The Gordon Lecture is part of the NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series, whose goal is to keep NIH researchers abreast of the latest and most important research in the United States.
The Gordon Lecture was established in 1995 in tribute to Dr. Gordon for his outstanding contributions to the field of epidemiology and for his distinguished service to the National Institutes of Health.
2021 Awardee
Kristine Yaffe, M.D.
Scola Endowed Chair and Vice Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology
University of California, San Francisco
Lecture Title: Epidemiology of Cognitive Aging: Why Observational Studies Still Matter
Past Awardees
2019
In Scientific Method We Don’t Just Trust: Or Why Replication Has More Value Than Discovery
John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.
2018
Advancing Population Health: Five Propositions and a Research Agenda
Ana V. Diez Roux, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.