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Robert S. Gordon, Jr. Lecture in Epidemiology

YearSpeaker and Lecture Details
2021Kristine Yaffe, M.D. University of California, San Francisco
Epidemiology of Cognitive Aging: Why Observational Studies Still Matter
2019John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc. Stanford University
In Scientific Method We Don’t Just Trust: Or Why Replication Has More Value Than Discovery
2018Ana V. Diez Roux, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Drexel University, Dornsife School of Public Health
Advancing Population Health: Five Propositions and a Research Agenda
2017Mark Schiffman, M.D., M.P.H. National Cancer Institute
Changing Epidemiology of HPV and Cervical Cancer: From Etiology, to Validation of Prevention Methods, to Dissemination
2016Michael Bracken, Ph.D., M.P.H., FACE. Yale School of Public Health
Inefficiency and Waste in Biomedical Research: How Prevalent Is It, What Are Its Causes, and How Is It Prevented?
2015Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Research Directions for Solving the Obesity Epidemic in High-Risk Populations
2014Moyses Szklo, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H. Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
Epidemiology: Back to Translation 
2013Mitchell Gail, M.D., Ph.D. Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
Using Risk Models for Breast Cancer Prevention
2012Lewis H. Kuller, M.D., Dr.P.H., University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
The Obesity Epidemic: Why Have We Failed?
2011Jonathan Samet, M.D., Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore
Big Epidemiology for Big Problems
2010Julie E. Buring, Sc.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston
What Do We Do When Studies Disagree?
2009Leon Gordis, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Epidemiology at the Interface of Science, Policy, and Politics: Are New Directions Needed for Epidemiology Training Today?
2008Alice S. Whittemore, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Personalizing Cancer Prevention
2007Robert N. Hoover, M.D., Sc.D., The National Cancer Institute, NIH
Hormones & Breast Cancer: Etiology vs. Ideology
2006Steven N. Blair, P.E.D., The Cooper Institute, Texas
Physical Inactivity: The Biggest Public Health Problem in the 21st Century
2005Jo Ann Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H., Harvard Medical School, Boston
Post-Menopausal: Can Divergent Findings from Clinical Trials and Observational Studies Be Reconciled?
2004Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., University of California, San Diego
Diversity, Body Size and Diabetes: Genetics Without Genotyping
2003Jeremiah Stamler, M.D., Northwestern University
Nutrition, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Low Risk
2002Sir Richard Peto, F.R.S., University of Oxford, UK
Halving Premature Death
2001David L. DeMets, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Managing and Monitoring Multicenter Clinical Trials: Who Is in Charge of What?
2000Steven R. Cummings, M.D., FACP, University of California, San Francisco
New Technology and a Two-Edged Sword: How Bone Densitometry Has Revolutionized and Impeded the Understanding and Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures
1999Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., Harvard Medical School, Boston
Diet and Coronary Heart Disease: Have We Misled the Nation?
1998Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore
Epidemiology in the Cause of Vitamin A: Science to Practice
1997Jean W. MacCluer, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
From Epidemiology to Gene Discovery: Finding Genes for Complex Diseases
1996Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., M.D., Sc.M., Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
Epidemiology of Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach
1995Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.P.H., John Snow Professor of Medicine and Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School
Aspirin in the Secondary and Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
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