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'''Robert S. Storms Van Howe''', {{MD}}, {{MS}}, {{FAAP}}, is a pediatrician and professor of medicine from Marquette, {{USSC|MI}}, USA.
He was chosen "Intactivist of the Month" by [[Intact America]].
== Research ==
Van Howe's research includes a study published in 2007 in ''BJU International''. The study reported that the five most sensitive points on the human [[penis]] were all in areas of it that are removed by circumcision<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426015-500-does-circumcision-harm-your-sex-life/
|title=Does circumcision harm your sex life?
|date=2007-04-25
|publisher=New Scientist
|accessdate=2017-09-12
}}</ref> and that [[uncircumcised]] men's penises were four times more sensitive, on average, than were those of [[circumcised]] men. Critics of this study have noted that it was funded by the [[National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]] (NOCIRC), an anti-circumcision activist group. Van Howe maintains that this funding did not bias his study, telling ABC News, "The study was based on an objective finding" and "There's no way you can change what a person felt or didn't feel."<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sex/story?id=3436936&page=1
|title=Study: Circumcision Doesn't Reduce Sexual Sensation
|last=ABC News
|date=2007-08-02
|accessdate=2017-09-12
}}</ref>
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