  Public health agency responses and opportunities to protect against health impacts of climate change among US populations with multiple vulnerabilities. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; 2018; 5:1159-1170.  Available at: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-017-0402-9. 

Honors and Awards

  • 25 US Public Health Service awards and medals including the Outstanding Service Award
  • Williams-Hutchins Health Equity Award, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Scroll of Merit Award, National Medical Association