She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (with distinction) in Medicine. Dr. Hodgkinson was the recipient in 2017 of the Marilyn Harvey Memorial University award for excellence in human research ethics, and alongside her colleagues, Dr's. Young, Pullman and Connors received the 2018 Governor General's Innovation Award. Her input was central to the identification of the ARVC TMEM43 gene and mutation (p. S358L) in 2008, and her recent work has shown that genetic testing and subsequent treatment has resulted in an increased lifespan in ARVC males with the TMEM43 p.S358L mutation of 31yrs.