Jennifer Ahern

{{Short description|American epidemiologist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Jennifer Ahern

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}}

| fields = Social epidemiology

| workplaces = UC Berkeley School of Public Health

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Brown University|UC Berkeley}}

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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.{{Cite web|title=Jennifer Ahern – Society for Epidemiologic Research|url=https://epiresearch.org/annual-meeting/2022-meeting/ser-faculty/jennifer-ahern/|access-date=2022-02-15|language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-05|title=Jennifer Ahern awarded major NIH grant to study the effects of community violence on maternal and infant health|url=https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/research-highlights/jennifer-ahern-awarded-major-nih-grant-to-study-the-effects-of-community-violence-on-maternal-and-infant-health/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=UC Berkeley Public Health|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Jennifer Ahern PhD, MPH - UC Berkeley Public Health Faculty|url=https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/people/jennifer-ahern/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=UC Berkeley Public Health|language=en-US}}

In 2021–2022, she was President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research.{{Cite web|title=Executive Committee – Society for Epidemiologic Research|url=https://epiresearch.org/committees/executive-committee/|access-date=2022-02-15|language=en-US}} In 2022, she was named a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-13|title=Jennifer Ahern, Ziad Obermeyer named Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators|url=https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/faculty-honors/jennifer-ahern-ziad-obermeyer-named-chan-zuckerberg-biohub-investigators/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=UC Berkeley Public Health|language=en-US}}