Paul Francis Hahn

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Title

Paul Francis Hahn

Subject

Meharry Medical College, VUMC History, Tennessee History, Biochemistry, Oncology, Radiology, Science

Description

Photographic portrait of Paul Francis Hahn. Paul Francis Hahn received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT and his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Rochester. He pioneered the use of radioisotopes in cancer research while on the faculty of the vanderbilt University School of Medicine. As Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt from 1943-1948, Hahn focused his research primarily upon the use of radioisotopes for the treatment of cancer, leukemia, and Hodgkin's Disease. Hahn then served as Professor of Experimental Oncology and Director of the Cancer Research Laboratory at Meharry Medical College (1948-1960). From 1960 until his death in 1967, Hahn worked with the Public Health Service as assistant to the director of its National Center for Radiological Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Creator

Anonymous

Source

Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections Photographic Archive

Date

1950 (circa)

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Type

Still Image

Identifier

1137

Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Digital image

Physical Dimensions

N/A

Contribution Form

Online Submission

No

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Anonymous, “Paul Francis Hahn,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed February 7, 2023, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/2133.

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