Christine Hahn, MD - Infectious Disease, Medical Epidemiology
Christine Hahn, MD - Infectious Disease, Medical Epidemiology
Dr. Christine Hahn reviews medical content for Healthwise, a
nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health
decisions. Dr. Hahn is an epidemiologist for the Idaho Department of Health and
Welfare in Boise, Idaho. Her areas of expertise are infectious disease and
medical epidemiology.
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine-1991,
2002
Infectious Disease-1994, 2005
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Smallpox
Anthrax
West
Nile Virus
Whooping Cough
Food Poisoning
Education
MD: Michigan State University, College of
Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, 1988
Internship/Residency in
Internal Medicine: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN, 1988-1991
Fellowship in Infectious Disease: Duke University
Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1991-1995
Fellowship: Epidemic
Intelligence Service (EIS) (based in Idaho), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 1995-1997
Current Position
State Epidemiologist, State of Idaho, Boise,
ID, 1997-present
Selected Publications
Tengelsen L, Hudson R, Barnes S, Hahn C
(2002). Coordinated response to reports of possible anthrax contamination,
Idaho, 2001. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8. Available
online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no10/02-0390.htm.
Hahn C,
Mascola L, Haake D, et al. (2001). Update: Outbreak of acute febrile illness
among athletes participating in Eco-Challenge-Sabah 2000-Borneo, Malaysia,
2000. MMWR, 50(2): 21-24.
Leslie M, Fritz C,
Calisher C, Pape J, Tengelsen L, Hahn C, et al. (1999). Update: Hantavirus
pulmonary syndrome-United States, 1999. MMWR, 48(24):
521-525.