Robert A. Hahn

Robert A. Hahn (born 1945) is an American medical anthropologist and epidemiologist. he was a coordinating scientist of systematic reviews for the Guide to Community Preventive Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Education The son of German refugee parents, Hahn received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1966, his PhD in anthropology from Harvard University in 1976, and his MPH in epidemiology from the University of Washington in 1986. Career Hahn began his career working at the CDC in 1986 and has remained there ever since. From 1998 to 1999, he worked as a fellow in the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and in the office of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter. As of 2015, he was also a member of the Senior Biomedical Research Service.

Honors and awards Hahn received the Career Achievement Award by the Society for Medical Anthropology in 2012. He also received the Lifetime Contribution Award from the CDC's Behavioral and Social Science Working Group in 2013 for his work in founding the group.