Jennifer Ahern

Jennifer Ahern (born 1974) is an American epidemiologist. She currently holds the King Sweesy and Robert Womack Endowed Chair and is Associate Dean for Research at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.[1] Her research focuses on the effects of the social and physical environment, and programs and policies that alter the social and physical environment, on many aspects of health including violence, substance abuse, mental health, and perinatal health.[2]

Jennifer Ahern
Born1974 (age 48–49)
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsSocial epidemiology
InstitutionsUC Berkeley School of Public Health

Ahern earned a Bachelor of Arts in human biology from Brown University in 1997. She completed her Master of Public Health and doctoral degree in epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley in 2000 and 2007, respectively.[3]

In 2021–2022, she was President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research.[4] In 2022, she was named a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator.[5]

References
  1. "Jennifer Ahern – Society for Epidemiologic Research". Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. "Jennifer Ahern awarded major NIH grant to study the effects of community violence on maternal and infant health". UC Berkeley Public Health. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  3. "Jennifer Ahern PhD, MPH - UC Berkeley Public Health Faculty". UC Berkeley Public Health. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  4. "Executive Committee – Society for Epidemiologic Research". Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  5. "Jennifer Ahern, Ziad Obermeyer named Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators". UC Berkeley Public Health. 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-02-15.


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