Kevin R. Hawkins, Ph.D. has 25 years of experience designing, conducting, and managing health services research. Dr. Hawkins has contributed to a variety of research and evaluation projects, specifically health-economic, quality-of-life, disease burden, pharmacoeconomics and retrospective database analyses. Dr. Hawkins has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and presentations, and is a reviewer for several medical-scientific journals. Before joining PharmD Live, Dr. Hawkins worked for Optum, IMS Health, Medstat, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Dr. Hawkins received his Ph.D. in Health Economics from Wayne State University.