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Anita Bahn

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Her husband, Ralph Bahn, with whom she had two children, died in the early 1970s; she married again, in 1980, the year of her death, to nuclear physicist and science fiction fan
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In 1980, she was recruited to head a new epidemiology program in the Graduate School of Public Health at
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A Methodological Study of the Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic Population of Maryland, 1948-59
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A Methodological Study of the Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic Population of Maryland, 1948-59
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania faculty
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American epidemiologist, biostatistician, and cancer researcher
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from 1951 to 1966. During this time, she earned a Sc.D. from
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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for the following two years, and then became a professor of
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hospital before she could take up her new position.
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School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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She was also a fellow of the 7: 474:10.1001/archinte.1974.00320170150026 527:British Journal of General Practice 397:(12): 1311–1312, December 1, 1980, 238:She became chief epidemiologist of 217:National Institute of Mental Health 487:Epidemiology: An Introductory Text 299:American Public Health Association 283:Epidemiology: An Introductory Text 14: 491:American Journal of Public Health 391:American Journal of Public Health 515:Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 511:10.1001/jama.1975.03260090072035 501:; Thomas Mack (September 1975), 254:and held an adjunct position at 204:; mathematics and statistics at 604:Johns Hopkins University alumni 513:; Jeremiah Stamler (May 1976), 489:: Carol J. Hogue (April 1975), 233:Medical College of Pennsylvania 74:Medical College of Pennsylvania 579:American women epidemiologists 1: 466:Archives of Internal Medicine 457:: Thomas G. Mitchell (1973), 421:Mathematics Genealogy Project 200:; botany and bacteriology at 589:American women statisticians 523:10.1016/0021-9681(76)90096-5 210:George Washington University 459:Journal of Nuclear Medicine 635: 525:; J. S. McCormick (1976), 464:; William R. Best (1974), 267:University of Pennsylvania 263:San Diego State University 594:American biostatisticians 184:Bahn was originally from 176:, and cancer researcher. 159: 100: 584:American epidemiologists 455:Basic Medical Statistics 279:Basic Medical Statistics 246:and epidemiology at the 221:Johns Hopkins University 64:Johns Hopkins University 499:10.2105/AJPH.65.4.415-a 404:10.2105/AJPH.70.12.1310 252:Fox Chase Cancer Center 51:July 19, 1980 (aged 60) 192:four years later from 83:Ralph Bahn (his death) 599:Hunter College alumni 198:New York City College 505:233 (9): 1006–1007, 180:Education and career 88:(m. 1980; her death) 358:The Washington Post 206:American University 285:(Saunders, 1974). 244:community medicine 202:Cornell University 315:Milton A. Rothman 293:Bahn was named a 289:Awards and honors 256:Temple University 166:Anita Kaplan Bahn 163: 162: 102:Scientific career 86:Milton A. 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New York City
Hunter College
Johns Hopkins University
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Milton A. Rothman
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
Jerome Cornfield
epidemiologist
biostatistician
New York City
biology
Hunter College
New York City College
Cornell University
American University
George Washington University
National Institute of Mental Health
Johns Hopkins University
Jerome Cornfield
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Maryland
community medicine
School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Temple University
San Diego State University

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