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Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH

Director, Research Section

Associate Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-4369

Fax: 513-636-4402

Email: robert.kahn@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Parental health as a mediator of poverty's effects on children; social and economic disparities in children's health; interaction of genes and environment in common childhood diseases

Biography

Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH, is a general pediatrician and child health researcher. Dr. Kahn's work has focused on the intersection of poverty, women's health and child health, in research funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). More recently, the research has included a focus on genetic susceptibility to common pediatric conditions such as asthma and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In particular, the research examines how genetic susceptibility may influence the effects of risks presented by the physical and social environment.

Dr. Kahn attended Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. At Children's Hospital in Boston, he completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in primary care research. At the same time, he obtained a Masters in Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He was initially appointed Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Education and Training

BA: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1986.

MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 1992.

Residency: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1995.

Fellowship: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1997.

MPH: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1997.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1995, 2002.

Publications

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Wilson SE, Talaska G, Kahn RS, Schumann B, Khoury J, Leonard AC, Lanphear BP. White blood cell DNA adducts in a cohort of asthmatic children exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Jan;84(1):19-27.

Froehlich TE, Lanphear BP, Auinger P, Hornung R, Epstein JN, Braun J, Kahn RS. Association of tobacco and lead exposures with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):e1054-63.

Spanier AJ, Kahn RS, Hornung RW, Wang N, Sun G, Lierl MB, Lanphear BP. Environmental exposures, nitric oxide synthase genes, and exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Aug;44(8):812-9.

Spanier AJ, Hornung RW, Kahn RS, Lierl MB, Lanphear BP. Seasonal variation and environmental predictors of exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008 Jun;43(6):576-83.

Phelan K, Khoury J, Atherton H, Kahn RS. Maternal depression, child behavior, and injury. Inj Prev. 2007 Dec;13(6):403-8.

Froehlich TE, Lanphear BP, Epstein JN, Barbaresi WJ, Katusic SK, Kahn RS. Prevalence, recognition, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a national sample of US children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Sep;161(9):857-64.

Winhusen T, Somoza E, Ciraulo DA, Harrer JM, Goldsmith RJ, Grabowski J, Coleman FS, Mindrum G, Kahn R, Osman S, Mezinskis J, Li SH, Lewis D, Horn P, Montgomery MA, Elkashef A. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of tiagabine for the treatment of cocaine dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Dec 1;91(2-3):141-8.

Winhusen T, Somoza E, Sarid-Segal O, Goldsmith RJ, Harrer JM, Coleman FS, Kahn R, Osman S, Mezinskis J, Li SH, Lewis D, Afshar M, Ciraulo DA, Horn P, Montgomery MA, Elkashef A. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of reserpine for the treatment of cocaine dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Dec 1;91(2-3):205-12.

Kahn JA, Lan D, Kahn RS. Sociodemographic factors associated with high-risk human papillomavirus infection. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jul;110(1):87-95. Erratum in: Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Sep;110(3):713.

Wilson SE, Kahn RS, Khoury J, Lanphear BP. The role of air nicotine in explaining racial differences in cotinine among tobacco-exposed children. Chest. 2007 Mar;131(3):856-62.