2026 Richard D Remington Methodology Lectureship – Michelle Odden, PhD

Michelle Odden, PhD

Stanford University 
Stanford, California

Michelle Odden, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Stanford School of Medicine.

Her research program has two major foci. First, she aims to better understand the biological and physiological mechanisms that characterize the aging process. Second, she strives to improve our understanding of how aging affects optimal preventive strategies for cardiovascular disease and related morbidity in older adults, including dementia and disability. She is particularly interested in populations underrepresented in research, including minoritized populations and frail older adults. She also brings expertise in epidemiologic and statistical methods to reduce bias in observational studies.

She teaches advanced epidemiologic methods at Stanford, and is strongly committed to mentoring trainees and supporting diversity in theirour academic training programs. Dr. Odden is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a former Chair of the Aging, Injury, Musculoskeletal , and Rheumatologic Disorders Study Section at the NIH. She is Co-Chair of the Cardiovascular Health Study Steering Committee. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley (2009), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Primary Care Research at the University of California, San Francisco (2011).