Science On Tap: Saving Young Lives

Science On Tap: Children’s Hospital Success Stories
6:00 – Doors Open 7:00 – Talks Begin
Our summer series will feature two speakers at each event. For June, we would like to welcome Dr. Jessica Kahn and Dr. Jeffrety Whitsett.
Dr. Jessica Kahn will speak about the positive impact of introducing the HPV vaccines in Cincinnati. Dr. Jeffrey Whitsett will speak about the impact of science on pediatric medicine and child health.
*********************************************************** Jessica Kahn, MD MPH is a tenured Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Career Development at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She received her MD from Harvard Medical School and MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health, and she completed a residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital before joining the faculty at Cincinnati Children’s. She has practiced adolescent medicine for 20 years, with a focus on young women’s health. She is a clinical investigator whose long-term research objective is to reduce morbidity and mortality due to cervical cancer and other diseases related to human papillomavirus (HPV), and to decrease racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in the incidence of these diseases.
Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, and Executive Director of the Perinatal Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Whitsett received his B.A. from Colgate University and his medical degree from Columbia University. He trained in Pediatrics at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City and in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Following his fellowship he joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1977 and since has risen through the ranks to Professor. He is internationally known for his research in pulmonary medicine, as well as for his clinical expertise in neonatology. Dr. Whitsett has made a series of groundbreaking contributions in pulmonary medicine and biology in his studies of the surfactant proteins A, B, C and D, cloning their genes and clarifying their roles in lung development and function.