Mary Gowin, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine at the OUHSC, where she serves as the Director of the Primary Care Health Policy Division. She also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Health Promotion Sciences in the Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) Dr. Gowin has over 15 years of public health practice, research, and policy experience. She currently serves as a mentor to both public health and medicine students, residents, and faculty in the areas of health promotion program planning, program implementation, program evaluation, social determinants of health, health policy, and qualitative research. Dr. Gowin especially enjoys teaching and mentoring others about the value and benefits of qualitative research in public health and medicine.
Education:
05/2005, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK. BA in English
12/2012, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), Oklahoma City, OK. MPH in Public Health, Health Promotion Sciences
12/2017, University of Oklahoma, PhD in Public Health, Health Promotion Sciences
Funding:
T9952111, Crawford (PI), Role: Program Director, Program Evaluation. 09/30/2023 - 06/30/2027. Medical Student Education Program to prepare medical students for primary care careers.
T99HP33558, Crawford (PI), Role: Program Evaluation. 09/01/2019 - 06/30/2024. Medical Student Education Program to prepare medical students for primary care careers.
PO8079003871, Gowin (PI). 07/01/2017 - Present. Professional Services Agreement to develop, implement, and evaluate primary care focused contraceptive access program.
Select Publications:
Beetch JE, Janitz A, Beebe LA, Gowin M, Xu C, Clifton S, Kuhn KG. Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Childhood Vaccination in Low-Income Countries: A Systematic Review to Set the Scope for Future Pandemics. Microorganisms. 2024 Mar 13; 12(3). PMID: 38543624; PMCID: PMC10972497.
Querdibitty CD, Williams B, Wetherill MS, Sisson SB, Campbell J, Gowin M, Stephens L, Salvatore AL. Environmental Health-Related Policies and Practices of Oklahoma Licensed Early Care and Education Programs: Implications for Childhood Asthma. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 11; 18(16). PMID: 34444242.
Wickersham E, Gowin M, Deen MH, Nagykaldi Z. Improving the Adoption of Advance Directives in Primary Care Practices. J Am Board Fam Med. 2019 Mar-Apr; 32(2):168-179. PMID: 30850453.
Dobbs PD, Clawson AH, Gowin M, Cheney MK. Where college students look for vaping information and what information they believe. J Am Coll Health. 2020 May-Jun; 68(4):347-356. PMID: 30615581.
Cheney MK, Gowin M, Clawson AH. Using the Ecological Model to understand influences on college student vaping. J Am Coll Health. 2018 10; 66(7):597-607. PMID: 29452051.
Cheney MK, Gowin MJ, Taylor EL, Frey M, Dunnington J, Alshuwaiyer G, Huber JK, Garcia MC, Wray GC. Living Outside the Gender Box in Mexico: Testimony of Transgender Mexican Asylum Seekers. Am J Public Health. 2017 10; 107(10):1646-1652. PMID: 28817317.
Gowin M, Taylor EL, Dunnington J, Alshuwaiyer G, Cheney MK. Needs of a Silent Minority: Mexican Transgender Asylum Seekers. Health Promot Pract. 2017 05; 18(3):332-340. PMID: 28187690.
Gowin M, Cheney MK, Wann TF. Knowledge and Beliefs About E-Cigarettes in Straight-to-Work Young Adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Feb; 19(2):208-214. PMID: 27613919.
Cheney MK, Gowin M, Wann TF. Electronic Cigarette Use in Straight-to-Work Young Adults. Am J Health Behav. 2016 Mar; 40(2):268-79. PMID: 26931759.
Cheney MK, Gowin M, Wann TF. Vapor Store Owner Beliefs and Messages to Customers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 May; 18(5):694-9. PMID: 26113622.
Cheney M, Gowin M, Wann TF. Marketing practices of vapor store owners. Am J Public Health. 2015 Jun; 105(6):e16-21. PMID: 25880960.
Cheney MK, Harris LW, Gowin MJ, Huber J. Smoking and membership in a fraternity or sorority: a systematic review of the literature. J Am Coll Health. 2014; 62(4):264-76. PMID: 24527968.